7 Nights Hiking Yoga Holiday in Montenegro
Enjoy a 7-night hiking yoga holiday in Montenegro. Your yoga holiday is packed with activities - guided hikes, wild swimming, waterfalls, beach and, of course, yoga! There is still time for you to relax in the garden or cool down in the river and a day to rejuvenate at the local spa. This exhilarating hiking yoga holiday in Montenegro will be an adventure you won't forget.
If you love the great outdoors, join us on our 7-night hiking yoga holiday in Montenegro.
Montenegro is a beautiful yet untouched country just outside Europe, bordering Croatia. It has everything you could dream of: mountains, vast lakes, beaches, waterfalls, and wild swimming areas. Your accommodation is a converted olive mill that is simple in design to match its historical character. Surrounded by ancient olive trees, it has a calming and relaxing feel. You are immersed in nature as soon as you enter the grounds with the spacious garden and river flowing next to it, where you can wild-swim each day whilst enjoying views of the mountains.
You can expect a relaxed yet exhilarating itinerary for your 7-night hiking yoga holiday in Montenegro. The itinerary is jam-packed, and we have ensured you get to see everything the local area offers. On your first day, you will enjoy an orientation walk to the historical village of Stari Bar and explore the old fort and the cobbled streets. The next day, there is a guided walk through the ancient olive groves to wild swim spots and waterfalls with pools to cool down in from the heat. There is a big hike day with views of Rumija, the largest mountain in Montenegro, and then relax with a day boating on Lake Skadar, shared with Albania. Enjoy a beach day on one of the many pretty beaches and relax in the garden, cooling down in the river or plunge pool. Enjoy the new local spa on the last day and have a massage and a sauna.
Feel invigorated by nature, hikes, swims and yoga, having met new friends and shared many happy memories. The yoga will be mostly outside in the garden so that you can enjoy the views, and dinners will be inside and outside under the stars or candlelight. We work with our chefs at our Montenegro yoga retreat venue so that the food will be vegetarian, plant-based, creative, and healthy.
You can choose to be as active or relaxed as you like on this adventure hiking yoga holiday in Montenegro, and everything is included in the price as soon as you arrive on Montenegro turf.
Your accommodation on this 7 night Montenegro hiking yoga retreat has a choice of single room options as well as a twin and some triples, with a large relaxed communal space, or if you prefer to be outside, there is a large garden with an outdoor plunge pool to cool down. If you’re an animal lover, there are two cats!
Are you thinking of joining us on our hiking yoga holiday in Montenegro? Our Montenegro yoga holidays are for those who enjoy an active break with lots to see and do and some downtime to relax and restore. Spend time making new friends while we ensure everything is organised so you feel safe and you can sit back and enjoy your Montenegro experience.
Find out more about Montenegro here
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Location
Stari Bar -
Season
Spring, late summer -
Duration
7 nights -
Group size
14 -
Accommodation
Converted Olive Mill -
Meeting Point
Dubrovnik airport -
Yoga level
All levels -
Activity level
All levels -
Food
Veggie/plant-based -
Carbon Footprint
452Kgs
A Typical Day on your week-long hiking yoga holiday Montenegro
8am: Wake up with hot water and lemon.
8:30 – 10am: Morning yoga practice.
10am: Brunch served.
11am – 5pm: Time for activities – Walking, hiking, or just relaxing. Massage and other holistic treatments on offer.
6pm – 7:30pm: Evening yoga practice.
7:45pm: Dinner.
Each day we have something exciting in store for you…
Please note that this schedule is all optional – it is your holiday so you can be as active or relaxed as you like. If you feel like you need a day off to relax then please do! We try to stagger the more relaxing activities around our bigger adventures so you always have time to relax.
Please Note: The schedule is subject to weather changes and may vary during the retreat
For more info on Montenegro, check out their tourist board website
Day 1
Arrival day, welcome briefing and meal at 8pm
Day 2
Explore the beautiful traditional old town of Stari Bar, discover the secret wild swimming cascading waterfalls of the area
Day 3
Bijela Skala Hiking Tour - a 15km hike through a mountain pass above Bar. It is located on the Montenegrin Coastal Transversal, through forests and views over to Mt Rumija, stopping at beautiful waterfalls to swim in. Hike level is moderate/intermediate
Day 4
Transfer to Lake Skadar, and swim, relax or have a boat trip around the magnificent lake
Day 5
Hike to a beautiful waterfall which starts from the retreat
Day 6
Local beach excursion for some chill time and swim
Day 7
Free day for sun worshipping, exploring the local area, or visit the local spa and have a massage
Day 8
Departure Day
This hiking yoga holiday Montenegro is action-packed, but remember, this is your holiday so be as active or relaxed as you like!
