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Walking in Montenegro

There is an ever-growing number of websites devoted to tourism in Montenegro, many of them far richer in hyperbole than in any practical information for the visitor, let alone the mountain walker.

The best online source of information on walking in Montenegro is to be found at www.summitpost.org (choose ‘Mountains and Rocks’ and search for ‘Montenegro’). The site contains a wealth of material, including photos, on mountain areas in Montenegro. Although there are some inaccuracies, it provides a valuable resource.

A more extensive list of websites is given in Appendix C.

Where to start?

With its spectacular scenery, well-marked trails and convenient local transport, Durmitor (Routes 6–8) will almost certainly be at the top of your agenda in Montenegro. Komovi (Route 11) is another wonderful area, very compact and with some exciting peaks. Prokletije (Routes 14–17) remains one of the wildest corners of Europe, harder to get to and much less visited, but with some quite unforgettable scenery. Less extreme in terms of terrain, but if anything even more remote than Prokletije, is Kučka krajina (Route 12). Of the many longer itineraries possible in Montenegro, perhaps the most rewarding is to combine the routes on Biogradska gora, Komovi, Maglić and Kučka krajina (Routes 9–12, see Appendix A). Forest is at its richest in Biogradska gora National Park (Bjelasica; Route 9) and parts of Durmitor. The Bay of Kotor (see Route 3, Alternative Route, and Route 4) remains perhaps the most impressive area of natural scenery on the coast, while Lake Skadar National Park (Route 5) is an ornithologist’s paradise.