Lakes, rivers & canyons on Tara
The Drina wraps around Tara on the north and west, fed by the Rača, Derventa and Serbia’s shortest river.
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Kanjon Drine
A 56-km gorge from Perućac to Višegrad with walls up to 1,000 m high — see it from the viewpoints above or by boat.
- Dužina
- oko 56 km
- Visina litica
- do 1.000 m
- Brodom iz Perućca
- april – oktobar
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02 · ↑ 290 m
Perućačko jezero
A reservoir on the Drina created in 1966 — up to 60 m deep and about 50 km long, with beaches, floating cafés and fishing.
- Nastalo
- 1966.
- Dubina
- do 60 m
- Temperatura vode leti
- oko 18–22 °C
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03 · ↑ 880 m
Zaovinsko jezero
A turquoise reservoir at 880 m above Zaovine — shoreline walks, fishing and sunsets over the Bosnian mountains.
- Nadmorska visina
- 880 m
- Dužina
- oko 7 km
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04 · ↑ 300 m
Vrelo — reka godina
Serbia’s shortest river — 365 metres from spring to a waterfall into the Drina, hence its nickname, ‘the river of the year’.
- Dužina
- 365 m
- Vodopad
- oko 8–10 m
- Temperatura vode
- oko 9 °C cele godine
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05
Kanjon Rače
The forested gorge of the Rača between Crnjeskovo and Sokolina — ancient beech forest and a trail down to Rača monastery.
- Pešačenje
- oko 2 h do manastira
- Zaštita
- rezervat, kandidat za UNESKO
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06
Kanjon Dervente
A short, steep limestone canyon between Perućac and Rastište, with a road cut through rock tunnels.
- Put
- Perućac – Rastište, oko 7 km
- Endem
- dervenska zečina
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Kanjon Zvezde
Serbia’s deepest canyon, only surveyed in 2010 — some forty waterfalls, accessible only with a canyoning guide.
- Otkriven
- 2010.
- Vodopadi
- oko 40
- Pristup
- samo uz vodiča
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08 · ↑ 1000 m
Jezero Jarevac
A small forest lake half an hour’s walk from Kaluđerske Bare along an educational trail — perfect for families.
- Pešačenje
- oko 30 min, lako
- Kupanje
- nije dozvoljeno