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91 places
Banja Luka & RS West · Srbac
A Ramsar-listed mosaic of fishponds and oxbow lakes near the Sava confluence in the north — an important bird habitat (white storks, herons, waterfowl) and…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
The capital of the northwest, strung along the luminous turquoise Una — the base for Una National Park, Štrbački buk, rafting and the Una Regatta.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilijaš
A forested protected area with a chain of accessible caves (the central "Main" cave is lit and visitable) plus easy trails, picnic meadows and pine air — a…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
The closest serious skiing to Sarajevo (30 km) and host of the 1984 Olympic men's events — steeper, more challenging pistes than Jahorina and an easy day…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
The signature day hike near Sarajevo — across open highland between the ancient villages of Lukomir and Umoljani along the rim of the Rakitnica canyon, past…
Herzegovina · Blagaj
A white 16th-century Sufi dervish lodge built against a sheer cliff at the source of the Buna — one of the most beautiful settings in the country, where a…
Herzegovina · Blidinje
Mountain lodges and cabins on the Blidinje plateau (Risovac area) — log-cabin comfort, a restaurant of hearty highland food, a small ski lift in winter and…
Herzegovina · Tomislavgrad/Mostar
A high plateau (~1,200 m) between the Čvrsnica and Vran massifs holding Blidinje Lake, the dramatic Hajdučka vrata rock arch, the Dugo Polje stećci…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Sanski Most
A ~56-m waterfall plunging off a cliff near Sanski Most — tall, dramatic and little-visited, at its most powerful with spring melt.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
The largest glacial lake in Herzegovina's mountains, below Prenj — a popular summer swimming, camping and rafting base near Konjic on the Neretva.
Herzegovina · Tomislavgrad/Livno
One of the largest reservoirs in Europe, a vast open water on the Livno plateau increasingly known for windsurfing and kitesurfing thanks to reliable summer…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
Riverside camping and eco-lodging on the turquoise Una near Bihać, run with the national park's rafting operators — pitch by the water, raft by day, grill…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
A big lakeside campground on the turquoise Pliva Lakes outside Jajce — swimming, canoeing and fishing among the wooden watermills.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
Lakeside camping, bungalows and an "eco village" complex at glacial Boračko Lake near Konjic — swimming, pedalos, a restaurant and a launch point for…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Various rivers
The clear, cold rivers of the northwest — the Una, Pliva, Sana and Ribnik — are renowned for grayling and trout fly fishing, with permits and guides…
Herzegovina · Mostar
An adventure park on the heights above Mostar with a long zipline across the canyon, a skywalk viewpoint, climbing and a café — big-view thrills overlooking…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
A Drina-and-Tara town that's the undisputed base for Tara/Drina rafting and Sutjeska National Park — the gateway to the wildest corner of the country, with…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
Cluster of rafting bases along the Drina near Foča (operators like Encijan and others) offering wooden bungalows, riverside camping, full board and…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Various highlands
The pioneering Bosnian ecotourism operator arranges village homestays, mountain-hut nights and guided treks across Bjelašnica, Visočica, Sutjeska and the…
Herzegovina · Livno
Guided horseback rides on the Livno plateau bring you close to the famous wild-horse herds and across open karst pasture — a memorable, gentle adventure for…
Herzegovina · Mostar
The hill over Mostar topped by a large cross, giving the widest panorama of the city, the Neretva and the surrounding mountains — loaded with wartime symbolism.
Herzegovina · Čapljina
A Mediterranean karst wetland and major bird reserve — over 240 species — explored by photo-safari boat through reed channels and lakes.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Jablanica/Konjic
A long turquoise reservoir on the Neretva between Konjic and Jablanica, lined with little beaches, floating cafés and weekend houses — a favourite summer…
Eastern Highlands · Pale
The country's largest ski resort and a 1984 Olympic venue — the most lifts, the most pistes and the liveliest base village, 28 km from Sarajevo on the RS side.
Central Bosnia · Jajce
The last capital of the medieval Bosnian kings — a compact hill town with a fortress, catacombs, a Roman Mithraeum, the AVNOJ museum and a 20-m waterfall…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
The last seat of Bosnian kings — a hill town crowned by a fortress, with underground Christian catacombs, the Mithraic temple, the AVNOJ museum (where…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
A handsome Neretva town with a fine Ottoman stone bridge, woodcarving tradition, Tito's secret nuclear bunker, and rafting and Boračko Lake nearby — the…
Banja Luka & RS West · Prijedor
A forested national park northwest of Banja Luka crowned by the monumental Mrakovica WWII memorial — a soaring concrete cylinder honouring the 1942 Battle…
Herzegovina · Ljubuški
A wide, low curtain of cascades on the Trebižat near Ljubuški — quieter than nearby Kravice, with a riverside restaurant and easy swimming spots.
Herzegovina · Ljubuški (Studenci)
A 25-m-high horseshoe of waterfalls on the Trebižat river tumbling into an emerald pool you can swim in — Herzegovina's most photographed natural site.
