The Peaks of the Balkans: top destination for foreign and local adventure lovers.

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  The Peaks of the Balkans is a hiking trail that covers three countries, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania. This trail attracs many tourists that are in love with hiking and want to see new places, meet new people and see different cultures. Not only that they seek the beautiful sceneries but also get to know the culture of the people that live in these majestic mountains. Undoubtedly, staying in nature is a wonderful thing, however if you would have to stay for 8 days, without a doubt, that's when the magic kicks in. We were for 8 days in the most beautiful parts of the accursed mountains together with people who later not only became friends with us but also we created a bond that we would never forget. Outdoor Kosova organized a training for future guides in the peaks of the balkans, our intructors were amazing and had professional attributes, they always kept teaching us new things. Our training instructurs were Fatos Katallozi and Mentor Bojku they both did an amazing job and en...
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Departure to Tito Vrv.

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"Going to the mountains is like going home". That is what John Muir said and every time when I'm in the mountains I feel the same way!

Days ago I went together with plenty of hikers in Popowa Shapka or also called ( Kodra e Diellit). We got up early in the morning around 5 am, in a wonderful Sunday morning we started from Prishtina and headed towards North Macedonia, we wanted to hike a beautiful mountain. In short, with 29th of September we did a fantastic adventure that will stuck in our memories.


In order to arrive at Popowa Shapka we had first to drive through the city of Tetova, the city looked very polluted and I was sad to see it in that state, considering that it is surrounded by so many mountains. The journey was wonderful, the people there are friendly and they love to welcome tourist, and so is our fantastic friend and guide Ismet Şurban. This man is a wonderful person, he loves nature, children and is a very great hiker, he even teaches young children about mountaineering and about our beautiful mountains.

Our guide Ismet Şurban leading us to the peak of Tito Vrv 2747m.
 Photo credits: Arben Islami.
Thus, we went to the Sharr mountains of North Macedonia, we had so much fun, during our ascend Ismet went many times up and down in order to be sure not to let anyone behind. We were able to see so many mountain peaks such as: Turku i Vogel 2720, Bakardan 2710 and many other mountains that are in our side, in Kosovo.
Middle Rock of Macedonia and Sharr Mountain range of Kosovo in front of that.

Meanwhile, while we were hiking I had the chance to meet a wonderful woman which she is challenging her limits with every ascend in the most highest mountains in Europe. Luljeta Ademi, such a warmhearted person, despite her disability she continues without giving up, making her dreams into reality, she works hard every day and has a powerful soul that shines throughout in the distance. Additionally, she recently climbed the highest mountain in Slovenia, Triglav 2864m and that is just the beginning of her journey. I wish her many successful ascends and descends and wish for her dreams to come true. 


We had a wonderful sunny day, we could feel the warmth of the sun in our faces, sometimes the wind was colder, besides we almost were reaching the summit. We could see a big tower reaching the sky, Tito Vrv the highest mountain in the Sharr mountains with an altitude of 2747 meters. 


Location: Popova Šapka, Popova Shapka, North Macedonia

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