Day Trip to the Shala River and Komani Lake From Shkoder

Great experience at a very reasonable price. All the guides were polite and clear in their instructions. Not sure how any other tour operator could beat the value that was provided on this tour. Thank you

From our experience, this is pretty much just a transport service— almost regardless of whom you book with. Go to the meet up point, sign in, (it’s a bit chaotic, just flow with it— everyone ends up in the same place), get on bus, bus has a stop for bathroom/coffee, bus takes you to boat dock which you get to by walking through well lit tunnel, onto Komani lake (which was a river that’s been blocked and now serving as a reservoir— hence it’s rather serpentine and takes 1.5 hrs to cross), arrive at final beach spot ( water levels were very low this time of the year so more wading than swimming and frigid cold). They technically charge 10 euros for an umbrella and 2 chaise— but no one came to collect from us. Spend a few hours there on the “beach” — food, drinks, toilets available—then at the designated time head back to the boats, and return the same way you came. It’s mass tourism transport, but if you don’t care that there’s no real guide talking/explaining and just want to enjoy the scenery— it is a beautiful trip.

Nice experience, the river is magnificent, however, - The time on site seemed too short to us, 1 more hour would have been great! - the river to take us to the stream is very polluted which is a shame! Furthermore, we have the impression that the Albanians do not pay attention to their magnificent landscape... such as, for example, throwing cigarettes directly into the river... - Then our boat driver behaved inappropriately and crudely on the way back with some Irish tourists, which made them uncomfortable, just like us! - Otherwise, the bus driver was nice! - The road was long, but we were aware of it.

Impressive trip. Good value. Bus driver texted in the evening all needed information. Recommended to take a jacket as in mountains colder. Near Rozafa hotel person with a list of names, looked at our reservation note and gave us ticket with all information on it and showed our bus. Drove about 1h and we had break for a coffee and toilet. Then beautiful views turned in to magnificent. Then we arrived to Albanian Thailand and took a boat. I fell comfortable in a boat as was wearing trouses , closed shoes, and extra cardigan . Wrapped my head in to the scarf, to protect from wind which occurs from speed boat. Those who wrote bad reviews choices wrong trip for them. They need to take a comfort taxi for €160 both ways and private boat €150 each way. All was perfect. Bumpy roads only where renovation going. Soon it will be fixed. Yes packed boats , but everyone has a sit, and it is part of trip to the heaven where you can hike, eat , take a sun bath or sweem in cold danger water . Little groups from the busses turns in to one big group who needs to return by same boat. While you swimming in calm place, don't panick if you dragged by water, try to relax and stay in flow by the flow become less agressive. There is some points where no flow at a shore. Be ready to stop with all body through stones. Enjoy bruised. If you see some one pass by in a river, do not think it is safe and don't try to repeat. I am sure they coming out with some pain as stones everywhere and current is strong. We had time to eat ,hike to balcony and have extreme swim. Before swim, plan where you will come out, as it possible to do without harming yourself. All needed information timewise was on the ticket. If something not clear, follow group.

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I would appreciate some more details of time of the journez in the bus and on the boat. Additionally some details of the site- how it was created, who did it etc. Views are amazing, but some surrondings are little dirty (plastic bottles and slippers in water), they destroy the view in places. Some inital information of travelling time and how the whole visit will be looking would be great. The organizers could also contact participants earlier about what to expect from the trip. I would prepare differently if I knew what to expect. staff was friendly and was answering questions, but more details would be appreciated

Fantastic day trip well organised with great bus transfer. Bit of a long ride but we'll worth it once on the river and lake . Only criticism I would have is boat seats were very uncomfortable [ well the ones we had were ] take a towel or some sort of cushioning would be my suggestion. All in all Fantastic trip and our guy was informative and funny.

Very nice excursion. It was long but still very enjoyable.

It was a nice experience but the setup of the trip is not the best. It's unavoidable, but the bus journey out to the boat is 2hr+ and then the boat ride (which is admittedly nice and fun) is another 1hr 15min+. The end point of Shala river was beautiful (slightly expensive - the restaurans often over-charge by €3 or so if not paying in LEK) but definitely worth seeing. We did unfortunately only get about 3.25 hours there since it took so long to travel out there. Would still recommend, but it is a long day (easily 10hrs+) to spend about 3hrs at the actual river. Guides were nice and fun though, and it's not a bad price.

It was a very hot day and unfortunately the coaches air con was below par which made the 4 hours in total uncomfortable. On arrival there is a 400 m walk in a tunnel to the boats. The scenic boat trip lasted 1.5 hours each way. At Shala River there were plenty of restaurants and loungers and quite a few were paddling. A fun trip for youngsters.

The trip was well organized and the scenery was beautiful. Once we got to Shala River it felt tacky with so many boats and blaring music coming from several restaurants. We paid 10 Euro for a couple of sun-beds and an umbrella to relax under. We swam in the incredibly clear water but be warned it is coming straight from the mountains and it is freezing!