What's included
7 nights beautiful group accommodation in a converted olive mill
Transfers to and from airport - recommended times and airport only
2 x 1.5hr daily yoga classes for 6 days
Outdoor plunge pool to cool off from the Adriatic heat
Wild swim in the stream next to the house each day
1 orientation walk around town to get your bearings
1 guided hike with packed lunch
Day trip to Lake Skadar - taxis included
1 Guided Waterfall walk
Day trip to local beach - taxis included
7 x Daily delicious brunch after yoga
7 x Daily delicious light lunch or packed lunch
7 x Daily vegetarian/vegan 2 course evening
Experienced and friendly AdventureYogi and local hosts to look after your every need
What's not included
- Flights/train travel, insurance
- Snacks and drinks when out
- Any additional activities or transfers not listed
- Bring a travel towel
- Yoga equipment
Accommodation in Montenegro
You will be staying in a beautifully renovated ancient olive mill. This rustic accommodation (the original mill is several hundred years old) is full of character and simple in design. With an open plan living area that is spacious and airy and it has a beautiful outdoor space with a gentle river to enjoy a cold water dip in the mornings and a plunge pool to cool down in during the day. We have a choice of triple, double, single or twin room options for different budgets and we have included everything in this yoga holiday in Montenegro.
See the room descriptions below:
Triple room ground floor: These are two very large and spacious bunk rooms with double beds. There is one double bunk per person, so you have a lot of your own space. They are ground-floor rooms. They have shared showers and bathrooms. The photo you can see does not do the room justice, as it is gorgeous. They are simple rooms that are clean and comfortable with plenty of space.
Single Rooms: 1st and 2nd floor: We have 6 single or double rooms to share with one other – your choice. They have king size beds.
1st floor: 3 rooms have an en-suite bathroom with toilet, sink and shower.
2nd Floor: 3 rooms have a private shower but shared bathrooms
Twin room 1st floor: Has an en-suite bathroom with shower, toilet and sink.
Inside, we have a 100 m2 main common room with comfy sofas, a fully equipped kitchen, and a cosy fireplace.
Outside, there is 2000 m2 of garden space, outdoor seating and a plunge pool.
The patio is perfect for evening meals under the stars, and the vine-clad pergola offers shade throughout the day. Yoga can be enjoyed outside in the garden with stunning mountain views, or in the indoor space if it gets chilly in the mornings.
Plane Travel
For September retreat in 2024, please book flights flying into Dubrovnik if you wish to take advantage of our free transfer service. Please see below the transfer times.
SEPTEMBER transfer times:
Transfer Dubrovnik –
On arrival, the transfer will collect from Dubrovnik Airport at 12:30pm, so any flight that arrives before this time is suitable. The transfer takes approx 3 hours to get to the venue.
The return transfer back to the airport will arrive at the airport in Dubrovnik at 11am on departure day, so any flight that departs after 1:00pm is suitable.
If you arrive via any other airport we can recommend our trusted local taxi company to organise your transfer – please email us if you require further information on this.
For all transfers, your driver will be clearly visible, holding an ‘AdventureYogi’ sign.
This holiday is all-inclusive except flights and transfers if they are not from Dubrovnik.
A twin/double room is for two people sharing either two single beds or a double bed.
Shared Triple Room shared Bathroom: Standard Price £1099pp
Shared Twin/Double Room Private Shower Shared bathroom: Standard Price £1299pp
Single Room Private Shower Shared bathroom: Standard Price £1499pp
Single Room En-suite bathroom: Standard Price £1599pp
We can convert a single en-suite to a twin or double en-suite, please ask us on [email protected]
- A guided walk around Stari Bar historical village
- A day long guided hike with qualified guide
- A day trip to Lake Skadar
- A guided waterfall walk
- A day trip to Petrovac beach
- Swimming costumes/trunks and beach towels
- Sunscreen and hat if you like to have one
- Hiking shoes
- A good book and journal
- Any personal toiletries
- Hairdryer - if needed.
