“This is how I imagine heaven,” said Dr Aitken Clark, the director of the European Foundation for the Conservation of Nature and National Parks, the first time he saw the Tara Mountain.

Tara is located in the utmost west of Serbia, at the very border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The canyon of the Drina River is in the northwest, and the Kremna Valley connects it with the Zlatibor Mountains in the southeast. The remoteness contributed to this mountain becoming a secluded and unique place for all nature lovers. In 1981 one part of the Tara Mountain was declared a national park, since it is an area with a large number of diverse natural ecosystems of national importance, extraordinary landscape, and historical heritage, in which man lives together with nature.

Tour plan:

Day 1: Arrival at the Tara National Park

Departure in the early morning from the previously agreed upon place. A drive towards the Tara National Park with breaks for resting and taking photos. After arrival at the Tara National Park, we sort out accommodation in a bed-and-breakfast type of lodging. Next is a leisurely hike to the viewpoint nearby, which has a phenomenal view of the slopes of Tara Mountain. Dinner. Bedtime.

Day 2: Abseiling - Sokolina

Breakfast. Start of a leisurely hike to the Sokolina viewpoint, a rock which has an amazing view of the canyon of the Rača River. On the steep rocks of Sokolina, each of you will have a chance to try abseiling, a technique of descending a mountain with a rope, and sport climbing on the rocks of 20 to 50 meters height. After we finish these activities, we return to the households that are hosting us. Lunch break. Transport to Mitrovac. A tour of the Crveni Potok Nature Reserve, a unique bog habitat of spruce tree.  This hike requires a lower level of physical fitness. Return to the lodging. Dinner. Bedtime.

Day 3: Canyoning - Beli Rzav Canyon

Breakfast. Transport to the school in the village Đurići. A canyoning adventure through the Beli Rzav Canyon, which is expected to last 4 hours. Lunch in nature. After we pass through the canyon on a hiking trail above the canyon, we return to the village and back to the lodging. Dinner. Bedtime.

Day 4: Kayaking - Zaovine lake

After breakfast, transport to the Zaovine. A day-long kayak ride through the most beautiful distributaries of the lake. It includes a lunch break for a traditional meal in a village household. Return to the lodging. Surprise games on the estate of our hosts. Dinner. Bedtime.

Day 5: Hiking - Tara National Park

After breakfast, transport to Mitrovac-on-Tara. We go on a hike, with a tour of the most beautiful viewpoints and places in the Tara National Park. The viewpoints in the Tara National Park are the most alluring locations from which you can get to know and experience this protected area. A visit to the viewpoint Kozja Stena, then Banjska Stena which offers a unique view of the Drina Canyon, Perućac Lake, and Republika Srpska. After these activities, we return to the lodging. Packing up our things for the return back to the starting point. Arrival in the late evening hours.

Details:

Price include

  • Transportation
  • Accommodation for the entire duration in a home on Sokolina
  • Activities on the first and last days according to the plan and program
  • Guide services
  • Trip organization

Price not include

  • Food, additional €15 per person, half-board
  • Lunch, additional €9 per person
  • Alpinism (ascending a mountain using a rope, climbing up) – €15 per person
  • Kayaking – €20 per person
  • Individual expenses

It is necessary to take

Duboke patike ili planinarske cipele, više pari čarapa, majice sa kratkim rukavima, tanka jakna sa kapuljačom (po mogućstvu nepromočiva), polar ili dukserica, rezervne pantalone, naočare, kapa, krema za sunčanje. Po želji poneti slatkiše, grickalice, osvežavajuće napitke i vodu. Sve to staviti u mali ranac. Ne zaboravite: kupaći kostim, peškir, foto-aparat, rezervnu obuću i odeću i, kao i uvek, dobro raspoloženje!

Accommodation

Apartmani na Sokolini nalaze se na odličnoj lokaciji, okruženi prelepim livadama, šumama jele, smrče, bukve, koje predstavljaju pravu vazdušnu banju na planini Tari. Povoljna klima ovog područja, nadmorska visina, atmosferski pritisak, njegov sastav i vlažnost, deluju lekovito na ljudski organizam. Na raspolaganju su pet novih i komfornih apartmana smeštenih u objektu izrađenom u planinskom stilu. Na ogromnom imanju nalazi se fudbalski teren sa reflektorima, veliki letnjikovac sa roštiljem, prostrano dvorište sa fantastičnim pogledom na masiv Tare. U sklopu domaćinstva na Sokolini je restoran sa domaćom kuhinjom. U ponudi su tradicionalna jela sa ovih prostora. Cena polupansiona je 15 evra po osobi.

Method of payment

Gotovinski: keš, do 7 dana pre polaska, ili na rate – prva rata 50% prilikom prijavljivanja, ostatak sledećeg meseca deponovanjem jednog čeka. Ovaj program je rađen na bazi 8 prijavljenih putnika. U slučaju promena na monetarnom tržištu  (ili tržištu roba i usluga) ili nedovoljnog broja prijavljenih putnika, organizator putovanja zadržava pravo korekcije cena, izmene programa ili otkaza putovanja najkasnije 5 dana pre početka putovanja.

Note II

The organizer of the trip is travel agency Nature Travel Office, licence number OTP 19/2023-A issued by the Business Register Agency as of 10 March 2023. Nature Travel Office is insured by an insurance policy against responsibility for travel agencies in case of insolvency and liability in case of damage to the traveller, number 3000001622, by the insurer MILENIJUM OSIGURANJE ADO Belgrade. The policy is valid from 07 February 2023 to 07 February 2024. In this program, travel agency Nature Travel Office applies their general terms and conditions of traveling, which are included in signing up for the trip.