Private transfer from Tirana airport to Shkodra, the gateway town beneath Rozafa castle. Your route pack is handed over here — digital roadbook, GPS tracks, maps and the satellite communicator — with a full briefing on the days ahead. Overnight: comfortable hotel in Shkodra's old town.
Early transfer to Koman for the morning ferry through the lake's fjord-like gorges — one of Europe's great boat rides — then your driver meets you in Fierza for the road up into the Valbona valley. In the afternoon, a gentle 2–3 hour warm-up walk along the river. Overnight: family-run guesthouse in the Valbona valley, dinner included.
Follow your route notes from the valley floor to the high shepherd station of Stani i Ramës, with the limestone walls of the Accursed Mountains all around. Picnic on the meadows and descend at your own pace. About 4–5 hours walking. Overnight: same guesthouse in Valbona, dinner included.
A morning 4x4 transfer up the rough road to Çerem, then on foot with GPS track and route notes through the Koshutica and Vranica pastures to the summer settlement of Dobërdol. Your luggage travels ahead, and your hosts confirm your arrival with our office each evening. About 4–5 hours walking. Overnight: mountain guesthouse in the Dobërdol pastures, dinner included.
Open ridge-and-pasture country — the loneliest corner of the Albanian Alps — to the Sylbicë pastures at around 1,800 m, navigating with your GPS track. Keep the communicator handy: there is no phone signal up here, and that is rather the point. About 5 hours walking. Overnight: simple mountain hut on the Sylbicë pastures, dinner included.
A long descent following the Tropoja river from the pastures down to Tropojë village, where your driver waits for the short transfer to Bajram Curri. About 5–6 hours walking, almost all downhill. Overnight: small hotel in Bajram Curri.
Leave the Alps by road through the Drin valley to Krujë, the hilltop town of Skanderbeg beneath the Sari Salltik massif. The afternoon is yours for the castle, the Skanderbeg museum and the old bazaar. Overnight: traditional hotel by Krujë's old bazaar.
A last coffee in the bazaar or a walk up to the castle walls, then private transfer to Tirana airport. Ask us about extending with Tirana or the Riviera.
This is a mountain walking tour and requires a moderate level of fitness. Routes include natural trails, uneven and rocky terrain, and significant elevation gain and loss.
Due to the mountainous terrain, this tour is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with limited mobility.
If you or anyone in your group has specific accessibility needs, tell us before you book. We will give you an honest answer about what this tour can accommodate — including saying so when the answer is that it can't.