Join a Full Day Lukomir Nomad village hiking tour at Bjelašnica Olympic Mountain and have a once in a life time outdoor + cultural experience which is simply a “must” when in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This beautiful hiking journey is perfect for any true nature lover and will enable you to visit the highest nomad village in whole region of Balkans – Lukomir village and meet with the Nomadic community.
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Departure Times Daily at 8 AM.
Pickup Locations If you are staying in the old town of Sarajevo, meet us at our office. If you are a bit away from us, please let us know, and we can organize advance pickup.
Activity Note: The tour is adapted to all ages and is medium demanding. Due to the distance of the location, we use vehicles during the tour to reach the starting hiking point, and the rest of the tour is on foot through breathtaking natural surroundings.
Meet our team at the office or at your preferred pickup location. This tour will begin with a 1.15-hour transfer from Sarajevo to Umoljani village across Bjelašnica Olympic Mountain. Your guide is an adventurous and knowledgeable enthusiast who will introduce you to all of the Bjelašnica beauty. He will make sure no questions remain unanswered, even of a personal nature, so don’t refrain from sharing your thoughts and opinions at any moment in time.
At Umoljani village, we shall leave our car and explore the village’s most important sites, such as Studeni Potok (Cold Creek), Stoned Dragon – Ažbaha – the legend of the birth of Umoljani. We will shortly visit Umoljani Mosque and learn the story of Sarajevo Haggadah.
The first part of the Umoljani to Lukomir village trail will be a 3.30-hour hike. The trail will take us from a starting point of roughly 1275 meters (Umoljani) across the peak of Obalj at around 1896 meters.
On the way, we will pass by the old Gradina settlement, which is believed to date from the Illyrian period. During the ascent, you will enjoy amazing scenery, especially the Studeni Potok (Cold Creek) panorama.
At the top of Obalj, Rakitnica Canyon and the mountains of Treskavica, Visocica, and the peak of Bjelašnica mountain, with numerous small villages in the distance, will be simply stunning.
After some rest and full-time body and spirit enjoyment, we are ready to hike down to Lukomir village at an altitude of 1500, which will be a “one of a kind” story as well.
Please note that depending on the time of the year, we can get lucky to have fields of blueberries, rosehip, certain types of mushrooms, thyme, or other plant species around us, free to pick up.
Lukomir – in the language of locals, “harbour of peace”, is a village that dates at least 600 years ago and where most of the century-old traditions have been kept alive until today.
It is the only remaining semi-nomadic traditional mountain village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As soon as we arrive at the village, we will have a locally prepared lunch, meet some of the local people, learn about their customs, and enjoy the best Bosnian coffee.
Later, we will visit the village mosque, see more Stećci tombstones, climb the Vijenac peak, and admire the stunning 800 m-deep Rakitnica canyon. Here, mother nature is at its best.
After Lukomir village explorations, it is time to start hiking back.
After exploring Lukomir village, the return hike will mainly be a pleasant 2.30h hour flat hike to Umoljani village through the Canyon of Rakitnica River.
Rakitnica Canyon is probably the most remote and unexplored canyon. With a length of 26km, it separates the massif of Bjelašnica and Visočica, and without a doubt, it is the longest canyon in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Firstly explored in 1956, until today very few people have walked the full length of it, as in some parts it can be over 800 meters high and only 1 meter wide, making it very hardly accessible.
The trail we will take will be on the upper edge of the canyon so that you can see and feel the “magnificence” of this place.
Return to Umoljani should be around 5 pm, and arrival back to Sarajevo around 6.15 pm.
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Highly recommend
We booked onto the 1 day trip to Lukomir with pick up and return to Sarajevo. Communication from both Edna and Ema prior to the trip was efficient and speedy.
Our guide Elvira was spot on time for the pick up and we had a great trip. It turned out to be only myself and my brother on the tour (we did a Monday).
The drive to the start point of the walk was only around 1 hour from Sarajevo, so not far at all. The walk was around 10 miles there and back. A great walk, not too challenging but more than enough to feel as though you’ve done a good days exercise!
The views were spectacular. Elvira was a good guide and gave us some local history along the way and was very friendly. It was handy having lunch included in Lukomir.
It was also a nice touch to receive a follow up email from Amela a couple of days later to check how we’d enjoyed the trip.
Throughout the whole process, communication from the team was efficient and they seemed very passionate about providing a good & memorable experience for their guests.
We did 2 weeks touring the country independently and were seriously impressed with what we found. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a great deal to offer from a tourism point of view, and if you’re in Sarajevo – be sure to book an extra day and take this tour!
These guys are simply the best!
I did hiking to Lukomir with Funky tour and it was the best hiking tour ever!
I cannot recommend Funky Tours enough, because these guys are simply the best. Started from very welcoming communications with Edna (who was extremely nice, helpful and friendly) and of course the best tour guides: Tarik and Stefan. These guys just made the whole experience one of the best! amazing sense of humour, great knowledge and interesting facts about the places we pass through, care about each of us (one was leading another was behind everybody just to make sure we are safe).
Thanks a lot guys. Highly recommend any tour with them I’m sure it’s gonna be an amazing experience.
I took several day tours with Funky Tours and they were all memorable and very well planned. I particularly enjoyed the siege tour with Adnan (who brought to life very well what the siege years were like during our visits e.g., of the tunnel) and the Srebrenica tour with Almir (where Leila and Farid welcomed us in their home with a delicious meal and shared their experience openly with us). I would also recommend the Lukomir hike which is a perfect day out to explore the dinaric Alps.
Overall, the team was very helpful and prompt to find space for me on the tours. Communication was simple and departures were timely.
Some of the tours can be quite full days so if you are thinking of doing a few, you may want to plan for a day off in Sarajevo in the middle.
An amazingly beautiful hike to the isolated village of Lukomir. My guide, Elvira, was fantastic and the views can’t be beat! Highly recommend
To drive to the Lukomir is like driving to the top of the world. A little ruff but it is worth it as the view was to die for, air was so pure and the water for drinking which is in abundance was icy cold. We climbed up to Vidikovac from where you can see all surrounding mountains and a canyon which is almost 1000 deep. We had lunch at NA KROVU SVIJETA and a wonderful host Nermin NERA Mustajbegovic and his wife welcomed us with traditional Bosnian coffee and a home made spinach and cheese pita.
We drank home made yogurt with pita which go really well together. They also showed us around their hut where you can sleep overnight if you like to go hiking and come back to a scrumptious meal and a good rest. Thank you both for the wonderful welcome😀