Undiscovered Emma

Please sign & share the petition to save Buljarica beach and wetland in #Montenegro. Photos from my archive.👇

#natureprotection #environment

Bored of all the usual hiking destinations in Europe? Serbia is seriously underrated, so we’ve launched a hiking holiday here for 2026 🙌

Join us to explore Stara Planina (the “Old Mountain”) and the epic Iron Gates National Park.

👉 https://f.mtr.cool/rbtxnpvqaw

Our Super Early Bird special has just landed! Book your 2026 escape by 30 November and get £150 off per person on any of our multi-activity and hiking holidays in Montenegro, Albania or beyond.

Use code 2026UB150 when booking directly on our website 👇

https://f.mtr.cool/juxxmbctmp

Have you seen this petition yet? Save Buljarica: Protect Our Land, Homes, and Heritage

Please sign this petition and help save one of Montenegro’s last properly wild bits of coast from development.

Buljarica, with its large sandy beach and rich marshes, is home to countless birds and other wildlife. It is natural heritage and its conservation matters.

👇

c.org/tMjGhVW9n7

Families who adventure together, thrive together!

Earlier this month, the de la Mares joined us in Montenegro for a week of canyoning, rafting, mountain biking, kayaking and mountaineering, before hiking into Albania via the dramatic Accursed Mountains.

A summer to remember!

We’ve just won the Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2025! 🎉

It puts us in the top 10% of travel companies worldwide based on our guests' amazing feedback of their adventures in the Balkans. 💚

Find out what makes our trips different:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/dlkcvjaueb

A stay at our Villa Miela in Montenegro is recommended in the latest issue of Food and Travel magazine! 🙌

We're chuffed to bits to be featured. 

Thank you Rod and all at @foodandtravelhq!

If you haven’t visited #Serbia, it’s high time. Fantastic country, culture and people! Affordable too, and blissfully untouristy. #traveltips

“Our guide Alfie was simply a legend.” 💫

Huge thanks to Simon & Marie for this glowing review of their North Albania trip! Wild swims, epic hikes, amazing food – what a week.

Join us this Sept/Oct or from spring 2026:
👉 https://undiscoveredbalkans.com/tours/7-day-north-albania-activity-holiday/

Just about now, 20 years ago, I ended my longest ever shift as a government press officer, working in the UK crisis communication centre to feed a fact-hungry global media with the latest awful updates on the 7/7 bombings. It was multiple-agency, cross-governmental true team work. And very sad.

From Sarajevo’s buzz to the banks of the River Buna in Blagaj, last week’s Bosnia adventures didn’t let up.

Via Ferrata, canoeing, canyon scrambling, and that turquoise water!

Join us next time 👉 https://undiscoveredbalkans.com/tours/bosnia-multi-activity-holiday/

#BosniaandHerzegovina

So many smiles on our first cross-border hike of the season – from Montenegro to Albania, through the epic Balkan Alps.

Fancy it? More details below.
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/fzlplpuskt

Jakov Medić and Vladan Kovačević have both joined Ante Crnac at our hometown UK football club, giving the Canaries a distinct Balkan flavor this month.

Dobrodošli momci, u Norič Siti!

#NorwichCity #ncfc #norwichcityfc #Balkans

The 8 best hikes in the Balkans - Undiscovered Balkans From Albania's Valbona Pass to the Via Dinarica, the Balkans is home to some of the best (and under-the-radar) hikes in Europe.

Looking for your next hiking fix? 🥾

These 8 Balkan trails are packed with adventure (and not crowds) 👇.

https://f.mtr.cool/hmlwdontug 

#balkans #undiscoveredbalkans #mountains

Thrilled to be in the Sunday Times for our intrepid new South Albania adventure!

Read it here 👉  https://f.mtr.cool/aaxbwhmudp

With thanks to writer, Laura Sanders, and the team at Times Travel.

#Balkans #Travel

Over the moon to see Undiscovered Balkans trips recommended by National Geographic Traveller UK!

Pics by yours truly - out of possibly 100 taken. 🤭

Jared Kushner Targets Albania’s Adriatic Coast for Luxury Tourism Two major proposals led by Jared Kushner and a new airport championed by the Albanian government focus on an area prized for its biodiversity. Are they a sign of things to come?

For the birds—and the people who endeavor to save them, including @julianhoffman.bsky.social, my story for the @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/t...

We missed posting for #EarthDay yesterday, but shouldn't every day be Earth Day? In the Balkans, our immense wild spaces are sadly at threat. For 15 years, we've made our mission to champion nature here, and wish we could do more.👇

https://f.mtr.cool/cqjnumynaj

Just wrapped up our Montenegro birdwatching week with a rare Wallcreeper sighting!

Our birders were thrilled to spot 110 species in all, including Three-toed Woodpecker. Scroll for the full list. Love birds? Join us next year! 

https://undiscoveredbalkans.com/tours/birdwatching-holiday-montenegro/

Our beautiful Villa Miela is open for the 2025 season! 🥳 

#LakeSkadar #Montenegro #ecolodge

Hope to see you when you’re here! Come and join us for yoga or art. :)

Our 2025 season has started, and it's already moved guest Sabine to tears of joy spotting rare birds like Dalmatian Pelican and Rock Nuthatch on our #birdwatching holiday in #Montenegro! 

Love birds and adventure? Get in touch!

Discover the 'Bosnian Colorado' near Foča! 🏜️

These stunning sand pyramids, formed by centuries of erosion, are a breathtaking sight and worth a detour! 

 Couldn't resist checking them out while researching our activity and hiking holidays!

Family Holiday Hack: Skip the summer crowds and save money—book for Easter or May Half Term!

Why?
✅ Guaranteed sun, but not too hot
✅ Fewer tourists
✅ £200 off per kid – use code UBKids200

Grab this last-minute deal for Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia, or Croatia! 👇
www.undiscoveredbalkans.com

Are you part of a walking club and keen to do an international trip? See how UK-based club YOLO got on with our Montenegro to Albania cross-border hiking holiday in our interview with founding member Simon.👇

https://undiscoveredbalkans.com/peaks-of-the-balkans-montenegro-albania-hiking-holiday/

Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest government The collapse of a station canopy that killed 15 people has galvanised anger towards the government.

Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest government www.bbc.com/news/article...

Calling all solo travellers! We've scrapped the single supplement for these epic Balkan adventures.

🚴 18-25 May: Super-Active Montenegro
⛰️ 15-22 June: Trekking Montenegro to Albania
🥾 20 June, 3 Aug, 31 Aug: Hiking Montenegro
🌄 5-12 Oct: Hiking Bulgaria

Limited spaces - Book now!📍

The grannies who saved Albanian cuisine After being sealed off from the outside world for decades and experiencing a mass exodus, Albania is leaning into its culinary roots with the help of grandma chefs.

Great read! And now craving delicious Albanian food… 👇

www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...?

#albania #balkans

A woman’s place is in… a kayak!

A woman’s place is in… a canyon!

A woman’s place is in… the forest!

Happy #InternationalWomenDay! 🧗‍♀️🫶