My Guided Trip - Montenegro Trekking Experience With Visit to Albania - 8 Days

Itinerary

Day 1: Pickup and transfer to Kotor, with possible stop for lunch

Pass By: Kotor Old City, Stari grad, Kotor, Kotor Municipality 85330 Montenegro
Passing by

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Kotor (3 * hotel) or 3 * private accommodation (BB)

Day 2: Kotor – Lustica peninsula – lunch at a local household - Kotor overnight

Stop At: Kotor Old City, Stari grad, Kotor, Kotor Municipality 85330 Montenegro
Walking tour in Kotor old town, exploring the cozy streets and famous squares in this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Duration: 45 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Visit to a local farm, where our host will serve us their domestic cheese, olive oil, wine, liqueurs, rakija and lunch
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Kotor (3 * hotel) or 3 * private accommodation (BB)

Day 3: Kotor – Serpentine road - Lovcen Mountain hiking tour – Kotor overnight

Stop At: Njegos Mausoleum, Mount Lovcen, Cetinje, Cetinje Municipality 81250 Montenegro
If guests are up to it, we can climb 492 stairs to the highest mausoleum in the world dedicated to Montenegro famous leader and poet Njegos – where you’ll come across wonderful 360 degree view.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Lovcen National Park, Lovcen Near Boka Bay, Cetinje, Cetinje Municipality 81250 Montenegro
When we come at Ivanova Korita we will see the most popular natural surrounding of the Lovcen national park and its little settlement. From there we will have starting point of our Circle Panoramic tour. This tour takes you through beautiful forests of beech trees and reveals stunning vistas of the coast. Divided into three parts, the tour will be most demanding in the first part as you will experience an altitude difference for about 300 meters soon followed by the beech forest. The second part of the tour takes you on an easy walking path with views of the coast. The final part of this circle around tour brings you to the ancient village Dolovi, the sunshine village in the National park. The old hamlet Dolovi village will charm you with its ways. From there we hike back to the starting point. Ascent and decent are the same – 300 m and length of the hike is 7 km.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Kotor (3 * hotel) or 3 * private accommodation (BB)

Day 4: Kotor – Perast - Our Lady of the Rocks – Local household near Niksic – Zabljak overnight

Stop At: Our Lady of the Rocks, Island in Boka Bay, Perast, Kotor Municipality 85336 Montenegro
Perast is one of the best preserved baroque settlements in Mediterranean. With its two islands St George and Our Lady of the Rocks it creates one of the biggest touristic attractions in Montenegro. Our Lady of the Rocks is a man-made island, and you will be amazed by stories and legends that you’ll hear while walking on this small island.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: We will visit a local household in village near Niksic and have a lunch made of local products
Accommodation included: Zabljak (BB) at 3* hotel or 3 * private accommodation

Day 5: Zabljak, Durmitor Poscenski kraj – Sedlo hiking tour - Zabljak overnight

Stop At: Durmitor National Park Visitor Centre, National Park Authority Building, near Crno Lake, Zabljak, Durmitor National Park, Zabljak Municipality Montenegro
Hiking tour - In this easily marked trail of Poscenski kraj – Dolina jezera – Sedlo, journey will take through open green pastures, enjoying the beauty of few from 18 glacial lakes (the lakes have been nicknamed Gorske Oči, or ‘mountain eyes’) and reveling in the raw natural beauty and breathtaking scenery throughout the hike. This tour is one of the most popular and convenient tours that will allow you to experience the best views at the highest peaks of Durmitor as well as taking the most central path through the National Park. This tour is categorized as easy with ascent of 350 meters. The length of the tour is approx. 11 km, and it take around 4 hours.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Zabljak (BB) at 3* hotel or 3 * private accommodation

Day 6: Zabljak – Black Lake –Djurdjevica Tara bridge - Biogradska hill rain forest – Moraca river canyon - Podgorica overnight

Stop At: Black Lake, Zabljak, Durmitor National Park, Zabljak Municipality Montenegro
You will visit the most beautiful and biggest of Durmitor 18 glacial lakes – Black Lake. The trail that will take you around the lake, and environment around it, makes this place one of top destinations in Montenegro for nature lovers.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Biogradska Gora National Park, Biogradska Gora Bjelasica Mountain Range, Kolasin, Kolasin Municipality 81210 Montenegro
We will arrive at Biogradska Gora national park with its very popular tourist attraction, the Lake Biogradsko, and one of the oldest virgin forest in Europe. We will take a leisurely stroll around the lake with loads of photo opportunities to capture its breathtaking beauty.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Podgorica in 3* or 4* hotel (BB)

Day 7: Podgorica – Skadar – Podgorica (overnight)

Stop At: Shkodra Lake, Shiroka, Shkoder Albania
We’ll start a tour in Skadar with local Albanian guide. This tour passes through several religious places and shows the sufferings of the religious people during the communist regime.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Lunch will be served at famous agro-tourism farm of Mrrizi i Zanave, which is part of the Slow Food International Chain.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Podgorica in 3* or 4* hotel (BB)