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Tara National Park

📷 Vladimir Mijailović · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A relict spruce that survived the Ice Age, above a turquoise reservoir in a gorge.

Tara is a forested plateau above the Drina, and its emblem is the Serbian spruce, a species that survived the Ice Age here and nowhere else and was only described in 1876. The Drina canyon below is flooded into a green reservoir, with the much-photographed little house on a rock midstream. Viewpoints like Banjska stena look straight down into Bosnia. Bears and chamois live in the forest, and Mokra Gora’s narrow-gauge railway loops its way up the hillside nearby.

Known for

  • Nature
  • Budget
  • Hiking
  • Photography
Travel guide on Wikivoyage ↗

Best time to visit

The best months for Tara National Park are June, July, August and September.

Suggested route

7 nights across 3 stops. Jourimo adjusts it to the length of your trip.

  1. 1Bajina Bašta · 3 nights
  2. 2Užice · 2 nights
  3. 3Mokra Gora · 2 nights