The
bus ride from Kotor was interesting as it goes through a few mountains. The
driver was speeding and breaking every few seconds because of the
numerous airpin curves. We were lucky enough to have some kind of AC so
we could handle the almost 4 hours trip. We arrived in Zabljak in the
early afternoon and were suggested to go and walk around the Crno
Jezero, the Black Lake. It took about 3 hours round trip from the
hostel, a walk a little over 8 km. The lake is beautiful, not sure why it is called black lake
as it is a nice blue shade. It seems to be a very popular spot for
tourists to step in the water to take tons of pictures of themselves. We came back to the hostel were
we attended the nice barbecue
offered to us by the hostel owners.
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| View from the bus |
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| View from the bus |
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| View from the bus |
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| Tight corner |
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| Crno Jezero (Black Lake), Zabljak, Montenegro |
On our second day, we walked 15 km in a not so easy mountain terrain and were rewarded by
an amazing few from the top. The mountains are very nice. There was
still snow in a few places. Zadljak is located at about 1490 meters above
sea level and we hiked our way up to 2191m. We did what they call the
difficult loop, and some sections were indeed fairly difficult,
especially the last part getting to the cave as we were almost rock
climbing. We were gone for about 7 hours and had a lot of fun. We
definitely enjoy more being in the nature than in the city which is
why we will be looking into more hiking destinations. When we arrived back at the hostel, we showered right
away as we weren't sure we were going to be able to stand again if we
sat somewhere!
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| At the beginning of the hiking trail to the ice cave |
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| View from the trail |
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| View from the trail |
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| View from the ice cave. Zabljak is in the clear spot in the middle, 7.5 km away |
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| The cave's entrance |
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| Still some ice in August |
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| Us, nice background |
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| A few minutes outside Zabljak |
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| Nice mountains |
After spending all morning trying to figure where we are going next, we decided to go for a
walk to the Tara Canyon viewpoint. While we were getting ready, a German guy
that arrived in the morning at the hostel asked if he could tag along. We all got ready
and headed toward the viewpoint. The walk consisted of mostly paved
road, except for the last 1 to 1.5 km where it was back in the mountain. A total of another 15 km. The view of the Tara Canyon was wonderful, lots of mountains are
surrounding this pretty turquoise river that is really deep in a curved canyon. There was also lots of
butterflies and even a not so shy salamander. Our
legs are really tired though so a bus day tomorrow will probably be
very appreciated!
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| Tara Canyon viewpoint |
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| Tara Canyon viewpoint |
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| Tara Canyon viewpoint |
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| Tara Canyon viewpoint |
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| Tara Canyon viewpoint |
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