Amazing day above white clouds

Getting to highest point, concurring another peak, amazing views I expect to see are just some of elements why I love hiking. To be honest, its been a while since my last hike. Work and season holidays kept me busy with different tasks, so it was hard to start hiking or cycling again with few extra holiday pounds.

But once I did it, there is always the same conclusion: there is no other thing I could have done better today. An epic hike to a peak not so high, but high enough to test my body and to give me some muscle pain. :)

The trail starts in Bosnia&Herzegovina from small village beneath Kamesnica mountain, about 70km drive from Split.

Kamešnica is a mountain in the Dinarides at the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia (Dalmatia). It is an extension of the Dinara that stretches from the northwest white road pass Vaganj (1173 m) to Buško Blato artificial lake. Two tallest peaks named Konj (Horse) (1855 m) belong to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kurljaj (1809 m) belong to Croatia, yet have magnificent views of both sides of the border. During clear weather, climbers can see the most remote areas of theAdriatic Sea and its islands.

Thanks to its geographical position, Kamešnica is a favorable habitat for plant and animal species. It has many hiking paths and deep caves. The ecosystem of the northern parts of the mountain has been completely preserved due to its inaccessible and isolated location, and to the thick forest that surrounds it. Six or seven months per a year, most of Kamešnica's peaks are covered by snow.

But since this winter is very mild there was almost no snow at the highest peak "Konj", and the walk to the top was more than pleasant, specially after getting above the clouds.
The part of the trail goes through a dense forest, following a small river with tiny waterfalls. Amazing experience of nature with sounds of water and scent of fallen leafs.

And yes, once you are there on the top that is the reward, worth all the muscle pain... :)

Who we are?

FROM HVAR ADVENTURE TO CROACTIVE HOLIDAYS

9 years ago the four of us (the founders) met on the island of Hvar, (called For in the local dialect), picking olives and later that night over sea food and local wine decided to form the agency not exactly knowing where it would take us. We didn't have role-models – adventure tourism in Croatia was still a new territory back then and we were curious. This is when our mother company was born: www.hvar-adventure.com - offering great day trips on Hvar island.

8 years after, a new child was born based in Split, with a mission to offer even more exciting tours on wider territory. 

www.croactive-holidays.com 

As we all have great passion for Dalmatia and Croatia in general, our new project developed with a mission to take you to places in Croatia we love, not only the most popular ones that you read about in guide books...

ONE GIANT LEAP

Coming from different fields of activities as well as experiences it felt  natural to join them together and try to make them our living.

Our core activities are sea kayaking, rock climbing, hiking, biking, sailing.

Our trips are well planned, but we're not afraid of  improvising.

Our equipment is tested and reliable.

Our experienced guides know what they are doing.

We simply offer what we do ourselves and like to think we're good at it, yet knowing that learning (and hopefully getting better), never stops.

We don't believe in uniformity but diversity – therefore we have more things on our adventure menu and all are done with knowledge and passion.

In fact, our trips reflect our personalities. We've never stopped exploring the nature of things.

We are all locals fluent in English and some of us speak Spanish, German, Italian. We know people, characters, stories, restaurants, secrets and secret/secluded trails, coves, groves, all kinds of places outside Lonely planet. We know where, when and how to find a solitary spot in the middle of the highest season. We care and want our guests to have best possible time when travelling, because everything less than that is simply no good for anybody involved.

We know that by selling our services in a way we are selling ourselves and that may sound awkward at first, but only by committing yourself totally you're able to deliver something truly good and our aim is to leave every single guest with the feeling of well-earned pleasure. Of course, it takes two to tango, so we do our best and if the clients do the same, as a song goes, we're certain to succeed.

MORE ON HOW AND WHO WITH

Individuals and small numbers of people we prefer working with and somehow it's when you can give most but as we're never satisfied with average results our approach stays the same with bigger groups.

Beginners, intermediate and experienced adventure seekers, families, strong individuals; we don't discriminate our clients. Our trips vary from leisure style, moderatly sweat to hard going ones, plus everything in between.

In addition to this accomodation range goes from camping in the wild, campsites, family run gesthouses, private accomodation and luxurious big and small hotels and villas.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE

Self guided trips, wine tasting, traditional regional meals, culinary delights and lessons, treasure hunt, team buiding, stand up paddle, white water kayaking and rafting, canyoning, zip line, jeep safari, photo safari, boat and other transfers – we do it all. Ok, maybe not everything ourselves, but we are associated with other companies who we know do it well.

We operate in the north, middle and south Dalmatia, its mainland and the islands from Zadar to Dubrovnik, Montenegro, northern parts of Croatian higlands like Velebit, Gorski Kotar, from conventional trips like Plitvice national park to many other destinations off the tourist tracks.