Hiking tour in the magnificent Djerdap gorge with a beautiful view of the mighty Danube. The Djerdap gorge, known as the Iron Gate, is the longest and deepest gorge in Europe. It stretches for about 100 km and boasts historical and cultural sights.
On this hiking tour, we will go to the beautiful viewpoint of Sokolovac. Then we continue along the ridge to the Choka Nyalta Nature Reserve. This reserve is home to a variety of flora and fauna. At the end of the tour, we will visit the attractive canyon of the Boljetinska River, where you will admire the impressive rocks.
| DEPARTURE LOCATION | Belgrade, the parking lot at the municipality of New Belgrade |
| DEPARTURE TIME | 7h |
| INCLUDED IN THE PRICE | Transportation from Belgrade
Hiking tour at the National Park Đerdap Entrance ticket for the national park Djerdap A guide and the tour organization Accident insurance |
| NOT INCLUDED | Lunch
Transportation from Novi Sad Other individual costs |
Additional notes:
- Equipment for the Djerdap hiking-Sokolovac tour, the canyon of the Boljetin River: Deep hiking boots, backpack, and layered clothing adapted to weather conditions, we recommend poles, bring enough water, and some food (snacks, sandwiches, fruit).
- Information about a hiking trail:
- Length: 16km
- Total ascend/descend: around 800 m
- Category: easy-moderate
- Duration: around 6h-7h with breaks
- For the realization of the tour, a minimum of 18 registered passengers is required.
- Price is for members of "Explore Serbia". You can find membership information here. For those who do not have a membership card, the price is 5200 dinars.
- Own transportation: in case you come with your own transport, the price of the tour is 2900 dinars (with Explore Serbia membership cards) or 3900 dinars (for those who do not have a membership card).
- Transportation from Novi Sad: the surcharge is 1200 dinars. Another option is to take the train to the Novi Beograd railway station, where you can wait for our transport. You can see the timetable here.
- Accident insurance: in order for this type of insurance to be active, you need to send us your personal number (JMBG) when registering.
- In case of insufficient number of registered passengers or unfavorable weather conditions, the deadline for notification of the postponement or cancellation of the tour by the organizers is 2 days before departure.
- Trip cancellations by passengers:
- In case of cancellation of the trip by the passenger, 5 or more days before the tour date, the Agency retains the amount of 20% of the reservation costs.
- In case the traveler cancels the trip less than 5 days before the trip, the agency reserves the right to the entire amount. In case of replacement by another passenger who is found either by the passenger himself or by the Agency, 90% of the paid amount is returned to the passenger.
- In case of illness of the passenger and cancellation up to 3 days before the tour, the paid money can be returned or the amount can be transferred for another tour organized by the Agency, and the traveler is obliged to send medical documentation about the illness in writing. In case of illness of the traveler and cancellation less than 3 days before the tour, in addition to sending medical documentation about the illness, the traveler is obliged to compensate the Agency for the incurred costs (transportation and travel organization costs), and part of the money can be refunded.
The organizer of the tour is the travel agency Explore Balkans doo. With this program is valid Rulebook on conducting tours by Explore Balkans doo. According to Article 79 of the Law on Tourism, protection is not provided for one-day tours in terms of travel guarantees.
Belgrade - Djerdap gorge
- Departure from Belgrade from the parking lot of the municipality of Novi Beograd at 7:00 a.m.
- Travel towards the Đerdap gorge, on the highway via Požarevac, then to Golupec.
- A break on the way lasting 30 minutes.
Djerdap National Park: hiking tour
- Continuation of the journey towards the Đerdap National Park, arrival at the starting point of the hike.
- The hiking trail goes from the confluence of the river Pesaca in Danube, passing a Coka Njalta ridge to viewpoint Sokolovac, from the confluence of the river Pesaca in Danube, passing the ridge Coka Njalta descending to the attractive Boljetin River canyonThe route abounds with beautiful views towards the Danube and the top of Somrda.
- Čoka Njalta reserve with Pesaca, represents a typical refuge of relict and rare species of trees and their communities, while Šomrda is the habitat of a plant species of green grass that grows on the southeastern slopes of the peak of the same name, in a place called Radisavljev krak.
- Canyon of the Boljetin River along its entire length up to the confluence with the Danube is part of the nature reserve Canyon of the Boljetin River - Greben. Tectonic disturbances in the distant past have left significant traces of bending, folding, and crossing of rock layers of different colors in this area. The base is made of red sandstone from the Permian and Jurassic ages. These traces of compression, folding, and crossing of rock layers of different colors are rare in Europe and therefore have great significance in geology.
- The hiking trail ends near the archaeological site Lepenski Vir.
- The tour belongs to the moderate-easy category., lasting about 6-7 hours with breaks, about 16 km long, with a total ascent and descent of about 800 m.
- After the hike, it is possible to organize a late lunch in one of the nearby restaurants.
- The planned return to Belgrade is by 9 p.m.
Djerdap National Park
The Danube in Celtic means river or water. It is not known when the first wave of the Pannonian sea began to deepen the massifs between the Balkans and the Carpathians, opening the Iron Gate and creating today's Djerdap. With this miracle of nature, the Persians gave the name Girdap or Vortrag, and Roman soldiers, according to the order of the traitor, Trajan crossed the path through the Djerdap walls, which for the then Roman Empire had great strategic and economic significance.
Djerdap gorge is the largest river breakwater in Europe, originated where the mighty Danube broke through the Carpathian Mountains in a length of 90 kilometers. There are four gorges: Golubacka, Lady Vir - whose tourist center Lepenski Vir, Kazan (the largest river depth is 90 m) and Sipska, and three basins: Ljupkovska, Donjomilanovacka and Orsavska. Here in Djerdap Dunav is the deepest 90 m, narrowest 140 m, but also the widest, almost 7 km near Golubac.
Djerdap National Park is the largest in Serbia. It is a true paradise for adventurers, nature lovers, fishermen and hunters. In our article on Djerdap, you can see how you can spend all your time in this national park.
This protected area includes as many as ten nature reserves, ten continents of diverse heritage of nature, history and beauty, which are carried by large rivers: Lepenski Vir, Veliki and Mali Štrbac with Trajan's plate, Golubac, Bosman-Sokolovac, Čoka Njalta with Pesač, Bojana, Tartar Vis, Šomrda, Gigantic stream and the Boljetine River Canyon - Reef.
Due to its diversity and rarity, the National Park Djerdap is a true scientific research center in the nature. Nature Reserve Veliki and Mali Štrbac is one of the most interesting and most attractive areas of the National Park, with a very diverse and very widespread relict vegetation, as well as a Roman inscription, in the science known as Tabula Traiana, located at the very exit from the Đerdap gorge. It dates from the 100th year of a new era, marking the completion of the section of the road through the Lower Gorge. Čoka Njalta Reserve, with Pesača, is a typical haven for relict and rare species of trees and their communities, while Šomrda is a habitat of herbaceous vegetation growing on the southeastern slopes of the eponymous peak at a place called Radisavlje's branch.
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