Yesterday we read a great article about the Blake lakes on the website Vijesti.me. The article was written by Jasna Gajevic whom visits the Black Lakes each year. The article is a fantastic write up of the lakes and all of its unique charm and pristine beauty. She writes “The Black lakes, are the most beautiful gift of nature and I come to visit at least twice a year, however each time you get to the point when as if, that I see it enraptured like it is again my first time, and I can not explain this love for the lakes”. She wrote a brilliant article and some of the highlights are “During the tour of the lake, I am never bored because the atmosphere is always different, with different sounds and levels of water. Indeed the Black lakes are no ‘attraction’, as it is an attraction in itself. The surrounding mountain of Medved (Bear) is a climb up, however the view from Medved mountain back down of the lake is absolutely perfect. I’ve never been happier than me when I arrive back near the shores of the lake”. We shared a couple of her wonderful photos.

Dear all we have been gearing up for our opening on the 1st May and the month of April has been very hectic for us as you can imagine. We also have had the craziest weather over the past month at our camp in Durmitor. Zabljak in only four days, experienced a massive temperature change, which is best illustrated in the posts photograph. On Thursday 21st April, the temperature was about 20 degrees, and the day was real Spring time, with the 17th April having the hottest ever recorded day ever for that date, on 22 degrees. However only 4 days later the temperature dropped below zero and Zabljak once again had a 30 cm blanket of snow! Judging by the announcements of the meteorological Institute of Montenegro the snow should not retain and this was the last winds of Winter!

This month the UK Guardian newspaper chose Durmitor and Zabljak to be included in the top 10 destinations for adventure holidays in 2016! They listed countries which offered activities of hiking, cycling, kayaking or horse riding and more, but which also have the most stunning locations in Europe. The newspaper highlighted Zabljak and Durmitor for it’s amazing mountain scenery! There was also another recent online article by Ivan Otovic who again wrote kind words for the mountains of Montenegro. Ivan wrote an article for online Slavorum. He wrote for Montenegro ‘I am writing about Montenegro because I want to show what actually means the slogan ”Wild Beauty”. Maybe you have heard of Mount Durmitor and its clear blue lakes called “Mountain Eyes”. The dense evergreen forests that are still inhabited by wolves and bears. This mountain is a paradise for hikers, botanists and other lovers of nature. It is also great for lovers of good food, as the foothills of Durmitor has the town of Zabljak, where there are numerous restaurants that offer excellent local dishes such as kacamak (polenta), lamb in sauce and cheese’s’. These articles are highlighting the Durmitor region ever so well and are completely accurate, as the area of Durmitor is truly breathtaking and the town of Zabljak offers a great choice of restaurants and bars. Here at Montenegro-Mountain we hope that many more writers will visit here and promote this amazing region!