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
A series of tufa cascades on the Krupa river feeding old stone watermills south of Banja Luka — a tranquil, lesser-known spot of falling water and historic…
Central Bosnia · Kupres
A high, snow-sure plateau resort in the southwest with reliable cold and good beginner/intermediate pistes plus cross-country trails — quieter and cheaper…
Herzegovina · Livno
A western highland town famous for its wild-horse plateau, its cheese (Livanjski sir), Buško Lake and a striking minaret-and-fortress skyline — frontier…
Herzegovina · Livno
Hundreds of free-roaming wild horses graze the Kruzi/Krug plateau above Livno — descendants of working horses set loose decades ago, now a famous (and free)…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
A handful of village houses in the country's highest settlement offer simple summer beds and home-cooked meals on the Bjelašnica plateau — the rare chance…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
BiH's highest and most remote permanently-inhabited village (~1,495 m), a cluster of stone-and-shingle houses on the Bjelašnica plateau above the Rakitnica…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
The climb to BiH's highest peak (2,386 m) from the Prijevor saddle in Sutjeska NP — a steep, rocky, sometimes via-ferrata-assisted ascent with Trnovačko…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
A village strung along a fan of Una and Unac waterfalls — the Milančev buk and Veliki buk cascades, plus the medieval Rmanj Monastery.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
A 1984 Olympic mountain (peak 2,067 m) 30 km from Sarajevo — winter skiing on the slopes, summer hiking over open highland to Lukomir and Umoljani.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža
The forested Olympic plateau above Vrelo Bosne, with the abandoned 1984 ski-jump ramps (a haunting, photogenic ruin), cross-country trails, and cool pine…
Eastern Highlands · Pale
The country's biggest ski mountain (1984 Olympic women's events), 28 km from Sarajevo on the RS side — the most developed resort in BiH, lively in winter…
Herzegovina · Konjic/Mostar
A fierce limestone massif between Konjic and Mostar, nicknamed the Herzegovinian Himalaya for its jagged, arid peaks (Zelena glava 2,155 m) and home to wild…
Central Bosnia · Travnik
A broad pastoral highland above Travnik, famous nationwide for its sheep's cheese (Vlašić/Travnički sir), with a small ski centre at Babanovac and wide-open…
Herzegovina · Blidinje
One of Herzegovina's mightiest massifs above Blidinje, holding the Diva Grabovica canyon and the natural rock arch of Hajdučka vrata ("Outlaws' Gate")…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
The upper Neretva above Konjic offers scenic, accessible rafting an hour from Sarajevo — emerald water, easy logistics and a trout lunch to finish.
Herzegovina · Neum
BiH's single seaside town — a sheltered Adriatic bay of stepped hotels, pebble beaches and seafood, splitting Croatia's coast in two and offering a cheaper…
Herzegovina · Neum
Tiers of hotels and apartments climb the hillside over Neum's bay — BiH's only seaside resort, popular with families for cheaper-than-Croatia beach holidays.
Herzegovina · Neum
BiH's only stretch of Adriatic coast (~24 km) — a sheltered bay of pebble beaches, hotels and seafood, noticeably cheaper than neighbouring Croatia.
Eastern Highlands · Pale
A 2.5-km show cave near Pale with rich formations and cave-bear bone finds — an easy guided walk on a lit path close to Sarajevo.
Northeast Bosnia · Tuzla
A unique salt-water lake complex in the centre of Tuzla — Europe's only inland salt lakes resort — with beaches, an "archaeological park" of recreated…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica/Konjic
Tandem paragliding launches off the highland ridges around Bjelašnica and the Konjic area give long, scenic flights over canyons, lakes and mountains — no…
Central Bosnia · Šipovo
A UNESCO-listed remnant of ancient beech forest near Šipovo — one of the last primeval beech stands in the country, recognized internationally and barely…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
Two linked turquoise lakes (Veliko and Malo Plivsko jezero) outside Jajce, famous for the cluster of tiny wooden watermills (Mlinčići) straddling the…
Central Bosnia · Jajce
A rare urban wonder: a 20-plus-metre waterfall where the Pliva drops into the Vrbas right at the edge of Jajce's old town — one of the few waterfalls in the…
Herzegovina · Čapljina
A stacked stone Ottoman-Mediterranean village tumbling down a hillside above the Neretva — fortress, mosque, hammam and the medersa, draped in fig and…
Herzegovina · Konjic/Mostar
Crossing the "Herzegovinian Himalaya" — a demanding, waterless, exposed traverse over Prenj's serrated limestone peaks, rewarded with wild horses, chamois…
Central Bosnia · Fojnica
A glacial lake at ~1,635 m on Vranica mountain ringed by traditional shepherds' huts (katuni) and grazing horses — one of the most postcard-perfect highland…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica/Visočica
A deep, wild canyon (up to ~800 m) slicing between Bjelašnica and Visočica, threaded by trails linking the highland villages of Lukomir and Umoljani — raw,…
Central Bosnia · Prozor-Rama
A photogenic emerald reservoir with the Franciscan monastery of Šćit on a peninsula reaching into the water — calm, scenic and uncrowded, with lakeside lodging.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Konjic
Konjic and the Neretva valley are trout country — riverside restaurants serving grilled and smoked trout on the way south toward Mostar.
