Balkan Enduro Motorcycle Tour: Montenegro

Your Balkan motorcycle tour starts in Graz and leads mainly via motorway through Slovenia and Croatia to Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the first night of the tour awaits.

On this Balkan enduro stage you follow the river Vrbas south – half on tarmac, half on gravel – until you reach the well-known pilgrimage site of Medugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the night.

As a guided enduro tour, you leave the hills of Bosnia in the morning and reach the border with Montenegro around noon – one of the youngest and greenest countries in Europe – before spending the night in a traditional guesthouse.

This Durmitor National Park motorcycle stage takes you through Montenegro's highest and largest national park, with gorges, caves and glacial lakes – including a picnic stop at the Piva reservoir before continuing towards Savnik.

On your Albania motorcycle stage you pass through the capital Podgorica and reach the asphalted section of the Theth Pass, climbing to 2,600 metres, before the gravel descent into the remote valley of Theth follows.

On the way to the Adriatic coast you cross the national park again, visit Theth Lake and tackle a technically demanding gravel stage near Lake Shkoder before spending the night in Budva close to the sea.

After breakfast the Bay of Kotor stage delivers one of the most striking views on the entire tour, before winding roads through Lovcen National Park and several tunnels lead you to Niksic for the night.

This stage winds back into Bosnia through characterful villages and scenic country roads, arriving in the UNESCO city of Mostar with its famous bridge and atmospheric Old Town to close out the evening.

On scenic gravel roads past glacial lakes you return to Banja Luka, where the group spends a relaxed final evening together, revisiting the highlights of the tour over a shared meal.

On the last stage, rich in memories of national parks and mountain passes, you head mostly via motorway back to Graz – the close of an eventful enduro journey through the Balkans.