TRNOVAČKO LAKE - Mt. Maglić
We will hike in Sutjeska national park, the oldest and largest national park in Bosnia, and Nature Park Piva in Montnegro. Sutjeska national park is a place where you can enjoy breathtaking views, but it also has very interesting history due to iconic WW2 battles that happened there. Join us on this trip and learn how Partisans managed to gain victory against much more powerful enemy thanks to their guerilla warfare, while hiking just bellow Bosnia's highest peak and enjoying stunning nature.
We will hike in Sutjeska national park, the oldest and largest national park in Bosnia, and Nature Park Piva in Montnegro. Sutjeska national park is a place where you can enjoy breathtaking views, but it also has very interesting history due to iconic WW2 battles that happened there. Join us on this trip and learn how Partisans managed to gain victory against much more powerful enemy thanks to their guerilla warfare, while hiking just bellow Bosnia's highest peak and enjoying stunning nature.
TRIP HIGHILGHTS AND DESCRIPTION
- Perućica primeval forest
-WW2 iconic battlefields
-Hike bellow the highest peak in Bosnia
-Remote lake
It will take us around 3 hours of driving to get to our starting point on mountain Maglić in Sutjeska National Park, the oldest and largest national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Soon after we start hiking we will reach the end of the road and enter a hiking trail which will take us to Trnovačko lake. While hiking right bellow the country's highest peak you will have an opportunity to enjoy breath taking views. After 2 hours of hiking we will reach the lake and have a picnic lunch there, perhaps you could have a swim in the lake. After we've had some good rest we will head back to our starting point since we have two more things to do. When we reach our car we will drive to a viewpoint from which you can see primeval forest Perućica and beautiful waterfall Skakavac. Then we will visit one of iconic WW2 monuments and talk about the battles in the area. When we are done with the monument we will head back to Sarajevo.
DIFFICULTY
Mediocre to difficult - there is an option to go to the highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Maglić 2386m
- 5 hours of hiking
- 11 km total distance
- 700 m elevation gain
Departure: 8 AM
Estimated return: 7 PM
PRICE
150 EUR per person - one person
90 EUR per person - two or more persons
65 EUR per person - three or more persons
INCLUDED
- Fully trained and equipped guide
- Transport to the site and back
- Picnic lunch and snacks
YOU NEED TO BRING
-Passport since we are crossing the border with Montenegro
-At least 1,5 l of fresh water per person
- Comfortable and safe shoes for hiking
- Proper clothes, make sure you check the weather forecast
- Rain jacket regardless of weather forecast since weather can always change quickly in the mountains
