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Stage 8 Babino polje (Montenegro) – Plav (Montenegro)

Stage 9 Plav (Montenegro) – Vusanje (Montenegro)

Stage 10 Vusanje (Montenegro) – Theth (Albania)

Appendix A Useful contacts

Appendix B Accommodation

Appendix C Further reading

Appendix D Language and glossary

Appendix E History timeline

On the saddle above Liqeni i Kuçishtës, Kosovo (Stage 7)

ROUTE SUMMARY TABLE

Maja e Boshit (Maja Bošit), a prominent 2416m peak southeast of the Valbona Pass (Stage 1)

INTRODUCTION

Descending to Vusanje and the Ropojana Valley (Stage 9)

The Peaks of the Balkans is a recently developed cross-border long-distance trail through the spectacularly wild and rugged borderlands of Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo. A circular route of around 192km in length, it takes in remote valleys, lakes and mountain passes, winding its way through some stupendous mountain scenery and passing through traditional mountain villages which often feel like somewhere time forgot. It’s a corner of Europe few people are familiar with, let alone visit. Food and accommodation are offered in traditional village home stays, so there’s no need to carry camping gear, with delicious regional cuisine and genuine hospitality that is frankly a million miles away from some of the more lacklustre tourist resorts on the coast. The route can be hiked in around 10 days or stretched out over a couple of weeks, with about a third of the whole trek lying in each country.