North Montenegro, Durmitor, Tara & Ostrog Tour
Description
This tour is designed for all nature and adventure lovers made to combine all the places that make Montenegro wild and wonderful – beginning with the beautiful coastline of Kotor and Risan Bay; driving up to the high elevations of the Durmitor Mountains; admiring the deepest canyon in Europe - the canyon of river Tara; hiking around Black Lake and visiting the most famous and mysterious spiritual spot in the Balkans – the Ostrog Monastery. An overall memorable travel experience!
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Itinerary
After 20 minutes we take our first photo stop at the outskirts of the baroque town of Perast. A short distance from the shoreline you’ll be able to capture perspectives of two famous islands – Our Lady of the Rocks (artificial) and Saint George (natural).
Just before we arrive in Nikšić (where the best Montenegrin beer is made), we’ll take another photo stop at the beautiful Salty Lake (Slano Jezero), one of two big lakes that surround this historical city
Tara Bridge – the highest in Europe when built in 1940 - spanning the renown Tara River. If so inclined, time will be allotted to cross the 365 meter long bridge, 172 meters above the canyon floor.
Black Lake - This lake is among 18 glacial lakes above 1,500 meters elevation on Durmitor Mountain.All together they are called “Mountain Eyes”
Nearing sunset, we’ll begin our ascent up the narrow and winding road, enjoying spectacular views of the highly-perched monastery in the effects of the setting sun..You may have an opportunity to observe bare footed pilgrims climbing up the 3 km long road, in order to reach this holy place and sleep over in the monastery yard.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please during booking process book one of the options from the city you are staying in if you require pick up service, options that are offered are: For guests from Budva: Bus stop to Sveti Stefan / Petrovac , 2 Mediteranska, Budva, Montenegro at 06:00 am For guests from Tivat: Parking Porto Montenegro at 06:30 am For guests from Herceg Novi: Bus stop across PRO ECO store at 06:00 am
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- WHAT TO BRING: water, sunscreen, comfortable shoes
- HIGHLIGHTS: Perast photo stop, View of Boka Bay above Risan, Slano Lake, traditional breakfast, Đurđevića Tara Bridge, Tara Canyon, Town of Žabljak, traditional lunch, Black Lake, Ostrog Monastery
- NOTE: Access to Ostrog Monastery's interior may be limited on weekends due to a high number of visitors.
Reviews(445)
Good potential but lost in poor planning and poor execution. Food stops were phenomenal, highly recommend the fried donuts and pork steak. Liked the lake stop but wished it was longer in order to walk around the lake. All in all though, this is a greedy company. Think of your guests and sell one less spot in order to provide actual comfort for your customers!!!!! The mini buses have a bench of “four” seats at the back that are so much smaller than the other seats of the bus and cause everyone at the back to be so squished for the over 8+ hours you are driving around for the North Montenegro Tour that you are constantly touching the people next to you. Additionally the middle seat have basically no view of the country you are paying good money to see. Unless they change something I’d advise anyone choosing this company to make sure they run in front of everyone else so you 1. Can sit with the person you are traveling with and 2. don’t get screwed and squished with no view in the middle back like my husband did. Additionally we were constantly rushed to pick our food because we were seated at the back of the bus, simple fix is print a copy for each passenger. Paper isn’t that expensive… Nothing against the tour guide or bus driver, very good at their jobs.
Brilliant day out in northern Montenegro Such beautiful landscape Perfect way to see the country Very well organised
The tour allows you to see beautiful places of Montenegro. Our guide was extremely friendly, available and well disposed. We left at hours and returned at hours. It was an incredible experience!
The entire tour is very well organised and provides you a full days worth of activities as well as rest breaks for food and drinks at a nice restaurant on route. The sites seen today were absolutely breathtaking and it would be a shame if you did not to do this tour/visit these sites at least once in your time in Montenegro. Our tour guide Milos, was great and had lot of knowledge around the area, culture and was generally very good guide. Full marks. If you are in Kotor, I would recommend to kill a day. 10/10
This tour is very comprehensive to explore North Montenegro in one full day. We could visit all highlight tourist destinations in North Montenegro, which are beautiful Durmitor National Park and Black Lake, Tara River Canyon, and Ostrog Monastery, and also some scenery photo stops along the way. The tour guide is very informative, he speaks very fluent English and very friendly. The driver is also expert in driving for such long destinations, especially when climbing the mountain in narrow street to Ostrog Monastery. Moreover, the tour price is also affordable and worth it for such long hours tour (total about 13 hours).
It was a wonderful trip, the drive is amazing, he drives mountain road so smoothly. And Lina was amazing, very informative and always care how we feel or anything we would like to know.
The tour was a great way to see some highlights in Montenegro! There is a lot of driving but the scenery is stunning along the entire drive! All stops are great and worth visiting and the tour guide Milos definitely did a great job of explaining the history or the country and telling a lot of personal stories! Milos is amazing!
Amazing tour with multiple great locations on the route. The photo stops are short, but they didn't feel like they were being skipped over. The highlight is obviously the black lake, which is utterly stunning. The Tara Bridge is cool (although it was being renovated as we visited) and the monastery was incredible. There is a lot of driving but it didn't feel like too much, the views out the window are interesting for the entire journey. Our guide Milos was very knowledgeable and engaging which helped prevent the trip from becoming too tiring.
Milo was an absolutely wonderful guide. He was funny and informative. I do wish there was less time for breakfast/lunch and more time for Durmitor National Park but the tour was very organized and we saw many unique sites in one day!
Great experience from booking, through to whatsapp updates day before and in person at meeting point. Guide was Milo and driver was Dragon. Milo was very knowledgeable, not only about the area but spoke about the culture and history of Montenegro. Stopped opposite Perast for quick photo op and then stop for breakfast. Onwards to Black lake for a 50 min stop. Onto Tara river/Bridge. Unfortunately, some repairs are in progress and so scaffolding ruining opportunity for good pics, but still managed some. Lunch stop and then monastery and back home. 13.5 hour journey, but due to frequent stops, it didn't feel tiring. Milo filled in information along the journey to prevent boredom, whilst allowing snoozing times in the minibus. Comfortable air conditioned minivan. Would recommend this and worth the money compared to say a cable car trip which is over in minutes. Brilliantly organised. Well done to Monte 360 and guide Milo and driver Dragon for driving carefully and bri going us back home safely, despite the narrow winding roads to the monastery.
