Duration
3 days
Max Group Size
10
Departure Type
Scheduled
Guiding Method
Self guided
Physical level
hard
Operated In
Age Requirement
20 - 70 Ages
Tour Overview
Komani Lake,Valbona Valley Thethi National Park
This self-guided tour to Komani Lake, Valbona Valley, and Thethi National Park offer you the best of the Albanian Alps in just two nights and three days. This tour organizes and ensure for you all the logistics and assist you during all time from the start to the end of the service.
The main destinations of the Albanian Alps are included in this tour are:
Ferry trip on Komani lake;
Visit in Valbona valley;
Moderate hike to Thethi valley within Thethi National Park,
Visit of the Thethi’s waterfall and canyon.
The unique experience of the two hours boat trip with the peaceful views of landscapes; the welcoming atmosphere in the guesthouses in Valbona and Thethi; traditional cuisine tasting; experiencing traditions and cultural laws like where the house is ‘of the God and the guest,’ you can in all get a unique experience to take with you back at home.
Route
Starts from
Tirana
Ends in
Tirana
Pickup Location
Tirana
Dropoff Location
Tirana
Highlights
Itinerary
The tour begins early at 04:30 AM with a private car/taxi from your hotel to the minivan station in Tirana. The minivan departs daily at 05:00 AM for Komani, with a coffee stop along the way. The transfer takes approximately 2.5 hours.
You’ll then take a ferry from Komani at 09:00 AM, enjoying stunning views of the lake and surrounding nature. You can purchase drinks or a coffee onboard. After a 2-hour ferry ride, you'll arrive at Fierza, where another minivan will transfer you to Valbona Valley, arriving around 13:30.
During your free time, explore Valbona Valley, enjoy the alpine scenery, and relax.
Dinner is served at the guesthouse commonly at 19:30, overnight in Valbona.
After an early breakfast, around 08.00 am, the day will start walking and hiking toward Thethi valley for about 6-7 hours.
The guesthouse owner will arrange the man with a mule to carry your luggage.
During this hike, you will walk straight ahead on the main road of the valley to Rragam village and then to the Gjelaj quarter. Here in Gjelaj starts the trail to Valbona pass (1750 mt) to proceed later in the Thethi National Park area between the woods and pastures. Usually, it takes 3 hours up and 3 hours down. This is a very well-marked trail and very trafficked with other foreign hikers. There are cottage coffee – bars to stop for a short break or lunch break. You will find springs on the way to refill your bottles.
Duration: approximately 7 hours
Accommodation in Guesthouse in Theth.
Stop At: Thethi National Park
After breakfast in the guesthouse, the day will start by walking to the waterfall and canyon.
Other cultural attraction you will visit is the Saint Gjoni Church, the Ethnographic museum and the Lock-in Tower and you will learn more about them from our local guide.
Stop At Grunasi Waterfall is one of the highest ones in the Balkans, which source at his top rock, easy to be reached by walking in just 45 min. On the way there, in the same area of Grunasi, you can see even the canyon on the river of Theth, with goes all through the valley and create this fantastic canyon not to miss.
Return at the guesthouse at 14.00 and be ready for the minivan pick up to Shkodra. From Shkodra to Tirana, you will exchange and get an intercity bus or a private shared car like a minivan back to Tirana.
Trip includes
Included
Accommodation in BB 4* property.
1 overnight in Valbona valley.
1 overnight in Theth
Mule to carry the luggage. The mule's owner (non English speaking) may help to facilitate with indications.
Guiding Method
Self guided
2 x Breakfast
2 x Dinner
1 x Lunch Box on the second day
Transfers with minivan/public transport.
Ferry tickets, Entry/Admission - Komani Lake, Entry/Admission - Thethi National Park.
Keep in mind: To us your comfort and wellbeing is the most important. If you have health complications especially heart or mobility issues, the tour is not suitable for you. To match your health and passion for hiking we suggest '' Bovilla Lake daily tour''.
Must have:
Suitable clothes, climbing boots, hats and sunscreen is a must no matter the season.
Best time to visit is spring, early summer, autum and warm winter dry weather.
Excluded
International or Domestic flights
Insurance: All types
Personal expenses: extras at hotel or additional meals
Tipping: Tips for guides and drivers
Private transportation (Optional: extra charge)
Full-Time Guide (Optional: Extra charge)
Other local transfers to/from the trail (Extra charge)
Guide for the visit on Thethi's attraction (3hours)
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Book the tour by paying only 25% upfront, and settle the remaining amount 30 days before the tour departure.
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