Walking in Montenegro

Montenegro has a lot to offer walking groups. There are high mountains with deciduous forests, lakes, rivers and coastal walks along with unique wildlife in several national parks. At MAC we can offer self guided walking tours or provide a guide, full of local knowledge, to accompany you. The length, duration and type of terrain are easily tailored to suit your needs.

Lovcen National Park
We are situated very close to this National Park. Deciduous forests and high pastures, most of the land is around 1000metres or above. There is good  walking up there in Summer as it is a little cooler, in fact often snow covered from December until March. Lovcen national park is home to wild boar and wolf and huge areas of forest..very little human activity makes this park a truly wild place even though it is directly above the coastal tourist centers. In spring and early summer the meadows are full of wild flowers, including many species of orchids.

Skadar Lake national Park
One of the largest fresh water lakes in Europe, over half of this lake is in Montenegro and the other part belongs to Albania. Historically it was a way of smuggling all sorts of goods across the border. This lake and much of the shore area is part of the Skadar lake national park and wild life is protected here.

Home to many species of wild fowl, also pelican, osprey and marsh harrier; the lake is incredibly shallow, most of it being less than 10 meters deep!  Surrounding the lake are large areas of reeds and water lily which provide a home and cover for heron, bittern and reed warblers. One of the best ways to explore these areas is by kayak.

Biogradska and Durmitor National parks These two large national parks are approximately two and three hours from the coast respectively. Normally we would either stay for two days and possible camp overnight or a two centre holiday can be arranged. Three days on the coastal areas and three days inland.

Biogradska is an area of high plateau and deciduous forests, great for walking or mountain bikes. This is one of the few areas of Montenegro where trails are clearly marked and easy to follow, often stunning colours in early autumn when the trees turn.

Durmitor is higher, bigger and more rugged. The mountains here rise up to the highest peak in Montenegro, Bobatov Kuk at 2,582 meters, although there may be mountains slightly higher on the Montenegro/Albania border region.

Walking in this area can be more physical although normally we would not include any real climbing on our routes.