
Duration: 10 hours — full-day tour focused on the history, facts, and firsthand testimonies of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide
Country: Bosnia & Herzegovina
Region Base: Eastern Bosnia
Group size: Small group (maximum 8 travellers)
Travel style: Historical, educational & cultural tour guided by a local expert
Starts / Ends: Sarajevo old town centre (Funky Tours office, or pickup at your address)
Departure Time: 8:00 AM
Price: From €68 (seasonal and group flexible pricing with discount)
Difficulty: Easy — light walking and short drives, suitable for most visitors
Inclusions:
Discover the tragic history of the Bosnian Genocide of the 1990s on this unique and sustainable Srebrenica Genocide Study Tour. Explore the events that led to the breakup of Yugoslavia and Europe’s worst genocide since World War II, while supporting local communities through responsible tourism.
Visit significant sites such as the Potočari Memorial Centre and the town of Srebrenica, gaining powerful insights into the region’s past and present. A highlight of the tour is a heartfelt lunch with a local Srebrenica family, where personal stories transform history into an unforgettable reality.
This tour offers more than historical understanding—it creates a lasting connection to Bosnia’s resilience and ongoing journey of healing and hope.
Please NoteEvery 11th of July, Funky Tours offers a free-of-charge departure to the Srebrenica Genocide commemoration, inviting everyone to attend the Srebrenica funeral and help raise awareness of this tragic event. Seats are limited, and due to the significance of the date, this tour follows a different itinerary, excluding the home-hosted lunch included in our standard tours.
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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 staying a bit away from our office, please let us know, and we can organize advance pickup.
Activity Note: The tour is adapted to all ages and is not physically demanding. Due to the distance of the locations, we use comfortable vehicles during the tour.

Meet our team at the office or at your preferred pickup location. Your guide will give you a personal, firsthand experience of sorrowful past events and introduce you to the local people of Srebrenica to complete the whole picture. They 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.
After the morning pickup around 8 am, you’ll spend two and a half hours on the road towards Srebrenica, where you’ll enjoy the beautiful scenery of Eastern Bosnian mountain regions, spiced up with detailed stories and important explanations behind the reasons of “Death of Yugoslavia”.
Understanding the role of Bosnia in the storm of the 90s is crucial for a better understanding of Genocide in Srebrenica.
Genocide in Srebrenica is not an event that just took place in one narrow region or one town; in fact, it is an overall story of aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina, meaning Genocide events took place in broader areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially in the region of East Bosnia, famously called Podrinje.
During your ride, you will pass through several small towns and villages where similar events have occurred. So, chronological introduction and context are very important to fully understand the story you’ll explore together that day.
The most important towns we are passing by and which are related to the story of the Srebrenica Genocide and 1990s ethnic cleansing:
Aljazzera America story on Srebrenica Genocide tour by Sarajevo Funky Tours
As soon you arrive at the Memorial Centre at Potočari, you will have a chance to participate in a locally guided tour and history class at the Memorial Centre with an official guide. The local guide in charge is a survivor of those events and a person whose experiences and stories are an extremely important part of the tour. Memorial Cemetery, where over 6500+ people in past years have been buried before being exhumed and identified, while some over 1500 victims are still missing, will be the most striking and mind-blowing part of the visit.
Other important elements of the visit will take place at the former Dutchbat UN base, where you’ll get a chance to see the newly open (Feb 2017) Museum of “Srebrenica Genocide – failure of the international community,” understand the importance of Memorial Room, see number of documentary movies, study chronological photo exhibitions, get stunned by graffiti remains, learn personal stories and stories of in-base mass grave and other elements of importance related to overall story of Srebrenica Genocide.

After three hours of visiting Potočari Memorial Centre, it’s time for a 6 km ride to Srebrenica town. Visiting this small, historically rich, ‘silver town’ (Bosnian for silver is ‘Srebro’) will give better insight into the meaning of the “World’s largest concentration camp during the 90’s”. Short walking tour for interesting photography and understanding what Srebrenica as a small town really is.

The day’s highlight is full-course home-hosted lunch with the local family in Srebrenica.
