Breakfast will usually be either hot and cold buffets or a choice of set meals. Breakfast in Bosnia and across the Balkans usually consists of bread and pastries, dairy products such as yoghurt and cheese, cereal, eggs cooked in a variety of ways, smoked meats, honey, tea and coffee, milk and juices.

Typical Bosnian cuisine consists of ingredients such as tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic, peppers, cucumbers, mushrooms, spinach, beans and dairy products such as milk, cheese, pavlaka (sour cream) and kajmak (similar to clotted cream). Meat dishes usually consist of beef and lamb and specialities include cevapi, burek, dolma (stuffed vegetables with meat) and goulash. Desserts often have an Eastern influence with baklava being very popular. The alcoholic drink rakija, made from apples or plums, is common in this region also.

Vegetarian and special diets can be catered for, but options are limited throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Please advise of any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.

Walk in Durmitor National Park along pine-scented trails circling Black Lake (Crno Jezero), where dark waters mirror craggy peaks and glacial cirques. Feel the alpine freshness as spruce and fir forests open to meadows frequented by shepherds and grazing flocks.

Pause at Tara Canyon viewpoints, gazing into one of Europe’s deepest river gorges. Watch the turquoise Tara thread through limestone, and pause for photos and reflection as mist drifts across serrated ridgelines and high plateaus shaped by ice and time.

Taste a traditional Montenegrin mountain lunch in the village of Podgora, hosted by a local family. Sample rustic staples like cornbread, cheeses, stews and seasonal salads, paired with herbal infusions or homemade rakija, celebrating hearty home cooking shaped by altitude and season.

Learn how Podgora’s ecovillage network sustains family farms and keeps pastoral customs alive. Hear stories of highland life, from summer transhumance to winter preserves, and appreciate how community-led tourism supports landscapes and livelihoods.

Join a guided city tour of Sarajevo to experience the Ottoman-era Bašcaršija bazaar, Gazi Husrev-beg’s complex, and the Latin Bridge where 1914’s gunshots echoed into world history. Contrast ornate mosques and Austro-Hungarian boulevard facades with cafés scented by Bosnian coffee.

Visit the Sarajevo Tunnel of Hope Museum to understand daily resilience during the 1992–96 siege. Walk beside preserved tunnel sections, see improvised supply systems, and reflect on a city that survived through solidarity and ingenuity.

Visit Lukomir highland village, Bosnia’s highest permanent settlement, where stone-roofed cottages and medieval stecci dot windswept pastures. Meet villagers who keep age-old crafts and traditional dress alive on a ridge above the Bjelašnica massif.

Set out on a hike to Rakitnica Canyon viewpoints, feeling the scale of the chasm below. Return to share a traditional home-cooked lunch with a local family, trading stories about pastoral life and seasonal rhythms in the Dinaric Alps.

Discover Mostar on a guided walking tour of Mostar, crossing the elegant arc of Stari Most above the emerald Neretva. Wander the cobbled Kujundžiluk bazaar, where coppersmiths hammer patterns and Ottoman stone houses lean over shaded lanes.

Hear how conflict scarred the city and how craftsmen, masons, and divers helped bring its spirit back. Trace Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian heritage in squares, bridges and courtyards that fuse Balkan and Mediterranean influences.

Begin your journey with a hosted welcome dinner by the Trebišnjica River, where lanterns glow against stone bridges and plane trees. Savor Herzegovinian specialties alongside local Žilavka or Vranac as your Tour Leader helps the group meet your Tour Director and travelling companions.

Learn about Trebinje’s old town heritage and the nearby Arslanagic Bridge, relocated stone by stone in the 1970s. The riverside setting sets a warm tone for Balkan hospitality and the days of exploration to come.

Circle Dubrovnik’s limestone ramparts on a walk the Dubrovnik city walls, tracing battlements past Forts Bokar, Minceta and St John. Take in panoramic views over the Adriatic and terracotta roofs that earned Dubrovnik its epithet, the Pearl of the Adriatic.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour. The 2km circuit rewards photographers with shifting light on marble streets, baroque facades and the rugged coastline beyond the harbor.

Challenge yourself to a climb to St John Fortress above Kotor via historic steps and switchbacks. As you ascend the crags, take in sweeping views of the Bay of Kotor and the ancient fortifications that once guarded this Venetian port.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour. Expect a steady effort and bring water; the panorama over church belfries, red-tiled roofs and fjord-like waters is ample reward.

Discover Montenegro’s cultural heart on a guided tour of Cetinje, the former royal capital nestled beneath the Lovcen foothills. Stroll past elegant embassies and museums, and visit landmarks such as King Nikola’s Palace, where royal salons recall the country’s 19th-century statehood.

Visit the cliff-perched Ostrog Monastery, dramatically carved into a sheer cliff. Learn about the pilgrim shrine of St Vasilije and step into incense-scented chapels where frescoes and candles speak to centuries of shared devotion across Montenegro’s faiths.

Explore the Old Town of Kotor on a guided walk through limestone lanes framed by Venetian palaces and lively squares. Hear how the Republic of Venice shaped this Adriatic stronghold and pause by St Tryphon Cathedral, whose Romanesque facade and relics reveal centuries of maritime devotion.

Continue to Perast and take a boat ride across the Bay of Kotor to the tiny islet of Our Lady of the Rocks. Step inside the chapel to view votive silver plaques, then admire far-reaching views of the Dinaric Alps as the bay unfolds around you.

Explore the Ottoman town of Pocitelj, climbing to the hilltop Kula fortress for river views. Trace stone lanes past the mosque and hammam, and learn why artists still gather in this remarkably preserved settlement of stone lanes and terraced gardens.

Continue to the jade pools of Kravica Waterfalls for a short walk, then visit the cliff-foot sanctuary of Blagaj Tekija beside the powerful Buna Spring. The setting blends Sufi spirituality with karst geology in a scene of rare tranquility.

Visit the Radimlja stecci necropolis near Stolac, where carved medieval tombstones display rosettes, knights, and spirals unique to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s medieval art. Learn how these enigmatic markers illuminate regional beliefs and frontier identities.

Continue to a family-owned winery outside Trebinje to sample regional wines such as Žilavka and Vranac. In cool stone cellars shaped by the limestone hills of Herzegovina, hear how sun, karst soils and coastal breezes yield expressive Adriatic-Balkan vintages.

Glide above the city on a ride the Mount Srd cable car for far-reaching views of the Old Town, Lokrum and the Elaphiti Islands. Explore the hilltop’s Napoleonic Fort Imperial and frame the walls and harbors against a shimmering horizon.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour. Time your visit for golden hour to witness a glowing sunset over the Adriatic as lights flicker on across the marble streets below.