Visit Bosnia

Sarajevo is the capital and largest city in BiH, located in the Sarajevo valley, surrounded by the "Olympic" mountains Igman, Bjelasnica, Trebevic and Jahorina. The proximity of these mountains makes it an attractive destination in winter due to the large number of popular ski resorts located on them and in summer they are picnic areas for many residents and tourists.

The city has a rich cultural and historical heritage, which is reflected primarily in architecture, numerous museums, monuments, religious buildings, gastronomic offer, which have left their mark on its centuries-old existence. Sarajevo is a city where traditional and modern come together, a city of kind people, a center of cultural and artistic events, and above all a city that has a soul and is really worth a visit. After breakfast all of you are going to visit the sights of our Capital city.

Because of the rich history which is characterized by a cultural clash and in the same place you will have an opportunity to visit the monuments which are re-flected with Oriental spirit and represent the heritage of the Ottoman Empire which included our country as well. And from that period we are going to visit fitst built building Gazi Hus-rev-beg Mosque, the largest historical mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the most representative Ottoman structures in the Balkans.

Sebil (foun-tain) - it is a structure of both civic and religious importance in Muslim cities, most characteristically under the Ottoman Empire, Morića Han which is captivated by the unique structure and also in an authentic way conjured the atmosphere of a place where travelers from all over the world met in ancient times. We are also going to visit Sarajevo Clock Tower.

The only clock which shows lunar time. For sure all of us are going to feel hunger, and how it would look like not to eat traditional meals called Cevapi and Burek in Valter’s city , meals famous all over the world. Those meals are going to give us an energy for the rest of our visit. It will be our lunch. After lunch is the visit to the part of the city dedicated to Anti-fascism and Vladimir Peric Valter, for him you have probably heard. In the af-ternoon hours is return to the hotel on dinner and sleep.

Visegrad is a small town in eastern BiH, located at the confluence of the Rzav and Drina rivers.

He is best known for his "Ćuprija", a bridge built by the famous Turkish vizier Mehmed-pasha Sokolović as his endowment to the region from which he originated. Our celebrated writer Ivo Andrić won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel "The Bridge on the Drina", and it was this bridge and the historical background associated with it that were his main inspiration.

Today, next to the famous bridge, one of the main attractions in Visegrad is Andrićgrad,a visionary project of the famous director Emir Kusturica. Andrićgrad itself was conceived as a cultural and historical monument within which there is a museum, library, cinema and it represents certain legacy of the director to future generations.

After breakfast is packing things and a bus journey to Visegrad and Mokra Gora the Wet Mountain in English. Through this excursion we are going to visit two cities (An-dricgrad-Visegrad and Tourist resort Drvengrad-Mokra Gora-Srbija).

Both cities represent the realization of our famous director Emir Kusturica and they are the seal of time of his life. In Visegrad what we will visit first is the historic monument called Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge. It is a historic bridge in Visegrad, over the Drina River in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina It was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic.

It was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic. Unesco included the bridge in its 2007 World Heritage List. This story wouldn’t be this much interested unless we don’t mention how Mehmed was taken away at an early age as part of the Ottoman devsirme system of collection of Christian boys to be raised to serve as a janissary.

These boys were converted to Islam, raised and educated, but in turn were of-fered opportunities to work and to rise within the Ottoman imperial system.After this we are going to visit Andricgrad. Andricgrad is the name of a construction project located in Visegrad, by film director Emir Kusturica.

The town is dedicated to Yugoslav novelist and Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andric.After Visegrad we will head to Mokra Gora. After arrival we will buy train tickets and start the tour at the Sargan Eight, is a narrow-gauge heritage railway in Serbia, running from the village of Mokra Gora to sargan Vitasi station.

On this way, the same geographical point runs twice. After arrival to the railway station we are going to visit Drvengrad, a "city" built by our famous director Emir Kusturica. Everything in Drvengrad is about film, especially in the middle of January, when the "Kustendorf" film and music festival is held here. There we will spend a night.