As the unemployment rate, Genocide denial, and severe discrimination of predominantly Bosniak people in Srebrenica are frequent, Funky Tours has dedicated its work to empowering local communities to participate actively in sustainable tourism.
The home-hosted full-course lunch you will be served is always made from scratch with organically grown ingredients from local farms of resilient Srebrenica Genocide survivors. Joining us for this lunch means you are treating your taste buds with once-in-a-lifetime flavors and helping us support the small local community in striving towards a better and sustainable future.
People of Srebrenica love to share their personal stories, those beautiful ones, equally as the terrible ones. Don’t be afraid to listen, understand, and actively support the sustainability of life in Srebrenica today.
Experience the region’s rich cultural heritage as you savor traditional recipes passed down through generations. This extraordinary meal not only offers a taste of Bosnia and Herzegovina but also serves as a testament to the resilience and strength of the survivors.
Join us and participate in their remarkable journey of healing and hope.

Finally, facts are known today, as what exactly happened in Srebrenica is beyond any reasonable doubt. Numerous trials at ICTY have proven it, but the true reasons and role of the Dutchbat UN forces at Srebrenica, and overall UN role, is still very hard to fully uncover.
Denial, as the last phase of Genocide and ethnic cleansing in Eastern Bosnia, still continues.
The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, refers to the July 1995 killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, as well as the ethnic cleansing of another 25,000–30,000 refugees in and around the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) under the command of General Ratko Mladić during the Bosnian War. A paramilitary unit from Serbia known as the Scorpions, officially part of the Serbian Interior Ministry until 1991, participated in the massacre. It is alleged that foreign volunteers, including the Greek Volunteer Guard, participated.
In April 1993, the United Nations declared the besieged enclave of Srebrenica in the Drina Valley of north-eastern Bosnia a “safe area” under UN protection. However, in July 1995, the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), represented on the ground by a 400-strong contingent of armed Dutch peacekeepers, failed to prevent the town’s capture by the VRS and the subsequent massacre by the Bosnian Serbs of more than 8,000 civilians and prisoners, mostly men and boys.
The Srebrenica massacre is the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II. In 2004, in a unanimous ruling on the “Prosecutor v. Krstić” case, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), located in The Hague, ruled that the massacre of the enclave’s male inhabitants, accompanied by the forcible transfer of all of the women, children and elderly, constituted a crime of genocide. Theodor Meron, the presiding judge, stated:
By seeking to eliminate a part of the Bosnian Muslims, the Bosnian Serb forces committed genocide. They targeted the extinction of the 40,000 Bosnian Muslims living in Srebrenica, a group that was emblematic of the Bosnian Muslims in general. They stripped all the male Muslim prisoners, military and civilian, elderly and young, of their personal belongings and identification and deliberately and methodically killed them solely on the basis of their identity.
In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concurred with the ICTY judgment that the atrocities committed at Srebrenica constituted genocide, stating:
The Court concludes that the acts committed at Srebrenica falling within Article II (a) and (b) of the Convention were committed with the specific intent to destroy in part the group of the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina as such and accordingly that these were acts of genocide, committed by members of the VRS in and around Srebrenica from about 13 July 1995.
The ICJ also ruled that Serbia “has violated the obligation to prevent genocide” and that Serbia was to cooperate fully with the ICTY, including the transfer of individuals accused of genocide to the ICTY. Ratko Mladić has been accused by the ICTY but still remains at large and is suspected of hiding in Serbia or in the entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina called the Republic of Srpska.
The majority of those killed were adult men and teenage boys, but the victims included boys aged under 15, men over the age of 65, and even reportedly babies. The Preliminary List of People Missing or Killed in Srebrenica compiled by the Bosnian Federal Commission of Missing Persons contains 8,373 names, some 500 of them under 18, and includes several dozen women and girls. As of March 2010, 6414 genocide victims have been identified through DNA analysis of body parts recovered from mass graves and 3,647 victims have been buried at the Memorial Centre of Potočari.
