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Kamena Gora and Sopotnica - two mountain villages of southwestern Serbia you should visit

If you are a fan of the nature of mountain villages, delicious traditional food and adventurers, these two villages in the vicinity of Prijepolje that have been declared as natural assets of exceptional importance should be on your list of sightseeing tours. What is unique about these two villages? Mountain villages of broken type with few inhabitants. They are located at 1000 m - 1500 m of altitude and represent a true aerial spa. Around the village houses grow 100-year-old forests of spruce, fir, pine and beech, sprinkled with vast meadows through which streams flow. People are cordial and hospitable, and some households have their own guide for grinding grain. Kamena Gora The main points of interest: footpaths, Sveti Bor Kamena Gora is still unknown to a wider number of Serbian connoisseurs. It has beautiful walking areas, a marked biking trail for mountain biking, a natural rock with devastated climbing directions, paragliding rides. Kamena Gora has a wealth of plant and animal life, forests and clear forest sources that have at every step, over a hundred registered, strong and rich water resources that never dry up. Part of the village of Kamena Gora is covered with dense coniferous forests and covered with plains, meadows, hills, valleys, which all make the right charm to stay. The oldest inhabitant of Kamena Gora, Stari Bor, is 13 m high, the crown diameter is 18 m, and the volume of the tree is almost 5 m. It's about 500 years old. The Black Pine is a symbol and a holy place "on the rock" and the testimony of the longevity of the "village of the centenary". The ancient worm people call the Holy Pine. Sopotnica Main points of interest: waterfalls, old waterfalls, hiking trails, delicious traditional food Sopotnica - a village of bubbling springs and waterfalls which, by climbing down the cliff to the mouth of Lim, gave the name to the village. Attractive waterfalls and waterfalls give unparalleled ornaments embedded in the ambience of ancient rural architecture made up of numerous watermills and rollers. The village of Sopotnica is best known for its Sopotnica river,

If you are a fan of the nature of mountain villages, delicious traditional food and adventurers, these two villages in the vicinity of Prijepolje that have been declared as natural assets of exceptional importance should be on your list of sightseeing tours. What is unique about these two villages? Mountain villages of broken type with few inhabitants. They are located at 1000 m -

What is via ferrata? 8 tips for beginners

Via ferrata or steel paths are paths along the walls in which the steel ladders are used for climbing. They were created during the First World War for the needs of the Austrian and Italian armies in the Dolomites. These are tracks along the walls arranged with iron tools. In present time they represent a true tourist attraction because they are located in attractive areas. "Steel

Paragliding - the long-awaited man's wish for flying

paraglajding tandem let Vršac, poklon let

Paragliding offers the possibility of great adventures, challenges and glimpses of the beauty of the area above which it is flying. It does not require too much financial resources and time. Paragliding is one of the youngest aerial sports and is intensively developing. Like other adventurous activities it involves risk. The most important preconditions for learning safe flight are: personal attitude, competent training and safe equipment. Training is carried out gradually and from lower altitudes. What is a paraglider? Paraglider is a craft that uses wind and thermal forces to stay in the air and to go as far as possible. The paraglider is a ram-air parachute-winged air, with which it rolls with a run-off and slips to the feet. Paragliding equipment consists of: a wing of the reserve parachute linkage system of the protective equipment of the connection and navigation equipment. The paraglider parts are: a dome (wing or glider, in a jargon of "patch") gurney (on which the pilot hangs and the ropes are attached to the wing) Connection (with which the pilot catches the gutters) The necessary equipment is easily packed into one backpack around 15 kg of weight. Where to go to paragliding in Serbia? Seats in our country are: Vrsacki breg, Rajac, Sicevo, Kopaonik, Suva Planina, Golija, Guchevo, Novi Sad, Subotica, Zlatibor. Paragliding at Vršac is one of the best places for paragliding in Serbia due to ideal meteorological conditions. There are paragliding clubs that organize and train interested parties. Paragliding sites in Montenegro are also among the countries in the region: Žabljak on Durmitor, Berane, Budva and Herceg Novi. The safest way to experience the first flight with a paraglider is the tandem flight with the instructor Tandem Paragliders have the ability to carry two people (you and instructors). No previous experience, knowledge or special physical training is required for a tandem flight. Instructions and information are very simple and you get them from an experienced paraglider pilot before the tandem of the flight. The flight usually takes 15-20 minutes, which is more than enough for this kind of experience.

Paragliding offers the possibility of great adventures, challenges and glimpses of the beauty of the area above which it is flying. It does not require too much financial resources and time. Paragliding is one of the youngest aerial sports and is intensively developing. Like other adventurous activities it involves risk. The most important preconditions for learning safe flight are: personal attitude, competent training and safe equipment.

How did rafting become the leading recreational pastime?

Rafting is a very popular recreational activity worldwide. Rubber boats are used especially for wild waters with a capacity of 6-12 people. In English, the term whitewater rafting (whitewater) is found, and it refers to the water and foam bubbles created by the rapid movement of water that hits the walls and other obstacles. Rafting in the world

Something about the history of hiking in the world and Serbia

Mountaineering is a popular recreational activity that entails pleasure in conquering peaks, the beauty of mountainous areas, overcoming difficulty with others because usually hikers are in the group. As the start date of hiking is taken August 8, 1786 when French physician Michel Gabriel Paccard and guide Jacques Balmat climbed to the top of Mont Blanc (4,810 m). This rise was prompted by the Swiss scientist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. It was in the Alps that the first hiking tours of the unspoiled peaks were organized, with the presence of local guides. While these tour guides have a long tradition, there are major changes in commercial hiking today. Mountains and mountaineering in Serbia In geomorphological terms, Serbia is mostly a mountainous country, both in terms of age, way of setting, geological structure, routes of delivery and forms of relief, the mountains are very diverse. According to the way of the mountain, the mountains are: Rodopske (old mound, flowing from the left and right sides of the South and the Great Morava, such as the Besna kobila, Dukat, Čemernik, Kukavica, Vidojevica, Jastrebac and others), the Carpathian- , are occupied by the eastern part of Serbia: Homoljske planine, Beljanica, Kučaj, Miroč, Deli Jovan, Rtanj, Ozren, Devica, Suva, Stara planina), Dinarske (they consist of several mountain units, they are younger and are more difficult to walk, belong to them: Tara , Zlatibor, Zlatar, Golija, Kopaonik, Goc, Avala, Kosmaj, Bukulja, Rudnik, Povlen, Maljen, Cer and others). The first hiking society in the territory of the former Yugoslavia was founded in 1874 in Zagreb. In Serbia, the first mountain visitors were also scientists, and the most prominent among them was Josip Pancic, who climbed to a number of mountains in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia, extending the flora of those mountains. He led his students with him, many of whom later were mountaineering organizations in Serbia. With Pancic he was a famous geographer Jovan Cvijic. Organized hiking in Serbia begins in 1901, when the Serbian Mountaineering Society was founded with the first president, Jovan Žujović. Mountaineering clubs and clubs are organized in our country

Mountaineering is a popular recreational activity that entails pleasure in conquering peaks, the beauty of mountainous areas, overcoming difficulty with others because usually hikers are in the group. As the start date of hiking is taken August 8, 1786 when French physician Michel Gabriel Paccard and guide Jacques Balmat climbed to the top of Mont Blanc (4,810 m). On that ascent

Kamena Gora and Sopotnica - two mountain villages of southwestern Serbia you should visit

What is via ferrata? 8 tips for beginners

Paragliding - the long-awaited man's wish for flying

How did rafting become the leading recreational pastime?

Something about the history of hiking in the world and Serbia

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