Category: Activities

This one day, whitewater kayak instruction course is predicted to meet beginner paddlers with the sport of whitewater kayaking. This includes:

• Food
• Kayak and all necessary equipment
• Adaptation to the equipment, how to prepare a kayak for yourself
• Learning the basic paddle strokes, how to use the paddle properly
• Learning the stable posture in a kayak and how to keep in the right direction

This 3-day whitewater kayak instruction course is designed to introduce beginner paddlers to the sport of whitewater kayaking. This includes:

•  Outfitting a kayak
•  Wet exits
•  T-rescues, swimming and self-rescue
•  Body positioning
•  Strokes, edging and bracing techniques
•  Reading rivers and hydrology
•  Eddy turns, peel-outs and ferrying across the current
•  Scouting rapids
•  Basic safety precautions
•  Paddling through class I-II whitewater

Mostly, we want to share our passion and enthusiasm for whitewater kayaking with you. This course includes all equipment necessary.

In Grab ethno village and camp, you have a possibility to rent a kayak. Kayaks can be rent for a day, for more days, or for a week. Also, kayak equipment can be rent for a day, more days or for a week.

First day

• Arrival at GRAB ethno village and camp
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Choosing all necessary equipment for kayaking
• Dinner in beautiful surroundings above the river, hanging out by the campfire

Second day

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Checking equipment before departure
• Transport to Sljivansko, kayaking starting point
• Preparing and briefing before start
• Start of kayaking
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting
• Arrival at first camp place
• Building the camp, campfire, fishing and cooking in the wilderness
• LNT education close to campfire, before sleeping

Third day

• Making breakfast
• Packing of the equipment
• Kayaking to the waterfall
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting
• Hiking over the waterfall
• Kayaking to the second camp place
• Building the camp, campfire, fishing and cooking in the wilderness
• LNT education close to campfire, before sleeping

Fourth day

• Making breakfast
• Packing of the equipment
• Kayaking to GRAB ethno village and camp
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Dinner in beautiful surroundings above the river, LNT and kayaking education

Fifth day

• Breakfast at 9 a.m. at GRAB ethno village and camp
• Kayaking to the Scepan Polje, the end of the Tara river
• Stops through the places available for rest, LNT and kayaking education, with great possibilities for video shooting
• Transportation to GRAB ethno village and camp

The price includes

• Accommodation for four nights at bungalow or tents
• Transportation during the program
• 65km of kayaking
• Meals – 11
• Kayak and all necessary equipment
• All camping equipment
• LNT and kayaking education
• Outdoor education
• Packraft with all necessary equipment for camping and cooking
• Two experienced guides
• Kayaking tax through the National park Durmitor
• Stay tax for four nights
• Tax for campfire
• Tax for fishing

The price doesn’t include

• Fee of the Regional park of nature Piva (1€ per person)
• Kayaking tax (12€ per person)

Overview This expedition gives you an education about wilderness camping, fishing, cooking wilderness education, outdoor leaving and kayaking education, leave no trace (LNT) education. All expedition is accompanied by full experienced guides. It also includes packraft boat carrying all necessary equipment and leads you through the greatest beauty of the North of Montenegro.

First day

• Arrival at GRAB ethno village and camp
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Choosing all necessary equipment for kayaking
• Dinner in beautiful surroundings above the river, hanging out by the campfire

Second day

• Breakfast
• Transportation from GRAB ethno village and camp to Sljivansko, kayaking starting point
• Continue kayaking to Radovan Luka, the most beautiful part of the National Park Durmitor and Tara
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting, followed by a light lunch
• Arrival at Radovan Luka
• Accommodation at motel or tents
• Dinner

Third day

• Breakfast
• Kayaking continue from Radovan Luka to Scepan Polje
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting, followed by a light lunch
• Arrival at Scepan Polje and transporting to GRAB ethno village and camp, around 5 p.m.
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Dinner with specialties of the region, hanging out by the campfire

Fourth day

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Transporting to Piva river, starting point
• Kayaking through Piva river
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting
• Continue kayaking until the end of Piva river
• Transporting to GRAB ethno village and camp
• Lunch (appetizer, soup, main course and dessert)
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Dinner with specialties of the region, hanging out by the campfire

