The Balkans offers excellent opportunities for overlanders, 4wd touring and more adventurous road trips. As overland travellers based in Europe or passing through on the way to or from Europe, the Balkan states are a great place to explore, without going to far afield. You will experience very diverse cultural scenes and a decent amount of modern history and friendly people.
In our blog you will see that there are many routes through the region, our first trip was by road entering via Slovenia to Croatia to head to Serbia and onto Montenegro, before using the Croatian ferries to explore the Dalmatian coast.
On later tours we explored the area further either entering using ferries from Italy to Dubrovnik or leaving via ferries to Italy from Albania.
However you choose to explore the area, you are guaranteed to have an awesome experience, for a fraction of the cost of Western Europe. I’d suggest you get off the beaten track, travel slowly and see what happens.
When we stayed in Durmitor National Park, during our August 2011 trip, the guy who seemed to run the campsite at Autocamp Razvršje, gave us a great walking map, which I kept, being a total map addict. Actually I think he gave one to everyone, so we weren’t special. Anyway, by luck the other day they […]
Stepping Back in time, Lukomir Village in the mountains above Sarajevo Lukomir is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the municipality of Konjic. It is situated in the Dinaric Alps, on the Bjelašnica mountain range. The village is known for being the highest and most isolated permanent settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with
We stopped at Plitvica National Park to explore former Yugoslavia’s secret airfield – Zeljava air base underground hidden airbase and abandoned planes
We were up very early thanks to having had no sleep. Dan started the day with a 5am swim, that should wake him up! As a result, it was a departure of 6am for us after we brushed our teeth and dressed. We decided to find a café along the way and get some breakfast
We had a fairly good night’s sleep and woke up early ready to hit the road. We decided to avoid the breakfast which was spoken of last night as dinner was a little ‘dodgy’, for want of a better word at the hotel. We opted for just a coffee instead. On our way out, just
Being in a hotel last night meant getting away quickly was easy. We started the day with a local style breakfast of feta, tomato, cucumber and bread. Washed down with a few coffees. Our plan was to check out a beach I had found on Google earth that looked almost isolated due to the track
Today was about following circles on a map to Divjakë-Karavasta National Park before spending a night in Kepi i Kalas. Despite the heat we did quite well this morning and managed to get packed up and on the road by 0945, after we had a relaxed coffee and showers all round. Our original plan was
We decided to stay two nights at Lake Shkodër. After an eventful night, we woke slowly, having been woken by Cass in the middle of the night again. Persistent thunder meant that she was afraid and ended up in our tent, whilst the thunder rolled in. There had been a little rain too, but not
Our plan today was to cross the border from Montenegro into Albania, after two nights in Kostanijica this time without raves all night we felt rested and ready to continue our Overland journey. I was nervous though crossing into a new country, Albania seemed a big unknown to me. My nerves made me excited. Today
Today we headed for Montenegro, our cunning plan was to head out on the main roads so we could get there in good time to relax. That is where we went wrong! Finding the right road We headed out from Konjic diligently following the signs to Nevesinje. Within a few miles the signs became vague