08.decembar 2024.
Dates
1 day
Duration
+10
Years
easy-moderate
Category
Fruska Gora
Location
Winter hiking tour in Fruška Gora National Park. Once upon a time, Fruška Gora was a lonely island in the Pannonian Sea. Now it is a beautiful mountain with gentle slopes, centuries-old forests, vineyards, and numerous monasteries. The hiking trail leads through Bukovac, a beautiful sunny village on the slopes of Fruška Gora, with beautiful views of the Danube. We will go to Stražilov along the beautiful forest paths to Sremski Karlovac. If there is snow on the track, it will provide us with additional winter pleasure.
Our adventure begins with a train journey from Belgrade, with the desire to promote sustainable tourism, reduce fuel emissions, and protect the environment.
DEPARTURE LOCATION | Belgrade, Novi Beograd railway station |
DEPARTURE TIME | 8.50h |
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE | Transportation by train from Belgrade (New Belgrade - Petrovaradin - Sremski Karlovci - New Belgrade)
Hiking tour at Fruška Gora Ticket to enter the National Park Fruska Gora Accident insurance |
NOT INCLUDED | Lunch
Other individual costs |
Additional notes:
- Equipment: Deep hiking shoes with a vibrating sole or deep shoes/boots for snow, backpack, layered wardrobe, warm for winter conditions (winter jacket, hat, gaiters, gloves), we recommend trekking poles, bring enough water, and some food (snacks, sandwiches, fruit). For those who go swimming in the thermal pools, it is necessary to bring a bathing suit, towel and slippers.
- Information about the hiking trail: medium-easy, length about 16 km, duration about 6 hours, ascent/descent about 400 m.
- The tour is organized for a minimum of 8 registered passengers.
- Due to winter conditions, possible deep snow and mud, the trail is not recommended for children under 10 years old.
- 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 3500 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 insufficient number of registered passengers or unfavorable weather conditions, the deadline for notification of the postponement or cancellation of the tour by the organizer 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 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.
1
Beograd - Petrovaradin
- Meeting at New Belgrade railway station at 8:50 a.m. Departure by train to Petrovaradin, where we arrive in 45 minutes.
2
Hiking tour at Fruška Gora
- Departure for the hike around 10:00 a.m. from Petrovaradin. The path leads to Bukovac, via Vezirac. Bukovac is a beautiful sun-drenched village on the southern slopes of Fruška Gora, with beautiful views of the Danube and Novi Sad. After that, we reach the forest paths the mountain lodge Stražilovo, where we will take a break for tea and coffee. We end the tour in Sremski Karlovci.
- The hiking tour is of medium difficulty, lasting about 6-7 hours with breaks. It is about 16 km long, with about 400 m of ascent and descent. A circular path that mostly goes along forest paths through beech, oak and conifer forest, partly over a meadow and a beaten dirt road.
3
Sremski Karlovci - Belgrade
- After the hiking tour, we can organize lunch in one of the nearby restaurants and visit one of the wineries in Sremski Karlovci.
- Departure for Belgrade by train is planned around 19:00.