18.maj 2025.
Dates
1 day
Duration
+7
Years
easy
Category
Deliblato Sands–Zagaj Hills
Location
One-day hiking tour in Deliblato Sands on the Zagajik hills. Zagaj (Zagajska) Hills are an unusual landscape on the northeastern edge of Deliblatska peščara. Ball-shaped hills with a pleasing appearance are ancient sand dunes, partly wooded, and partly covered with steppe vegetation, a unique relic of the Pannonian plain's primeval landscape.
For all nature lovers, this tour is the right choice, because spring is the ideal time to explore this magical region, when the landscape comes to life in all shades of green, and nature is in full bloom. 🌸✨ Prepare your hiking equipment and join us in exploring the Deliblato Sandstone.
DEPARTURE LOCATION | Belgrade, the parking lot at the municipality of New Belgrade |
DEPARTURE TIME | 7 h (Belgrade) |
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE | Transportation
Hiking tour with a guide Ticket for the special nature reserve "Deliblato sands" Accident insurance |
NOT INCLUDED | Lunch
Transportation from Novi Sad Other individual costs |
Additional notes:
- Equipment for the Zagaj Hills tour in autumn: standard for hiking tours, hiking shoes or sneakers with a stronger sole, adequate clothing in accordance with the weather. Backpack, enough water and some food (fruit, snacks…)
- The tour falls into the easy category. Everyone who loves enjoying nature can participate in this hiking action, it is also suitable for children.
- Information about a hiking trail:
- Length: 15 km
- Total ascend/descend: oko 300 m
- Category: easy, hiking across meadows and grassy hills, forest and dirt roads
- Duration: about 5 hours with breaks
- A minimum of 18 registrants is required for the realization of the Zagaji Hills tour.
- 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.
- Own transportation: If you come with your own transport, the tour price is 2700 dinars.
- 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 an insufficient number of registered passengers or unfavorable weather conditions, the deadline for notification of postponement or cancellation of the tour is 2 days before departure.
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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 are valid General conditions of travel organizer and 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.
1
Belgrade - Deliblato Sands
- Departure from Belgrade at 7 a.m. from the parking lot behind the municipality of New Belgrade.
- Travel via Pancevo and Kovin to the village of Grebenac on the edge of Deliblato Sandstone.
2
Hiking tour to Zagaj Hills
- Around 9:00 a.m. departure for a hike to the Zagaj Hills.
- Going up to the ridge where you can see the steppe valleys between the hills; along a nice circular path, the trek leads to the highest point where the monument is located.
- After the monument, the path gently descends between the hills and returns to the start in a roundabout way.
- The length of the trail is about 15 km, without major steep climbs and large height differences. The trail is crossed in about 5 hours of hiking.
3
Traditional restaurant or Stara Palanka
- After the hike, a trip to a nearby farm or to Stara Palanka at the confluence of the Nera River and the Danube to one of the fish farms in Stara Palanka, of which there are many in this village and where we can organize lunch.
- Return to Belgrade where we arrive no later than 9 pm.