Central Bosnia · Travnik
Tables set over the rushing turquoise Plava Voda ("Blue Water") springs in Travnik's old quarter — Travnik's famous grilled meats and cheese with mountain…
Herzegovina · Blagaj
Trout restaurants line the emerald Buna spring beneath the cliff and the Blagaj Tekke. Eat fresh local trout literally over the source of a river.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Rail is limited but the **Sarajevo–Konjic–Mostar–Čapljina** line down the Neretva canyon is one of the most scenic train rides in the Balkans — slow, cheap…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Nahorevo
A 98-m free-falling waterfall in protected forest just north of the city — a short hike through beech woods to a dramatic plunge that roars in spring…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
Deep inside the Perućica primeval forest, a ~75-m waterfall is the classic viewpoint of the Sutjeska guided forest walk — seen across the canopy from the…
Herzegovina · Stolac
One of the country's oldest continuously inhabited places — the UNESCO Radimlja stećci necropolis, an Ottoman old town on the Bregava river, the Begovina…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Trebević
An adventure park near the top of the Trebević cable car — alpine coaster (Sunnyland), zipline, mountain-bike trails and a viewpoint restaurant, all a short…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
Basic mountain huts within Sutjeska NP (around Orlovačko jezero and the Prijevor saddle) are the bases for Zelengora lake-hopping, the Maglić ascent and the…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča (Tjentište)
The country's oldest national park, home to Perućica — one of Europe's last primeval forests — the Maglić massif (2,386 m, BiH's highest), the Skakavac…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
Rafting the Tara — the deepest river canyon in Europe — and the green Drina out of Foča.
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
The Tara, joining the Drina near Foča, carves the deepest river canyon in Europe — emerald water between sheer walls, the classic backdrop to Drina/Tara…
Central Bosnia · Travnik
The old seat of the Ottoman viziers and birthplace of Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić — a fortress, the painted mosque, the Plava Voda springs and famous ćevapi…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija ↔ Trebević
The rebuilt cable car climbs from the edge of Baščaršija to Mount Trebević in a few scenic minutes — both a transport link and an attraction, opening up the…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Trebević
The city's home mountain, reached by the rebuilt Trebević cable car from Baščaršija in minutes — panoramic views, forest trails, a luge/adventure park, and…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča (border)
A heart-shaped glacial lake beneath Maglić, technically just over the Montenegrin line but classically reached on the demanding day-hike from Sutjeska NP.
Northeast Bosnia · Tuzla
The north's biggest city, built on salt — home to Europe's only inland salt lakes (with beaches in summer), a lively student scene, and the birthplace of…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Bjelašnica
A pretty Bjelašnica highland village famous for the little stone mosque a wartime legend says was spared from burning, plus the Studeni Potok stream,…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
The luminous turquoise Una runs right through Bihać over travertine steps and islets — town beaches, riverside cafés, the Una Regatta route and rafting all…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
Rafting the luminous turquoise Una through Una NP — from gentle family floats to the lively rapids below Štrbački buk.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Highlands
The mega-trail linking the Dinaric Alps from Slovenia to Albania threads its most spectacular "White Trail" section through BiH — Bjelašnica, Visočica,…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Višegrad
A Drina-side town defined by Andrić's UNESCO bridge and Kusturica's purpose-built Andrićgrad — a literary pilgrimage on the eastern border, with green-river…
Herzegovina · Ravno (Popovo polje)
The largest and most biodiverse cave in BiH — named for the strong wind at its mouth — with underground lakes, flowstone halls and a famous trove of cave…
Central Bosnia · Travnik
Apartments, cottages and small hotels cluster at Babanovac on Vlašić — a budget-friendly highland base for skiing in winter and meadow walks (and that…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The Vrbas cuts a green canyon south of Banja Luka (Tijesno gorge) — turquoise rapids, cliffs and the region's rafting and kayaking artery, host to past…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The Vrbas canyon's limestone walls host sport-climbing crags and a via ferrata route — Banja Luka's vertical playground, easily combined with rafting on the…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The Vrbas canyon south of Banja Luka — host of past world rafting and kayak championships — delivers punchy whitewater through the Tijesno gorge plus calmer…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Ilidža
The spring of the river Bosna at the foot of Mount Igman — a manicured park of clear channels, islets, footbridges and swans, reached by the leafy Velika…
East Bosnia & the Drina · Foča
A high massif within Sutjeska NP scattered with glacial tarns — the "mountain eyes" — Orlovačko, Kotlaničko, Bijelo and Crno jezero among them, linked by…
Herzegovina · Mostar to Trebinje
A long-distance cycling and walking route following the abandoned narrow-gauge "Ćiro" railway from Mostar through Herzegovina toward Trebinje and on to…
Una-Sana (Bosanska Krajina) · Bihać
The signature 24-m cascade of the impossibly turquoise Una river — wooden walkways let you stand right over the thundering travertine steps.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Vratnik
The go-to sunset viewpoint above Baščaršija — an old Ottoman bastion with a café and the famous cannon fired each evening to mark iftar in Ramadan,…