Sweet Home Alabania | Trekking Across Albanian Alps

Name: Sweet Home Alabania | Trekking Across Albanian Alps
Start: 2024-07-03T06:00:00+04:00
End: 2024-07-07T20:10:00+04:00
Location: Dubai International Airport

Schedule

Wed Jul 03 2024 at 06:00 am to Sun Jul 07 2024 at 08:10 pm

UTC+04:00

Location

Dubai International Airport | Dubai, DU

On the Balkan Peninsula in southern Europe, Albania borders the Adriatic Sea along its entire east coast and the northeast coast of the Ionian Sea. The country shares its borders with numerous countries such as Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece or Kosovo. Its mild coastal climate, wild landscapes and long-unexplored cultural wealth have contributed to Albania's popularity in recent years. Albania is also known as 'the last secret of Europe'. An unknown destination that little by little has been opening up to the world and whose inhabitants are delighted to receive with open arms. Despite being a small country, its variety of landscapes is formidable: mountains, lakes that go into neighboring countries, the beaches of the Adriatic that are almost virgin along the coastline and the inland cities invite travelers to a beautiful journey back in time.
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In the Dinaric Alps, we will walk through the isolated valleys of Theth and Valbona, a region never conquered by its invaders discovering remote mountains and valleys, in a multicultural area inhabited by Albanians and Slavs. We will experience the traditional life and the true hospitality of its people. In addition to going up and down mountains, you can also explore its interior with the various speleological excursions that show the treasures of the most incredible caves and grottos in Albania, a clear example of this is the Blue Eye (Syri Kalter) a magical spring of water that hypnotizes.
We have designed a 5-day itinerary that takes in the highlights of Albania’s historical and cultural heritage, including: UNESCO World Heritage sites; Ancient Greek and Roman ruins; key Communist locations; fascinating historical towns; medieval castles; picturesque villages; Orthodox churches and Muslim mosques. This trip is also a great opportunity to sample Albania’s varied regional cuisines, meet local people and enjoy Albania’s incredible scenery!!
Lets go!!
Day 1
Meeting at 06.00 am at Terminal 2 for a direct flight to Tirana, immigration formalities, lunch. After a short break in hotel we will start a tour in Tirana. We should have enough time to visit: Skenderbeg Square, Clock Tower, Art Gallery, Bridge of Tabakve, Church, Et'hem Bej Mosque, Pyramid, Block Area, and Bunk art. In the evening we will check local nightlife.
Day 2
Wake up in the morning and enjoy breakfast made of fresh local produce. We will start our journey about 2 hours and take a boat to paradise River of Shala where we will enjoy gorgeous ambience until we reach Valbona, visit spectacular Xhema Lake and village.
Day 3
Today we will start with Old Mill of Valbona and take minibus from village to start of Valbona - Theth pass. We will take a break at waterfall and later in the afternoon arrive to Theth. Short walk around will the village will finish this lovely day.
Day 4
Today we plan to visit Blue eye of Theth, we ll take a minibus and hike for about 2 hours until we reach this spectacular place. Further on we continue to stone groves of Nderlysa, Grunas canyon, also church of Theth.
Day 5
We will visit waterfall of Grunasit in Theth and take minibus to back to Tirana. Afternoon flight at 12:50 will take us back to Dubai, 8pm arrival T2.
Level: Moderate, available for fit beginners.
Activities: trekking (up to 8hrs), swimming, boating sightseeing.
Duration: 5 days
Accommodation & meals: 4 star hotels and guesthouses on the trek. Most of meals included, except meals in restaurants.
Cost: AED 5090 all incl. flights.
Specifically excluded: visas, restaurant meals.
Visa: Albania suspended visa free entry for UAE residents. You ll need to obtain e-visa at – https://e-visa.al/. Visa support via third party only.
It is sole responsibility of participant to secure admission to country of destination.
All other details available for RSVPs.
See yah in Albania **
Trekkup Crew
Whatsapp 050 4848238 / [email protected]