In the very heart of the Tara River Canyon, miles away from modern civilization, there is a place called Brstanovica and Camp Encijan on it, one of the most beautiful camps on Tara river. It is the only camp on the Bosnian side of the Tara river and has a tradition of over 15 years and thousands of happy tourist per season.

Ambiently tucked away in a beautiful natural environment on the banks of the Tara River, it is one of the last oases of peace and hedonism in this area for all nature lovers and those who love adventure and escape from modern civilization.

After breakfast on Mokra gora, preparations will follow for the trip to our camp Encijan, which will be our base for all upcoming and planned outdoor activities in the next two days. After arrival to the Camp and welcoming all of you (a welcome drink is going to be served), the next is accomodation in mountain cottages – bungalows.

After the accommodation and a half-hour break, rafting preparations follow, where each rafting participant receives appropriate rafting equipment (neoprene suit, boots, life jacket, helmet and paddle), after which we embark on an adventure in the most attractive and exciting part of the Tara River which will last from 2.50 to 3 hours, with breaks for photo safaris, swimming and refreshments and occasional visits to the most famous parts of the canyon, such as the iciest tributary of the Tara River, the river Šipčanica and the like ...

From the end point of rafting, Šćepan Polje, Mouth of rivers Tara and Piva, we set back by our 4×4 vehicles to our base camp, where lunch awaits us. (On the menu are local ethno specialities: rousted veal, fish and other dishes of ethno cuisine…). After lunch afternoon leisure, swimming, fishing hike around the camp and upon request visit to old suspension bridge.

Around 9pm diner by the camp fire and afterwards all evening leisure, music “live”, etc…

The fifth day of the arangement is scheduled for an unusual jeep safari tour. With our off-road vehicles we will pass through picturesque landscapes with an unreal view of the canyon of the Tara River and the Durmitor National Park in Montenegro.

The beautiful landscapes of the Vranovina plateau and the view that "shoots" from it to the canyon and mountain peaks will seriously test the memory of your cameras.

The authentic ambience of the village of the same name that we will visit during our stay will take you back to some ancient, forgotten times when life was more carefree and simple. Breathe clean mountain air with full lungs, bring a dose of adventure and a spirit of an explorer into your life, become one with nature...

After another delicious breakfast in our camp Encijan and preparations until 10 a.m., follows transportation by 4×4 vehicles in duration of approximately one hour to ethno village Vranovina at same named mountain plateau.

During next 2.5-3 hrs follows trekking tour along the edge of Canyon of Tara River with the magnificent view on the Canyon and mountain massif of Durmitor. At 3 pm a lunch is organized in the village.

On the menu local ethno specialties like milk cream, cheese, homemade yoghurt, bread baked under the iron pane… After lunch we go for a one hour easy trekking tour and afterwards, transportation to the Camp by 6 pm. Upon arrival to the Camp follows afternoon leisure, fishing and other free activities to 8 pm when the dinner is planned by the camp fire and live music

National park Sutjeska is the largest and oldest national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in this part of Europe, but certainly the most beautiful and most diverse one. Surely it deserved to gain status of a protected nature reserve.The oldest National park covers area of more than 16 000 hectares. And the most of this park is covered with forest and pastures.

Within the Sutjeska National Park are the highest peak of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maglić (2386 m), as well as the oldest and largest rainforest in Europe, the Perućica rainforest. The river of the same name, after which it got its name, flows through it, and divides the national park into two parts with its imposing canyon.

After breakfast we will sit again into the bus and our next destiantion is NP Sutjeska. Center of the NP Sutjeska, Tjentiste will be our oasis the next two days. After arrival to Tjentiste (you will be trasferedwith our off-road vehicles) we will make a tour through the one of the few maintainedprime forestnatural reserve in Europe – prime forest Perucica.

Prime forest Perucica is know as European green lungs. In a form of hiking tour we will visit NP Sutjeska and Trnovacko Lake, best known for its heart-like shape, located at an altitude of 1517 metres. The last jewel of unspoiled nature in its emerald green beauty... We won’t miss lunch and picnic in this untouched nature. On our way back to Tjentiste you will get an accommodation with dinner and lunch included. Big pool (16000m²), museum, monument park and hotel comes from Communism age when our country was part of Jugoslavija.

