“Moun­ta­ins & even more action”

6 days through moun­ta­ins, gra­vel tracks and for­got­ten mili­tary roads

Day 1: Mee­ting point
We meet at a camp­site within the Plit­vice Lakes Natio­nal Park. This is an oppor­tu­nity to get to know each other, exch­ange expe­ri­en­ces and ask the guide ques­ti­ons about the tour. All the ser­vices of this first-class camp­site are available to you here.

Day 2: For­mer Žel­java mili­tary air­port & Gola Plješi­vica
Depar­ture is sche­du­led daily at 9:00 am. Before depar­ture, there will be a short brie­fing about the day ahead.
The trip leads to the Bos­nian-Her­ze­go­vi­nian bor­der, to the for­mer Žel­java mili­tary air­port of the for­mer Repu­blic of Yugo­sla­via. Three run­ways, under­ground han­gars and the con­trol tower on Mount Lička Plješi­vica now belong to Croa­tia, while two run­ways belong to Bos­nia and Her­ze­go­vina.

After Žel­java, we climb 1300 m with our 4x4 vehic­les through dense forest to the sum­mit of Gola Plješi­vica (1600 m above sea level), where the con­trol cen­ter for the Žel­java under­ground air­port was loca­ted and from which there is a beau­tiful view of the Una Val­ley in Bos­nia and Her­ze­go­vina as well as the Lika Pla­teau and Plit­vice Lakes in Croa­tia. We then con­ti­nue our jour­ney south on the Lička Plješi­vica moun­tain, where we spend the night.

Day 3: Lička Plješi­vica — Url­jaj — Sveti Rok
From Lička Plješi­vica, we head towards the Lika pla­teau through rural areas and par­ti­ally aban­do­ned vil­la­ges in the direc­tion of Mount Url­jaj and its pla­teaus. The aim is to reach the lake at Sveti Rok, where we spend the night.

Day 4: Majs­tor­ska Cesta — Win­ne­tou — Gračac
From the lake, we climb up the Majs­tor­ska Cesta (Mas­ter’s Road) on the con­ti­nen­tal side. The name is deri­ved from the Ger­man word “Meis­ter­stück” (mas­ter­piece), as it was built in a very short time at the begin­ning of the 19th cen­tury and the gra­di­ent nowhere exceeds 5%, which is still above the stan­dards of modern road con­s­truc­tion. What is important for Ger­mans is that this is the film­ing loca­tion of the first Win­ne­tou film based on Karl May’s book, which is why many Ger­mans also call the road “Win­ne­tou­straße”. We leave the moun­ta­ins and des­cend to the vil­lage of Rovan­jska, where we take a short break right by the Adria­tic Sea to enjoy the sea. We then return to the con­ti­nen­tal side to the town of Gračac, where we spend the night at a camp­site and have the oppor­tu­nity to refuel and rep­le­nish our sup­plies.

Day 5: Zrmanja spring — Cetina spring — Lake Peruča
We ride on a paved road to the Zagreb — Knin rail­road line, which we fol­low on a ser­vice road to Knin. Con­ti­nue along the Krčić River to ano­ther source, the source of the Cetina River. The Cetina forms the majo­rity of the water mass of Lake Peruča, where we will camp.

Day 6: Dinara Moun­tain — chall­enge
The day beg­ins with a lei­su­rely drive up Dinara Moun­tain. The start is on an asphalt road, which gra­du­ally turns into a gra­vel track and then beco­mes a real off-road ride, which can be a real chall­enge for both vehicle and dri­ver in wet and bad wea­ther. Alt­hough most of the moun­tain has been cle­ared of mines from the Home­land War of the 1990s, there are still remai­ning mines, so we stick exclu­si­vely to tes­ted and well-trod­den paths. We spend the night at an alti­tude of 1600 m with a view of Lake Peruča, where we spent the night the pre­vious evening.

Day 7: Des­cent from Dinara — Vrlika — Lake Peruča
The des­cent from Mount Dinara takes us back along part of the same route, the chal­len­ging part. We hurry to the small town of Vrlika, which we will visit to rep­le­nish our sup­plies and wash down the dust in the nearby cafés, or to eat some­thing tog­e­ther in one of the restau­rants if we wish. We spend the night at the camp­site by Lake Peruča.

Day 8: End of the tour after break­fast

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