In 2005, in a message to the tenth-anniversary commemoration of the genocide, the Secretary-General of the United Nations described Srebrenica as the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War, and while noting that great nations had failed to respond and that blame lay first and foremost with those who planned and carried out the massacre and those who assisted and harbored them, acknowledged that the UN itself had made serious errors of judgment and the tragedy of Srebrenica would haunt the UN’s history forever.
Serbia and Montenegro were cleared of direct responsibility for or complicity in the massacre. Still, they were found responsible for not doing enough to prevent the massacre and not prosecuting the responsible, in breach of the Genocide Convention. The Preliminary List of People Missing or Killed in Srebrenica, compiled by the Bosnian Federal Commission of Missing Persons, contains 8,373 names. As of July 2012, 6,838 genocide victims have been identified through DNA analysis of body parts recovered from mass graves; as of July 2013, 6,066 victims have been buried at the Memorial Centre of Potočari. Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić officially apologized for the massacre, although he stopped short of calling it genocide.
In 2013 and 2014, the Netherlands was found liable in its own supreme court and the Hague district court for failing in its duty to prevent more than 300 deaths.
On 8 July 2015, Russia, at the request of the Republika Srpska and Serbia, vetoed a UN resolution condemning the Srebrenica massacre as genocide. Serbia called the resolution “anti-Serb”, while European and U.S. governments affirmed that the crimes were genocide. On 9 July 2015, both the European Parliament (EP) and the U.S. Congress adopted resolutions reaffirming the description of the crime as genocide.
On 22 November 2017, Ratko Mladić was convicted of various crimes at the United Nations tribunal, including genocide, for his role at Srebrenica. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and as well for Radovan Karadžić in 2019.
6 – 10 July 1995The Bosnian Serb Army attacked Srebrenica – within a UN-safe area previously held by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Civilians taking refuge there are under the protection of Dutch forces.
11 JulyThousands of refugees and Srebrenica residents – mostly women, children, and the infirm – flee to the Dutch UN peacekeeping base in Potocari. Bosnian Serb commanders demanded Bosniak Muslims hand over their weapons.
12 JulyBosnian Muslim men of military age began to move north after gathering in Susnjari. They are shelled as they flee through the mountains. Some are also gunned down en route, while others are killed after surrendering.
12 JulyMale and female refugees are separated by the Bosnian Serb Army. Thousands of women, children, and the elderly are deported by bus to Bosniak Muslim territory. The men are held in trucks and warehouses.
13 – 17 JulyUp to 8,000 Bosniak men and boys are killed at a number of execution sites around Srebrenica. Reports of the atrocities began to surface on 16 July. Source: UN, ICTY.
What Do I Need to Bring?
As part of the vision of raising awareness about the Genocide, Funky Tours offers a Srebrenica tour on the 11th of July symbolically for 1 EUR.
Book your place in advance because the number of free places is limited. Due to the commemoration day and the special nature of the tour, on July 11th the tour has a modified program and does not include a home-hosted lunch.









My tours with Funky Tours were outstanding
I did two: one to Srebrenica with Alja and one in Sarajevo with Mustafa. Both went far beyond expectations. They knew the history exceptionally well and explained everything clearly. On top of that, they were highly professional, super friendly and excellent guides.
I was also in contact with Amela, who made sure everything ran smoothly and always responded quickly and clearly which was really nice.
Highly recommended. I’ll definitely be coming back for more tours!!
A must see when visiting Sarajevo
A must see when visiting Sarajevo
Review of Understanding Srebrenica Genocide Tour + Lunch with Local Family Included
Reviewed November 28, 2025
An incredible but sobering experience. Our tour guide Ajla was incredibly knowledgeable. She provided an excellent history of the conflict as well as present day insights. She is also an expert at navigating the mountain roads in extremely heavy fog while chatting the whole time. The local hosts were incredibly gracious as well.
