Premuzic Trail to Alan - Natural Croatia Adventure Travel

Premužić trail in NP Nothern Velebit Croatia

Engage in this adventure and in one-weekend walk, hike, trek and experience the most beautiful trails in Croatia: Oltari - Zavižan and Premužić trail. Be ready to take real adventure with amazing sea views and sunsets, great company - trek for 2 days and experience remarkable beauties of Croatian nature!
Starting from Zagreb, this tour takes you to visit bear refugee in Kuterevo on our way and hike up National Park Nothern Velebit - hidden beauty of Croatian wilderness.
Hiking starts with an easy trail that gives you magnificent views on Croatian islands at the top. Unforgettable sunsets can be seen just in front of the Zavižan mountain hut where we stay overnight. Next day we go deeper in the mountain following famous Premužić trail to next mountain hut Alan. Full of impressions from our last 2 days we board our transport and head back to Zagreb.

Day 1 NP Northern Velebit: Oltari - Zavižan

We start by transfer pick-up at 8:00. Transfer takes us about 2h and on our way we make a short stop in Bear refugee Kuterevo, to observe local bears rescued in the surrounding mountains. Half hour more transfer to the starting point of the trail, where we leave our things in the car and take day backpack for hike. Hiking up around 2h, easy to moderate. We have our picnic lunch on our way.
Today we trek a trail that takes us to the Zavižan mountain hut. Here famous Ante will greet us. Ante can offer us strong alcoholic brandy, homemade and local beer called the same as the mountain “Velebitsko pivo”. we have dinner in mountain hut. Zavižan mountain hut is in the same time weather station and Ante and his family is for generations working there for meteorological and hydrological service. We can observe the weather station and instruments. Optional trail visits around Zavižan to nearby mountaintops, and at the evening unforgettable sunset with sea view on Croatian islands. An exceptional experience! (L, D)

Day 2 Premužić trail: Zavižan - Alan, Zagreb

Early start today 6:00! Today we hike Premužić trail. Top rated and most beautiful trail in Croatia, built in 1930 using special local drywalls technique without any machines! It is a true natural heritage and represents a local knowledge and architecture incorporated in nature.
Interesting fact about Premužić trail is that it doesn't have high elevation changes,and it takes you to different sceneries in mountains. Other special thing is that it gives you true wild mountain experience with unique views changing all the way! With all this, we take our trip that lasts between 6 and 8 hours to next mountain hut Alan. Picnic lunch on our way. After arrival to mountain hut Alan we have rest and transfer back to Zagreb (3h) (B, L) -- End of services --

Min No of persons: 2
Max No of persons: 8
Availability: 1. May - 1. November
Duration: 2 days
From: Zagreb to Zagreb
Type: GUIDED hiking tour
Activity Level: 4 – Moderate to Strenous.