Tour itinerary

The meeting point for this tour is in a quiet countryside camp in the vicinity of the small town of Despotovac, about 30 minutes drive from the A1 highway (participants will get coordinates and detailed instructions on how to reach the meeting point about one month prior to the tour start).

During the 10 tour days we’ll make certain that you see the absolute highlights that the Serbian Carpathian mountains offer – revealing to you many geographical secrets known only to us!

What does the east of Serbia look like? Having a 4x lower population density than western Serbia, it is an ideal place for those seeking a true wilderness experience, rarely found in Europe nowadays. In some areas (such as the Kučaj mountains) you can drive for 50-70 km without encountering a single town of village – just endless forests and pastures in mountains rich with wildlife.

The landscape that you will encounter is diverse and ever changing as the tour progresses. Starting in the dense forests of Homolje and Kučaj mountains, as we move southwards the forests are slowly replaced by wide open vistas and breathtaking distant views, as we start riding the virtually endless highland ridges of the south. Attractive, rocky peaks (which you can actually ascend with your 4×4 vehicle) will pop out of nowhere, making you just want to end your day there and enjoy the sunset. And the numerous river valleys harbor fantastic wild camping spots, where you have everything that you desire for a perfect escape from civilization – including enough firewood for campfires, and clean mountain water tasting much better than the bottled water that you often buy in the supermarkets. Some campsites, like the one in the Arbinje valley of Stara planina, where you have the opportunity to camp in the red rock riverbed, are a true natural masterpiece, while the lake campsites at Zavoj or Vlasina lakes make you want to extend the tour by a day or two, in order to have some pure chillout time, while swimming in those refreshing waters.

You will encounter a wide variety of various trails during the tour, that will satisfy just ANY offroad enthusiasts preference for a pure joyride – from deep jungle trails, fighting with vegetation (and occasionally mud too), through grassland trails over wide open vistas, that will grant you a relaxed opportunity to enjoy the scenery at high speed, all the way to following long, narrow high ridges (reaching higher than 2000 m in altitude), where you’ll encounter the Balkans mountains in their true, majestic beauty.

And while on tour, you’ll discover many secret places hardly accessible to regular tourists, such as hidden waterfalls, narrow canyons, natural stone arches (which eastern Serbia is particularly famous for), which will quickly jam up the memory cards of your cameras with unforgettable memories – and you’ll have a hard time to convince your friends that that is actually Europe, and not some exotic wild country on another continent.

Eastern Serbia is sparsely inhabited, which doesn’t mean that you won’t have an immersive cultural experience, meeting the local people in the mountains, with their ever friendly, hospitable smiles, having a chance to taste home made goat, sheep and cow cheese, and drink the fresh milk from the animals grazing all around you.

This tour is a product of many years of development and perfectioning, derived from previous tours which partially covered this area. That is why we will not try to explain to you in detail what you will do day after day – because every day will be a new adventure, a chance to unveil and enjoy something new. Until we get to the end, concluding your perfect overlanding story of the Balkans.

Accomodation

We’ll be sleeping on nice natural campsites in total wilderness, often near rivers, streams or lakes. Our average time of arrival to campsite is between 17:00 and 18:00, and morning departure time is usually between 9:00 and 9:30. There will be plenty of firewood for building campfires, and in most cases there won’t be other people anywhere nearby. Although Serbia is a country rich with wildlife, with a large population of wolves, they pose no threat to the campers, so you can be relaxed. The altitude of our campsites will range between 700 and 2160 m, so it can in some of them be fresh during the night. To make camping more comfortable, you should have folding tables and chairs, as well as cooking equipment for food (although you can also use campfire), mobile refrigerator (12 V), etc.

Equipment required for your Expedition:

• MT Tires, (BF Goodrich, Malatesta, Swamper, Simex).

• 4x4 Car prepared with Winch and Reducer

• CB radio or Mobile Radio

• All the necessary documents for your Car, INSURANCE for Balkan Countries (ALB - MNE - SRB - NMK - RKS)

If your insurance company does not offers this service then I can buy it here, all you need is to send me a copy of your current insurance and I buy your car insurance an give it to you on the meeting Point. In this way you don't need to go around looking for.

Personal Documents.

• Passport or ID card.

Equipment.

• Camping equipment: Everything what you need for the Camp-tour. Table, chairs, gas stove, cooking pots,

cutlery, mugs, plates. etc. Catering with fresh Bio Foods and fresh Meat we can stop every two days to the

Mini Markets or Super Market.

Services Included in the Price:

✔-The organization, Hotel & Restaurant bookings

✔-1 Local Guide Multilanguage. English, Italian, Greek, and Spanish -fluent speaker

✔-Free WIFI for our Customers

✔-2 Nights in typical hotels

✔-2 Dinners in the restaurants (excluding drinks)

✔-1 Lunch in Restaurant

✔-All entrance, fees and Parking’s

✔-Assistance with technical and Mechanical problems

Services NOT Included in the Price:

✖-Food and accommodation which are not included on the program

✖-Ferry tickets from Italy to Albania or Greece

✖-Personal expenses

✖-Fuel for your vehicle

✖-Impairment costs

✖-Heavy Technical and Mechanical supports

Important Information:

Up to 4 cars we exclude the Hotel and restaurant payments because of low incomes to the Company.