Tara
The Tara is a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It
emerges from the confluence of the Opasnica and Veruša
Rivers in the Prokletije mountain, part of Dinaric Alps of
Montenegro. The total length is 144 km, of which 110 km are in
Montenegro, while the final 34 km are in Bosnia and Herzegovina; it
also forms the border between the two countries in several places.
The Tara flows from south to north - north-west and converges with
the Piva at the Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro border
between the villages of Šcepan Polje (Montenegro) and Hum
(Bosnia and Herzegovina) to form the Drina river.
The Tara River cuts the Tara River Gorge, the longest canyon in
Montenegro and Europe and second longest in the world after Grand
Canyon, at 78 kilometers in length and 1,300 meters at its deepest.
The canyon is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is a
part of Durmitor national park.
Rafting
Rafting is very popular on Tara River. It is also one of the
most popular things to do in Montenegro. The one day rafting route,
from Brstnovica to Šcepan Polje is 18 km long and it takes 2
to 3 hours, but most popular is part which included few kilometers
of river Drina all together 25 km to Rafting center Drina-Tara.
Among the attractions of the area is Ðurdevica Tara Bridge, on the
crossroads between Mojkovac, Žabljak and Pljevlja.
Rafting starts at Splavista from where you start the adventure 100
km long in the most beautiful and exciting part of canyon. Already
at the beginning the Tara, the waterfalls of Ljutica are shown and
then, you will pass under monumental bridge of the Tara, 165 metres
high and then, you come up to the old Roman road and then pass
through the. Lever Tara. "Funjicki bukovi" and "Bijele ploce" will
make you realise how calm and up to this moment nice Tara becomes
wild beauty. "Nisovo vrelo" is the deepest part of canyon of 1100
metres high. Further is the bottom of the mountain top, "Curevac"
(1650 m), that rises above Tara as its "eternal guardian" and one
of the nicest bellevue of Durmitor. Then you end up at the
waterfalls of Draga and then pass through the Radovan luka. Then
you pass through the "Canyon of Susica", "Tepacki bukovi",
"Brstanovicki bukovi" and "Bailovica sige." Rafting will end at
Scepan Polje.
In 2005, the European Championships in Rafting were held in Bosnia
and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity of BiH on the Vrbas
and the Tara river. According to the International Rafting
Federation: "The event was hugely successful ...". In May 2009 the
World Rafting Championships was held again in Bosnia and
Herzegovina on the Vrbas and Tara rivers.
Cache
The last few kilometers of the road to the cache is bad quality.
Be careful! Drive slowly! If you visit the cache, you will find two
camps. You can get here unforgettable adventures: rafting, fishing,
canyoning, hiking, etc…. The Camps is ideal for several-days
vacation because they are offering good conditions for fishing,
walking trough forests, picking of herbs and mushrooms, photo
shooting, magical nights near camp fire...
Please rehide
it exactly as found and bring your own pen!
Small note on cache maintenance: - If there are any problems with
the cache, my friend "Nebojska" will assist. Thanks! -Thank you
very much for your help my friend kupec maintenance of my cache. My
friend is working in Bosnia and Herzegovina once a month, travel to
Montenegro, Podgorica city. Thanks!
Happy Hunting!