Touch the Sky – Hiking Albania

We’ll meet at airport and transfer to the hotel.
-Visiting the Ethem Bey Mosque & clock tower.
-Visiting Scanderbeg Square, Orthodox Church, National Historic Museum.

– Overnight in Tirana.

After breakfast we go to the Lura national park. A totally natural and relaxing place. Here we will place the camping tend and eat the prepared lunch . After lunch we go out to explore the wonderful view of the 7 lakes along with the forests that surround them. In the evening during the dinner the fire accompanies us in our conversations.

Overnight in Lura National Park
( optional : Sleeping in hotel without extra pay )

After breakfast, our route is towards the Bulqize town where we will visit the largest chrome mine in Albania and one of the largest mines in Europe for chrome production.

We climb for 45 minutes the mountain and go inside the mines (optional). There we look here close to the premises of a mine, the work that the workers do. We enjoy the view of the city from above which gives us the mountain of the mines and then enjoy the lunch with traditional dishes of the area.

After lunch, we will visit the Skanderbeg stones in the Vajkal field where the Albanian national hero developed one of the most famous wars against the Ottoman Empire. A small pine forest that surrounds it .

Sleeping and dinner in the guest house with traditional food and the traditional Albanian drink called RAKI .

Today we will visit one of the most beautiful glacial lakes in the area called Black Lake. Because it is surrounded by tall trees, Lake’s water look like black. Here barbeque time! Enjoying the fresh air, the lake view while playing games and grilled food.

Before the evening we visit the valley of the Drini i Zi River, the longest river in Albania (in summer we can swim there)

Overnight back to the Guest House.

After breakfast, we head to Rabdisht, a village with old stone buildings and narrow streets typical of the old Albanian villages. Then we visit the thermal waters of Peshkopi.

Known for their curative properties where hundreds of tourists come to look after these waters. Lunch is consumed in the restaurant with traditional meals, we visit the city boulevard and head towards the village of Radomire.

Accommodation and dinners at the guest house.

Today is the day! Awakening at six o’clock and head towards the highest mountain in Albania, the Korab Mountain. Hiking on the mountain is about 6 hours where we will make some short breaks. Here we are on top of Albania, in 2765 meters!

If it is the cleanest weather we will see a spectacular view of Albania and the National Park of Mavrovo (Macedonia). During the downhill (about 3.5 hours) we visit shepherd with sheep and goats.

Maximum altitude: 2764 meters.
Minimum altitude: 1265 meters.
Cumulative height: 1514 meters.
Cumulative length: 13.12 kilometers one way.
Difficulty: moderate.
Time: 2 to 3 hours to Fushe Korab, and a long day from there to the summit and back to Radomire.

Dinner with traditional food at the guest house.

After breakfast, we head towards Tirana, along the way we will stop to see the lake of SHKOPET. The Green water makes it a rare lake where we will make some photos and see there an old wire bridge where locals go through the lake.

We eat lunch at the restaurant and continue the journey to Kruja Castle. The Kruja fortress during the Skanderbeg period – the Albanian national hero – became the centerpiece of the Albanian resistance against the Ottoman invasion.

If the weather is clear, the view from the castle is very beautiful where you can see the Adriatic Sea and the valley of the Patos.

Overnight in Tirana.

After Breakfast we depart to Airport