Book your tour with Funky Tours. The best company on the planet
A must see when visiting Sarajevo
Review of Understanding Srebrenica Genocide Tour + Lunch with Local Family Included
Reviewed November 28, 2025
Me and my family, are just back, from a wonderful and memorable 9 day trip to Sarajevo. The highlight of our trip was booking an excellent trip to Srebrenica and Potocari with Funky Tours including lunch. Our excellent chauffeur was called Adnan. On the morning of our trip, he picked us up, outside our apartment. However, due to my Wife being wheelchair bound and unable to walk, the vehicle was unsuitable as my Wife would not have been able to get in the vehicle as it was too high. Adnan, we cannot thank enough, contacted the company to explain and a car was sent out which was able to support my Wife. While awaiting the arrival of the car, Adnan treated myself, my Wife and son to coffee in a local restaurant. Adnan then swapped his vehicle over to the driver of the car and we were off on our adventure. Our tour was private. Adnan was a fantastic guide, explaining the full history leading to the horrific genocide that took place In Srebrenica. We drove through beautiful mountains on our way to Potocari around 5-6 kilometres away from Srebrenica to the Genocide Memorial and Cemetery. On our arrival, Adnan handed us over to a guide, who took us inside the museum. We watched factual videos it if atrocities that took place and saw many artifacts. This part of the tour was very sad, something that should have never ever have happened. After the tour, we were met again by Adnan, who was wondering in helping my Wife back into the car, despite he was suffering from back and leg problems himself, he was magnificent. Adnan then explained to us about the lunch arrangements. Adnan felt, it would be too difficult for my Wife to visit one of the family homes for lunch, because he explained how they were built up high and there were stairs/steps, which would be impossible for my Wife. To our surprise, Adnan being as fantastic as he is, arranged lunch for us at a local restaurant, which was just perfect, especially for my Wife. Adnan took us there and popped out to collect a lovely woman who would have been our host for lunch. This wonderful lady, although she could not speak English and we could not speak Bosnian, Adnan also worked as an interpreter between us. This wonderful lady worked as a teacher in a local school, she served our dinner also and was very friendly. We discussed different issues and the day was perfect. The meal was absolutely delicious. In leaving lunch, the very kind lady gave us all a small but beautiful remembrance gift in memory of the genocide. On our way back to Dzemala Bijedica in Bulevar where we were staying, we had many questions for Adnan, he also explained about his life before the genocide and how it all changed overt. Adnan is a war veteran and explains everything in great detail. He is highly intelligent and knowledgeable on the history of his country and everything surrounding it. Funky Tours is a company you must not forget. I highly recommend Funky tours for all your trips and tours. We give them a 10/10 and a full star rating. They are fantastic and fabulous. Their fleet of vehicles are spotless and clean and they communicate excellent with their guests. If you get Adnan as your private driver, you have one excellent and memorable trip of a lifetime and I highly recommend him. I would like to wish Adnan and his family good health, a very happy Christmas and good health for the New Year. We wish Funky Tours equally the same. I will certainly be back visiting the beautiful country of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina and I / we will certainly be booking all our tours with Funky Tours. Thank you all. You were very kind to us all.
James,Gina and Mark James Fisher
Highly meaningful experience
Funky Tours is a reputable tour operator and their communication prior to the tour was excellent. This is a very thoughtfully planned tour.
Our small group was guided by Mersad, who was an excellent tour guide and safe driver. Along the way he made sure all were comfortable and I was grateful for his openness to share many stories during the drive. It helped me understand not just Srebrenica but the complicated situation 30 years after the genocide.
Lunch with our hosts in Srebrenica was a truly special experience. I cannot express my gratitude enough to our hosts for sharing their home and their stories.
I highly recommend this tour if you are in the right mindset. Be prepared for a long day with 3 hour scenic mountain drive each direction from Sarajevo, with flexibility for rest stops. From pickup to dropoff, the tour came to about 12 hours. The museum exhibits were excellent with far more information than one can digest in a day.
There is no way to emotionally prepare for such devastating information, but it is helpful to do some reading on the topic in advance. I would say one must bring a mindset of learning and respect for the welfare of the group to give each person space to process.
I recommend bringing good energy, a water bottle, and for women to bring a head scarf to be worn at the cemetery.
We spent a week in Sarajevo and did 5 tours with Funky Tours
We were really impressed with each tour and the quality and knowledge of each guide along with the overal administration of this business (ie the office team).
We would highly recommend Funky Tours. Our guides were Adnan, Emin, Salem, Adis and Muhiden.
