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A strong man with personality and advanced social skills make Fidan an excellent mountain guide for Peaks of the Balkans, part of Balkan Natural Adventure team. Fidan join our team as part of a programme financed by Swiss Government aiming at increasing the number of guides in the accursed mountains. The Swiss and the project PPSE have been a strong partner to tourism in Kosovo.    Fidan has passed through both theoretical and practical trainings, including, first aid, orientation and trouble shooting in outdoor environment. He started by assisting a group that hiked Peaks of the Balkans being an invaluable asset to the team. Soon after the initial training, Fidan’s previous experience in mountaineering and his social skills enable him to lead groups by himself. Independently he has worked with numerous satisfied clients climbing mountains in Kosovo.  Previous experience Fidan is a graduate on Faculty of Mechanical and Computer Engineering at the University of Mitrovica. He has also worked as a trainer for Umcor, an international NGO. He has trained people in pace building and conflict management after getting his training in international programmes.  Fidan interacted with people from different backgrounds and ethnicities in sometimes tense political situation that are […]

Old article. Our guide Arineta Mula a Peaks of the Balkans specialist, is portrayed in the BBC travel section, as the women who has conquered Everest. We are very proud that we have worked and still work with a person like the BBC heroine. In 2018 we have made a special trip hike with Arineta which took a group of clients through Peaks of the Balkans. Our company continues to offer trips in the Accursed Mountains with Arineta and our other guides who have mastered this profession.  We have included new trips in the Accursed Mountains and now also in Sharr mountains in south of Kosovo neighbouring North Macedonia and Albania.  To book a trip or to hike with Arineta please contact us and we will make an itinerary for you, you can also check our open groups. In July we have a surprise discount for all booking which are for 2 or more people. Enjoy the BBC reading about Arineta. 

Balkan Natural Adventure opened the season of the Peaks of the Balkans trail with a hike in midd April, a silent human-less experience in majestic mountains of Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro, says our guide Adriatik.  Our Israeli client Issi took a solo trip with our guide Adriatik to do a small loop track starting in Valbona, going through Montenegro, Vusanje/Vuthaj coming back to Theth Albania and passing the iconic pass Theth to Valbone to end what we at BNA calls short Peaks of the Balkans trail. “There was snow but it was still hard and we could walk on top of it, we did not need the snowshoes”, explains Adriatik. “When we stopped for lunch in Qafa e Perslopit 2050 we enjoyed the food we had taken and plunged into unspoiled sounds of nature only. As a guide I spend a lot of time in the mountains, but these unspoiled moments are rare and beautiful”. Hike from Albania to Montenegro On the first day we went from Valbona (Albania) to Vusanje (Montenegro). A hike outside the classic Peaks of the Balkans trail and it has a very peculiar geographic feature. All the streams that are in the Albanian side end […]

For every booking above 600 Euro Balkan Natural Adventure will fund at least 15 litres of rubbish removal from the Peaks of the Balkans Trail. Adventure and natural tourism is more than a business. It is a passion it is delivered only when people love doing their job. Think of a guide who does not love mountains or a guide that will litter during you hike. It would spoil everything.  Balkan Natural Adventure is founded by passion and we see that our work in making our mountains known is making them vulnerable to littering and pollution.  We can not change the world but we can make a mark and make a difference. (Join us for our first collective action 4 may 2019: info@bnadventure.com)  How are we going to remove the rubbish  There are three ways that we will implement this task: The guide walking with you will collect while hiking removing litter from the bare nature or how it is now nicknamed plogging; Your luggage transfer people while walking with horses will collect rubbish on their way, and we will take special actions with our guides to collect the littering.  Engagement of guides to collect litter during the hike or […]

Balkan Natural Adventure guides Arineta (Hike with Arineta) and Adriatik have led the first Peaks of the Balkans group in April in 2018. This was also the opening of the season not only for the company but for the mountains. This was the first tour that passed from Theth to Valbona this year. The road was bravely opened for Spanish visitors, who found time to take a siesta. A practise that both Adriatik and Arineta enjoyed – Here is their story. The hiking in Kosovo started in Reka e Allages with a climb in the Hajla Mountain, which continues to Drelaj. In a classical Peaks of the Balkans hike one would skip Hajla and walk in asphalt road.  BN Adventures has added the Hajla peak and cut the asphalt road from hiking. This asphalt is turned into a 20 minutes transfer, which was done the next day. The hike in Montenegro was an amazing mosaic, with patches of snow through the whole panorama. The glacial lakes were partly covered by snow but next to the woods the white was bringing out the green and creating incredible views. This hike passes through two glacial lakes, which also became the siesta location […]