Fifth day

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Transporting to Komarnica river
• Walking on single trail through the forest to the Komarnica river, starting point
• Kayaking through Komarnica river, the most beautiful part of the Piva mountain region
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting, followed by a light lunch
• Continue kayaking to the end of Komarnica river and entrance to lake Piva
• Transporting over the Piva lake with the boat to the end of kayak trip day
• Transporting to GRAB ethno village and camp
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Dinner with specialties of the region, hanging out by the campfire

Sixth day

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Departure

• Accommodation for five nights.
• Transportation during the program
• Car parking
• 107km of kayaking
• Meals: 14
• Horse carrying equipment on Komarnica river
• Boat trip on Piva lake
• Kayak and all necessary equipment
• Kayaking tax through the National Park Durmitor
• National Park Durmitor fee
• Stay tax for five nights
• The kayak guide

• Fee of the Regional park of nature Piva (1€ per person)
• Kayaking tax (12€ per person)

Possible surcharge for the room. Program is suitable for experienced paddlers who are able to paddle for 3-4 hours in a day, on Class II / III / IV. Possible to avoid the Class IV of the river and organize transport to GRAB ethno village and camp. Depending of water level, replacement for another river is possible.

Private transportation can be organized from every place, to GRAB ethno village and camp.

First day

• Arrival at GRAB ethno village and camp
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Choosing all necessary equipment for kayaking
• Dinner in beautiful surroundings above the river, hanging out by the campfire

Second day

• Breakfast
• Transportation from GRAB ethno village and camp to Sljivansko, kayaking starting point
• Continue kayaking to Radovan Luka, the most beautiful part of the National Park Durmitor and Tara
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting, followed by a light lunch
• Arrival at Radovan Luka
• Accommodation at motel or tents
• Dinner

Third day

• Breakfast
• Kayaking continue from Radovan Luka to GRAB ethno village and camp
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting, followed by a light lunch
• Continue kayaking and arrive at GRAB ethno village and camp at evening
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents
• Dinner with specialties of the region, hanging out by the campfire

Fourth day

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Kayaking continue from GRAB ethno village and camp to Scepan Polje
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting
• Arrival at Scepan Polje and transporting to GRAB ethno village and camp

• Accommodation for three nights at bungalows or tents
• Transportation during the program
• Car parking
• 65km of kayaking
• Eight meals
• Kayak and all necessary equipment
• Kayaking tax through the National Park Durmitor
• National Park Durmitor fee
• Stay tax for three nights
• The kayak guide

• Fee of the Regional park of nature Piva (1€ per person)
• Kayaking tax (12€ per person)

Possible surcharge for the room. Program is suitable for experienced paddlers who are able to paddle for 3-4 hours in a day, on Class II / III / IV. Possible to avoid the Class IV of the river and organize transport to GRAB ethno village and camp.

Private transportation can be organized from every place, to GRAB ethno village and camp.

First day

• Meeting point – GRAB ethno village and camp
• Taking all necessary equipment
• Breakfast
• Transportation from GRAB ethno village and camp to  Radovan Luka, kayaking starting point
• Kayaking from Radovan Luka, through the most beautiful part of the National Park Durmitor and Tara, followed by a light lunch
• Kayaking continue to the GRAB ethno village and camp
• Dinner in beautiful surroundings above the river, hanging out by the campfire
• Accommodation at bungalows or tents

Second day

• Breakfast at 9 a.m.
• Kayaking continue from GRAB ethno village and camp to Scepan Polje
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting
• Arrival at Scepan Polje and transporting to GRAB ethno village and camp around 12 a.m.

• Accommodation for one night at bungalows or tents
• Transportation during the program
• Car parking
• 30km of kayaking
• Four meals
• Kayak and all necessary equipment
• Kayaking tax through the National Park Durmitor
• National Park Durmitor fee
• Stay tax for one night
• The kayak guide

• Fee of the Regional park of nature Piva (1€ per person)
• Kayaking tax (12€ per person)

Possible surcharge for the room. Program is suitable for experienced paddlers who are able to paddle for 3-4 hours in a day, on Class II / III / IV. Possible to avoid the Class IV of the river and organize transport to GRAB ethno village and camp.

Private transportation can be organized from every place, to GRAB ethno village and camp.

