Lukomir Highland Day
Bosnia's highest and most remote mountain village.
- Duration9h
- GroupMax 10
- PaceModerate
- DepartsSarajevo
A day that matters.
Full-day excursion to Lukomir, the highest village in Bosnia at 1,469m, where shepherds still live by the seasons. Hike the Rakitnica canyon rim and lunch with a village family.
- 4x4 transport to the village
- Mountain guide
- Home-cooked lunch with a local family
- Water and snacks
- Insurance
- Gratuities
Hour by hour.
- 08:30
Depart Sarajevo
Drive south-west onto the Bjelašnica plateau. The road becomes unpaved at around 1,200m.
- 10:30
Arrive at Lukomir
Welcome into one of the stone houses with a coffee. Your guide introduces you to the village — its origins, its shepherds, the families who still summer here.
- 11:30
Canyon rim hike
A gentle 90-minute walk along the rim of the Rakitnica canyon — 800 meters straight down, with nothing between you and it but careful footing and the wind.
- 13:30
Lunch with a village family
Home-cooked meal on a terrace. Bosnian pita, cheese and kajmak, sometimes roast lamb. Whatever the family prepared that morning.
- 15:00
Descend
Return drive to Sarajevo, arriving around 17:30.
