Montenegro Vacations

The Tara River Canyon belongs to the National Park Durmitor. It rises from the mountain range in the northern part of Montenegro and it flows 140km.
It meets the Piva river and together they make the Drina river, one of the longest and water-richest rivers in the Balkans.

Tara River Bridge

For centuries, with its strength the Tara river has been hollowing out a soft limestone surface giving it a sculptural form full of gorges, large rocks or chasms. Century-old earth erosion has created 82km long canyon, the second largest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
At some places, it is up to 1300m deep. Its banks are steep, covered with a forest rising from the canyon’s cold and depth.

River Tara gives the impression of being a calm river. The rare places that might be crossed are called fords. Near Bistrica, the Tara riverbed is so narrow that local people used to jump across it when necessary.

This unusual place is called Djavolje lazi (Devil’s lanes).
Around the river, the vegetation is very dense: black pine, eastern hornbeam, black ash, elm, linden, and in higher areas, above the rocks, one can see cork oaks, hornbeams, maples, beeches. In the areas over than 1000m, fir and spruce forests can be found.

The black pine forests are of a special value. “Crna poda (Black poda)” is the most valuable black pine forest with unusually high trees. Some trees are almost 50m high and 400 years old.
Tara River rafting