The best trekking routes in Montenegro

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Durmitor, Tara Canyon, Montenegro / Photo: Pudelek [CC BY-SA 3.0] Wikimedia Commons

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If you visit Montenegro's beaches in summer, you'll find yourself in the midst of the throng of sun-seeking tourists from Eastern Europe. But it's easy to escape the hustle and bustle in the Durmitor and Prokletije mountains, the Biogradska Gora forest and the many places, villages and towns where Montenegrins go about their lives untouched by these waves. These mountains are some of the wildest, most spectacular and least visited in Europe. However, they are easily accessible, and many areas have well-marked trails.

Index

Books and maps

Montenegro 1 (Lonely Planet Country Guides)
Montenegro 1 (Lonely Planet Country Guides)
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    The Mountains of Montenegro: A Walker's and Trekker's Guide (Cicerone Walking Guide) [English language].
    The Mountains of Montenegro: A Walker's and Trekker's Guide (Cicerone Walking Guide) [English language].
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    Practical guide

    When to go?

    June to September (the mountains have moderate temperatures in summer and heavy snowfall in winter).

    Cities & Services

    Durmitor National Park - Žabljak National Park Prokletije - Gusinje National Park Biogradska Gora - Mojkovac National Park Lake Skadar - Virpazar Lovćen National Park - Kotor or Cetinje Orjen - Herceg Novi

    Not to be missed

    • Montenegro's five national parks - Durmitor, Prokletije (on the Albanian border), Biogradska gora, Lovćen and Lake Skadar (the largest lake in the Balkans, with abundant birdlife).
    • Natural areas such as Orjen, Komovi, Kučka krajina, Tara Canyon (Europe's deepest canyon).
    • The old town of Kotor in Kotorska Bay, which is on the UNESCO list.

    The routes

    Hiking and trekking in the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro, in Montenegro's five national parks, as well as in Orjen, Komovi, the Tara Gorge and the UNESCO-listed Old Town of Kotor.

    Great trekking routes: Balkan Peaks Trail". 

    Bay of Kotor and Adriatic Coast Mountains

    Montenegro's coastline offers spectacular scenery. Mountains quickly rise from the sea itself. In Kotor, the ancient walls hang from the rocks like a watchtower over the sea.

    Orjen

    • Route Subra // Stage 1 Kameno - Vratlo hut / Stage 2 Vratlo hut - Subra (return) / Stage 3 Vratlo hut - Kabao (return) / Stage 4 Vratlo hut - Kameno / Stage 3 Vratlo hut - Kabao (return) / Stage 4 Vratlo hut - Kameno / Stage 3 Vratlo hut - Kabao (return) / Stage 4 Vratlo hut - Kameno
    • Route Zubački kabao

    Mountains of Central Montenegro

    Lovćen

    • Jezerski vrh
    • Kotor fortress

    Lake Skadar

    The largest lake in the Balkans, shared between Montenegro and Albania.

    • Rumija

    Durmitor and the northern mountains

    Durmitor "

    • Central Durmitor // Stage 1 Žabljak - Lokvice / Stage 2 Lokvice - Terzin bogaz (return) / Stage 3 Lokvice - Terzin bogaz (return) / Stage 3 Lokvice - Terzin bogaz (return) / Stage 3 Lokvice - Terzin bogaz (return) Bobotov kuk (return trip) / Leg 4 Lokvice - Minin bogaz (return trip) / Leg 5 Lokvice - Ledena pećina (return trip) / Leg 6 Lokvice - Samar (return trip) / Leg 7 Lokvice - Žabljak /
    • Durmitor circuit (via Škrčko jezero) / Leg 1 Lokvice - Škrčko jezero / Leg 2 Škrčko jezero - Jablan jezero / Leg 3 Jablan jezero - Žabljak /
    • Durmitor Circuit (via Velika Struga) // Stage 1 Lokvice - Donja Ališnica / Stage 2 Donja Ališnica Žabljak /

    Bjelasica

    • Biogradsko jezero
    • Biogradska gora // Leg 1 Biogradsko jezero - Pešića jezero / Leg 2 Pešića jezero - Trešnjevik /

    Komovi

    • Komovi // Stage 1 Trešnjevik - Štavna / Stage 2 Štavna - Kom Vasojevićki (return) / Stage 3 Štavna - Kom Ljevoriječki (return) / Stage 4 Štavna - Trešnjevik / Stage 3 Štavna - Kom Ljevoriječki (return) / Stage 4 Štavna - Trešnjevik / Stage 3 Štavna - Kom Ljevoriječki (return) / Stage 4 Štavna - Trešnjevik /

    Kučka Krajina (Žijevo)

    • Kučka Krajina // Stage 1 Veruša - Bukumirsko jezero / Stage 2 Bukumirsko jezero - nameless pass (return trip) / Stage 3 Bukumirsko jezero - Štitan (return trip) / Stage 4 Bukumirsko jezero - Maglić (return trip) / Stage 5 Bukumirsko jezero - Veruša / Stage 4 Bukumirsko jezero - Maglić (return trip) / Stage 5 Bukumirsko jezero - Veruša /

    Prokletije Mountains

    • Volušnica
    • Krošnja and Karanfili
    • Kotao
    • Ropojana valley and jezero

    Visitor

    • Visitor from Plav