Discover cultural tours in Albania while driving your or a rented car. Meet local people visit hidden villages, caves and beaches, away from the crowd.  Balkan Natural Adventure will make sure you get to the best spots. We are introducing you our cultural experience expert Leonidha Thoma Mako. Born in South of Albania Leonidha has studied tourism in Nicosia, Cyprus, to find jobs in US in some prestigious hotels in the management level. Pushed by the beauty and love of Albania Leonidha returned home to start its own business and work as a guide in the lovely Southern Albania, and in Kosovo. Leonidha knows the secret corners of this diverse region. As a diver and a mountaineer he has been on -20 as well as in plus 2000 altitude to experience and find the secrets of Albania. Hidden beaches, caves in the sea, mule rides and polyphonic concerts in bucolic villages with freshly made food, would be some of the choices. Ideal for families with kids. Leonidha can help you design your own cultural tours in Albania or elsewhere in the Balkans where native Albanian is spoken, in a self guided driving tour or he can himself guide you through the […]

Balkan Natural Adventure has become the contact point for the Israeli search and rescue company Rescue One, in Kosovo. The Israeli company is extending its network to the Balkans as the number of tourists from the Jewish state in the region is increasing. Balkan Natural Adventure based in Peja Western Kosovo next to the Accursed Mountains will have a 4×4 and a team of guides ready 24/7. The Balkans based company is co-owned by Nol Krasniqi member of the voluntary group of Search and Rescue team based in Kosovo. For Rescue One this is an additional link to a wide network of companies and institutions to which they are connected in order to offer best possible services to their clients. The Israeli team already has support in Albania and Montenegro, now with this the famous trail of Peaks of the Balkans is covered from all three countries. “We offer guided and self guided tours in the Accursed Mountains, and we had to do an intervention – luckily only once. The company organised a pickup for clients who had wondered outside the trail”, says Nol Krasniqi. “We executed this swiftly, we will do the same for any of our Rescue 1 […]

In a July Peaks of the Balkans tour, Balkan Natural Adventure will work together Kosovo sportswoman and mountaineer Arineta Mula, in implementing a unforgettable hike for ten days. Designed by ms Mula who has climbed some of the highest and toughest mountains in the world. Highlights: Theth and Valbona National Parks  Kolata e Keqe the highest mountain of Montenegro Gjeravica – The highest mountain of Kosovo Rugova Canyon Glacial lakes – Heart Shaped Lake, Hrid, Liqenat July Peaks of the Balkans tour is the safest one to do in terms of the weather. There is very little risk of rain and you can enjoy swimming in the glacial lakes. This tour is will be maximum 12 people, and in that case there will be more than one guide. The company wants this to be remembered, join Arineta for this opportunity. Arineta was member of the first Kosovar team to climb Mount Everest, and the first person from Kosovo and Albania to climb Ama Dablam. She has scaled numerous other challenging peaks, including Matterhorn and Eiger in Switzerland being the first Albanian woman to climb them successfully. She is dedicated to the promotion of nature and women’s engagement in the Balkans. She […]

It is wildly believed that adrenaline provokes the release of endorphin or the happiness hormone. We are sure this happened when Ardian Krasniqi proposed to Dorontina Hysenaj in a Via Ferrata trip. She said “yes” when proposed to be joined in holy matrimony called marriage. Balkan Natural Adventure helped Ardian to organise his proposal in the Via Ferrata while in adrenaline rush, in a very unique place in a very unique way – totally unexpected. Everything was well thought and well planned. Balkan Natural Adventure wishes the couple all the best and healthy kids with unique Albanian word – U trashigofshi. (Rough translation may you have children).

Aiming at better service for hiking in Kosovo, Balkan Natural Adventure company guides have gathered to refresh, build in the knowledge and train newcomers in orientation and use of the GPS equipment. From now the use of GPS will be part of every BNA tour from now on. “Now after every hike the clients will know how long, how fast and how far they have walked. They will have a 3D animation of their trip which they can share with their friends and enjoy proudly their hike”, explains Nol Krasniqi the COO of the company. The use of GPS, compass and maps was reinforced with the training from the president of the orienteering club of Kosovo Mr. Kristian Gashi. A professional and passionate mountaineer Mr. Gashi was happy to provide the training for the BNA guides. The activity started with theoretical updates for the equipment, with practical on the field tests of the equipment which were compared with the maps. The teams also tested the margin of error of the equipment and compared data in maps vs GPS equipment. A total of eight people participated in the training, covered by the company for the guides who work for BNA and […]