Only Beauty Is For You - Durmitor National Park

There are three colors present in the Montenegrin landscape: blue, emerald green, and iron grey, amazingly combined and interwoven. Due to its priceless natural beauty, Montenegro was proclaimed an ecological state through a special declaration. The most important natural resources are four national parks, "Durmitor, designated by UNESCO, "Biogradska gora", "Skadar Lake" and "Mount Lovcen". Numerous endemic plants and rare animal can be found here.

Within only one hour driving time from the warm Mediterranean sea and climate, you can find yourself at the foot of mountains covered by snow where you can enjoy the fresh mountain air, nature, beauty and flavors that burst with freshness. In Durmitor one gets the feeling as the earth is touching the sky, and sky the earth. The blue sky is resting on its mighty shoulders, long valleys descends into Durmitor`s forests. This combination of meadows, forest and mountains is a unique feature of its ecosystem. Bellow, steep slopes, Tara river, breathtaking carve rock valleys.

Durmitor is the mighty mountain-mass, bordered by narrow and deep river canyons of the Tara, Piva, Susica and Komarnica. It presents a highland plain with 30 dominating peaks of more than 2,000 m. The highest mountain – Bobotov Kuk is 2522 m. In order to preserve its unique nature, the Durmitor and Tara canyon have been given status of National Park. The flora of Durmitor is diverse. About 14 species of curative herbs grow here, rich fauna, the Tara canyon is attractive for rafting.

The central point of the Durmitor National Park is a ski resort Zabljak. Situated 1465 m above the sea level, it is an excellent mountain resort. Skiing and snow boarding are the main activities during the winter. There are a number of choices for recreational tourism the whole year around. What makes the 32,000 hectare park so extraordinary is the vast number of different landscapes in such a small area. Between 450 and 2523 meters above sea level is where the geomorphology structures can be found: canyons, mountains and plateaus. Gorges, pine forest, lakes and endemic flora, the 17 glaciers lakes, named "the eyes of the mountain".

Valleys covered with snow, spreading on out, while on the other side there was green scenery. Besides the beauty of the Lake’s basin and its glittering water surface, the magnificence of the landscape is shaped by the broad woodland .

Durmitor represents a magnificent ecological heritage. Last September, Zabljak and the area of Durmitor, were the center of sustainable development festival "Durmitor – just for you! Organized by National Parks Authority, Ministry of Tourism, and Local government, the aim was to promote natural beauty, cultural treasures, traditions, and cuisine. "Cicvara", steamed lamb, buckwheat and spinach pies, fried trout, roast meat, lamb in milk, all local specialities.

An UN sponsored project aims also at conservation programme for Durmitor/Tara/Prokltije landscape The landscape of Durmitor massif, Tara river and Prokletije mountains reaches from Western Montenegro to Northern Albania. It is a land of mountains shaped by glaciers and karstic phenomena, and cut by deep and narrow rivers, including Europe’s longest and deepest canyon formed by the Tara river. With more than a 100 waterfalls, springs and deep caves, the Tara river itself represents a natural treasure on a global scale.

The region includes some of the best-preserved forests in Southeastern Europe, and is a haven for large carnivores such as wolves, brown bears, lynx and jackal.

MONTENEGRO
encompasses 13,812 square kilometers, including about 300 kilometers of coastline on the Adriatic Sea, a coastline of rolling hills, olive and cypress trees and small fishing villages. Montenegro, declared its independence on June 3, 2006. It has a population of 650,000. The country got its name (literally, "black mountain") from the dark, mountain forests that cover the land. Some 60 percent of the country is more than 1,000 meters high, with the tallest peak reaching to 2,522 meters. It became part of Serbia in 1918 and Yugoslavia in 1929.

Gigantic limestone mountains suddenly rise up above a deep indentation in the coastline. This is Boka Kotorska. Kotor, the fjord's biggest town, was once one of the most important port in the world and is now a Unesco World Heritage Site. There's a glorious 9th-century stone cathedral, and a dazzling collection of medieval and Renaissance buildings.