Zelengora is one of the most beautiful mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina, well known by its lakes called “mountain eyes” – clear glacial lakes, green pastures and meadows, and endless forests.

Zelengora offers unlimited possibilities for an active type of vacation, but above all it is a place where you can rest your soul. Hiking, walking, biking on neat and marked trails, swimming in one of the crystal clear lakes, collecting herbs, berries and mushrooms are just some of the activities that are an outlet for visitors, emphasizing a person's return to lost inner peace.

After breakfast we are going in new Jeep Safari tour and vis-it the second part of NP Sutjeska, mountain Zelengora. What makes Zelengora beautiful is a huge num-ber of ice lakes which we will visit in a form of jeep safari tour.

Water is the source of life, it refines nature of completes its pure beauty. A spe-cial charm Zelengora has due to its “mountain eyes” – clear glacial lakes, located in the very bases of its peaks.

These lakes are real gems scattered by God’s hand, and as such represent a true paradise for nature lovers. The natural environment of the lake is untouched na-ture that provides a magnificent view to crystal-clear water. This scene is very difficult to find nowadays – the magical image of the lake, crowned by majes-tic mountains and wild nature.

You will have the opportunity to have lunch in Mountain house. After lunch we will visit monuments of Tjentiste, we wrote about them in the previous day. The last is dinner and sleep.

Trebinje is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the banks of the river Trebisnjica in the region of Eastern Herzegovina.

It is a city of wine, poets, sun and monasteries, and it is said to be one of the most beautiful cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as the largest city in the region, it is the economic and cultural center of Eastern Herzegovina.

Rich cultural and historical background, Mediterranean climate and proximity to the Adriatic Sea (25 km away from Dubrovnik) are key factors that have made Trebinje an attractive tourist destination that is definitely worth a visit. We will spend the eighth day of our trip through BiH in the south of our country, in sunny Trebinje.

When you come to the city, you will feel as if you are somewhere on the coast, except only one "little" thing is missing, and that is the sea.

The smell of salt caused by a mild summer breeze from the Adriatic is something specific for this city, and don't be surprised if you see a cormorant hunting its lunch on Trebišnjica. We are going to visit Old Town, Museum of old Herzegovina. This museum is the most significant cultural place in our country.

We will also visit wineline, and they are an stamp of this small but significant place which is not a metropolis nor village nor a metaphor, it is a dream. We will spend one night in Trebinje.

Mostar is located on the Neretva River and is the fifth largest city in the country. Mostar was named after the "Mostari" medieval guardians of the Old Bridge over the Neretva, a building for which the city is widely known.

The Old Town, which "connects" to the Old Bridge, is an attractive location for all tourists and is the most visited part of the city. It is the administrative, economic and cultural center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two entities in BiH.After breakfast we are leaving Trebinje and over place called Capljina are going toward Mostar. On this road near Capljina we will make a break to visit Pocitelj. The historic site of Počitelj is located on the left bank of the river Neretva. The walled town of Počitelj evolved in the period from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

Architecturally, the stone- constructed parts of the town are a fortified complex, in which two stages of evolution are evident: medieval, and Ottoman. After this visit we will continue our road to Mostar, where we are going to have lunch, dinner and spend a night in one of the hotels. When we mention Mostar, what is dominant is Old Bridge in this city.

Rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city.Old Bridge diving is a traditional annual competition in diving organized every year in mid summer (end of July). The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th cen-turies as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and Old Bridge, after which it is named. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt and many of the edifices in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt with the contribution of an international scientific committee established by UNESCO. Beside the bridge we are going to visit Biscevic House, Turkish House Museum with a courtyard, showcasing furnishings such as rugs, silver and ceramics. This hoes was built in 17th century in Ottomman time.

After breakfast you will pack your things and get ready for your trip to Sa-rajevo and your arrangement is over.