Durmitor multi activity vacation in Montenegro

Planet

Taking part in this adventure is a lot more purposeful than just a multi activity trip. All remaining Montenegrin free flowing rivers are dam-threatened. Komarnica and Tara are no exception. By bringing in international visitors we are raising the awareness of their importance for the country’s tourism. Therefore, we are directly dissuading the government from building hydroelectric dams, ultimately preventing it from destroying the river and the ecosystem-associated aquatic and terrestrial wildlife.
Besides conservational contribution, our trips have very little negative impact on the environment. Much of the transportation throughout the trip is either by packraft or e-bike. Any waste produced during the journey is always taken to the end point and disposed in a responsible manner. While we can’t collect huge amounts, we still encourage the participants to collect some of the waste encountered along the way. All the water consumed is drank directly from the rivers and streams, significantly reducing the single-use plastic bottles, as well as water wastage.

People

Each participant of this tour, including the guides, pays national park entry fees, as well as the river taxes (included in the price of the tour). If they ever go on the river, most other national park visitors only visit short sections, paying much smaller fees, as the price is adjusted to the distance. We paddle the entire kayakable length of Tara River and go through the entire canyon of Komarnica, making an invaluable and disproportionate contribution to Montenegrin National Parks. The money received from the fees and taxes fully funds the wages of the national park rangers. The areas of Montenegro we run this tour in are mostly rural, considered as a transit zone by most tourists, away from the popular Montenegrin Adriatic coast. The incomes here are significantly lower, and job opportunities are a few and far between, with most families relying on a single salary. As a result, the park ranger jobs maintain entire households and prevent family members from involuntary displacement to other areas of Montenegro or abroad.