• Meeting point – GRAB ethno village and camp until 10 a.m.
• Taking all necessary equipment
• Transportation from GRAB ethno village and camp to kayaking starting point
• Kayaking through the most impressive rapids on Tara River
• Stops through the places available for rest with great possibilities for video shooting
• Arrival at Scepan Polje and transporting to GRAB ethno village and camp for a lunch, around 2 p.m.
• Class of river- III / IV
• Lenght of kayaking – 16km
• Time on water – about 4 hours (depending on water level)

• Transportation during the program
• Car parking
• 16km of kayaking
• Lunch (appetizer, soup, main course and dessert)
• Kayak and all necessary equipment
• The kayak guide

• Fee of the Regional park of nature Piva (1€ per person)
• Kayaking tax (12€ per person)

Kayaking program also can start in the afternoon -with lunch about 2 p.m.- than will be organization for one day kayaking program. Program is suitable for experienced paddlers who are able to paddle for 3-4 hours in a day, on Class III.

Private transportation can be organized from every place, to GRAB ethno village and camp.

PLACE OF MEETING / Grab ethno village and camp RAFTING TOUR / Brstanovica – Scepan polje MEALS INCLUDED / Lunch CLASS OF THE RIVER / II, III, IV depending on the period of the year RAFTING LENGTH / 13km DURATION/ about 3-4 hours

Program

PLACE OF MEETING / Grab ethno village and camp in the afternoon RAFTING TOUR / Sljivansko – Camp Grab MEALS INCLUDED / 7 meals and 2 overnights CLASS OF THE RIVER / II, III, IV depending on the period of the year RAFTING LENGTH / 50 km TIME ON THE WATER/ about 6 hours

• Meeting of participants in ethno village and camp GRAB in the afternoon
• Accommodation in bungalows or rooms (surcharge for rooms)
• Choosing the equipment required for rafting that will be packed for transport
• Dinner in beautiful surroundings above the river, hanging out by the campfire under savardak and on open terraces

PROGRAM – SECOND DAY

• Breakfast, freshly prepared meals, local cuisine
• Departure from Camp Grab (470m) to the starting point for rafting Sljivansko (bridge on Tara river)
• On the road to Sljivansko, we are going over the Piva mountain, the authentic villages of Pisce, Trsa (1450m), the peak Sedlo (1908m), with a view of Zabljak (1421m)
• Arrival to Sljivansko, 3km upstream of the bridge at Djurdjevica Tara
• Getting dressed, equipping and preparing for rafting
• Rafting to Radovan luka takes about 4 hours, depending on the water level, with breaks for lunch, taking photos and swimming
• On this part of the river you will find the Djurdjevica Tara bridge (165m), Archangel Michael’s monastery (from the 14th century), Adzija’s buk, Zugic’s port, Musovic’s springs, Laza’s stone. Going past the White springs, one of the more interesting places
• Arrival at Radovan luka (newly opened luxury hotel), a place for the overnight and a rest in the National Park Durmitor
• Dinner at Radovan Luka hotel

PROGRAM – THIRD DAY

• Breakfast
• Continue rafting through the most beautiful part of Durmitor and Tara National Park
• Rafting through more peaceful but the most beautiful part of the canyon. We reach the village Tepca (the place where canyon is the deepest), Sige Bajlovica, canyon of Susica river, camp Brstanovica, from where the most exciting rapids on the river begin. Adrenaline will make you remember Tara
• Lunch (lunch package)
• Rafting ends at Camp Grab where you have a welcome drink
• Dressing and returning the rafting equipment
• Dinner, rafting meal on the coast of Tara river, specialties of local cuisine prepared in a traditional way
• Check out or the possibility of extending the program

IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR STAYING, AS WELL AS TAKING OTHER PROGRAMS FROM OUR PALLET OF ACTIVE HOLIDAY

The price includes

• Transport during the program
• Free parking
• Rafting Sljivansko – Grab 50 km
• Insurance
• All meals during the program
• 2 overnights
• Welcome drink
• Complete rafting equipment
• Licensed IRF Guide
• Fees of NP Durmitor and RP Piva and staying tax

The price doesn’t include

• Photos
• Drinks

Bring a light wardrobe in which you were traveling, a jacket for evening hours, battery, sunscreen, and swimsuit. We do not recommend wearing electronic equipment that is not waterproof, glasses and things that can easily be lost.