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... :)
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Sunday, December 1, 2013
HOW ABOUT SOME MORE SEA KAYAKING?
In this winter time thinking on my sea kayak, I get an idea for a great trip it would be fun to do. Well maybe not now, since strong winds wouldn't be in our favor to visit the area of remote Adriatic island. But it would be definitely fun to visit it in Spring, as soon as days become longer and temperatures higher. Sea kayaking adventure to the island of VIS.
Vis island, the
«off the beaten path island». During the summer Vis is considerably different
from the islands of Hvar, Brač or Korčula. The main reason for this is probably
that Vis offers only a very small number of hotel beds so it is mainly visited
by people who like it for their own specific reasons and not by "regular
tourists" who may have seen its name in a brochure and thought it might be
a nice place to visit.
We know that one
of the reasons for Vis' uniqueness lies in its 500 years of isolation, often as
a military island where time had stopped. However, as so often happens in life,
the thing that once seemed to be a disadvantage in the end turns out to be an
important advantage. So, Vis' exclusiveness does not lie in its excellent hotel
capacities, but in the island itself; its untouched nature and the people that
haven't been possessed by tourist commercialization (yet) but who are hospitable
in an authentic, "native" way. At the same time this lifestyle is reflected
in high quality food and wine offer set in the real Meditteranean ambience.
The trip (with
the average of 10 nautical miles of paddling per day) itself is designed for
reasonably fit people with kayaking experience. But it is not just about navigating
around this beautiful island and its beaches; we dare to say there's more to it
because this journey takes you through both the history and the culture of
these parts that have been inseparable since the ancient times, long before
Greeks and/or Romans sailed across the Adriatic till our present days.
Friday, November 29, 2013
WINTER HAS ARRIVED, new fun starts
After a long period of warm weather, it seams that winter has started. After days of strong winds and rainy days, first snow flakes have fallen on our mountain peaks in Dalmatia, giving them new beauty.
One of these mountains is Biokovo mountain in central Dalmatia, which was named for its snowy whiteness.
As we drew from Split, to Makarska, our starting point the weather didn't look promising. The rain was still falling, so we decided to postpone our walking for an hour. A unplanned second coffee this morning was exactly what I needed in order to be ready for a great walk ahead.
Rain stoped and nothing could stop us. We started our hike with 2.5h uphill walk. Beautiful scenery and views on surrounding islands which occasionally were effected with rain and lighting. It was great to look at those events from a distance.
Great marked trails, geology and views, first encounter with snow this season, made the day just right.
Interesting facts about BIOKOVO:
- Sv.Jure is the second highest peak in Croatia, 1762 m
- cold air spilling from Biokovo creates the famous Bora wind
- hat man inhabited Biokovo in prehistoric times, long before any letters
- the pit Mokre Noge at 839m is the deepest on Biokovo...
- there are more than 87 churches and chapels on Biokovo...
- Biokovo is the most important junction for the endemic flora...
- Biokovo has 7 species of amphibians and 21 species of reptiles registered...
- it is possible to see 250 km away Italy from Biokovo...
More intersting facts about Biokovo, you can find on official website of Nature Park Biokovo.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
ROCK CLIMBING
Thailand is one of the best places in the
world for the activity but you don't need to go there to enjoy climbing
beautiful crags by the sea.
The region of Dalmatia offers some great climbing spots
whether you're an experienced climber seeking hard overhangs, more technical
rock faces, multi-pitched routes or you've only tried it a couple of times in a
indoor gym and you're after some real rocks with a wiev to an abandoned
village, monastery, medieval town, creek, river, the ocean or just a natural
ambience.
Over past years we have not just taken people
climbing, helped them improve their climbing skills, techiques, or climbed
ourselves but also helped develop the sport by making new routes in the area
and provided logistics for some local and international tv programs.
Latest we filmed climbing session for E! entertainment -
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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.
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.
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