- Adapter - for charging etc
- Back pack for hikes and water bottle
This hiking yoga holiday in Montenegro is suitable for those who love hiking, the great outdoors and being active. All ages are welcome and no experience of hiking is necessary but a good level of fitness is desirable. The yoga is suitable for all levels and ages.
Suitability : Level
- Advanced
- All ages
- Beginners
- Intermediate
- Men & Women
Sustainability
We are working towards reducing our carbon footprint, and here are some ways we, as a company, are doing this.
We are a 88% vegan company, 10% vegetarian and 2% fish or meat (only when staying in boutique hotels that offer these options). This makes up a huge percentage of carbon emissions that we avoid so easily because our food is still delicious, balanced and even more creative. So, thanks to you all for enjoying our healthy (mostly) plant-based meals.
The difference: Most travel companies struggle to reduce their travellers’ meat and dairy consumption, which accounts for a large portion of their carbon emissions.
We stay primarily in one location for the duration of the retreat. We have started staying in a few locations on our long haul, but it is limited to 2 or 3 locations over an 8 – 10 night period. Staying in one place means low carbon emissions because we aren’t burning fuel to get around.
The difference: Other adventure travel companies move around every two days, using alot of petrol in vehicles for sometimes only 1 or 2 people.
Our activities are low-impact—yoga, hiking, surfing, skiing/boarding, whitewater rafting, SUP, and kayaking are all very low-carbon activities, in fact, zero-carbon (except skiing/snowboarding due to the ski lifts, which is also low). These activities are included in the price we measure. The carbon may increase with travel to and from these activities in vehicles.
The difference: Other travel companies can include high-carbon activities in the price, such as jet skiing, quad biking, and jeep driving, which increases their carbon footprint.
We run more than half of our retreats and holidays in the UK; these are very low-carbon holidays.
We currently don’t measure our guests’ travel as part of our carbon output because our guests don’t only come from the UK, so it is hard for us to predict this. We also don’t include travel in the holiday price, which is not part of our calculations. We know that we provide these holidays, so we are looking to include this carbon measurement in the future so we are investigating how we can reduce this.
The carbon measurements at the top of the page with the icons are per person for the whole retreat.
Ultra-low-carbon holidays
These holidays are below 200 kg per person, and our UK retreats are below 100 or even 70 kg, so these are great adventures for low carbon breaks.
Ski holidays are actually low in carbon!
In France, many ski resorts are turning to green energy to power the lifts. If you eat low in meat and dairy while you’re there and hire your ski equipment, this makes your trip as low-carbon as possible.
How can you help?
There are ways that you can help reduce your carbon when coming on our retreats and holidays:
Travel by train, try slow travel across Europe and the UK.
If travelling abroad to Europe or further afield, choose carbon capture schemes, check out Ecologi. Offsetting is not the best thing to do these days, but try carbon capture where you pay for carbon to be absorbed into the environment.
Car share UK – we recommend when guests travel by train to arrive and depart at the same time to taxi share – which helps keep costs and carbon emissions down. Why not consider car share, too? Most guests who drive come alone or with a friend; we have WhatsApp groups that, if you like, you can see who is driving from your area and enjoy getting to know each other on the way to the retreats, and save on your carbon emissions at the same time!
We are by no means saints when it comes to producing carbon, as a travel company we know this is very difficult to reduce. We are working to reduce our carbon output each year by measuring it and then creating plans to reduce it. We are reviewing all our venues and asking them how they can improve their carbon reduction as we don’t own any of our venues but we would like to work with them to help in any way we can. We want to be transparent with this, so please get in touch for more information. As we change things, we will update the website.
Beautiful Montenegro
Explore the untouched beauty of Montenegro on our walking and yoga holidays. Sandwiched between Croatia in the north and Albania in the south – all three countries having a coastline in the Mediterranean and Adriatic sea, Montenegro has a variety of jaw dropping landscapes that would surprise anyone.
Next to the Croatia border are the Montenegro Fjords around the city of Kotor where the cruise ships sail down. Moving along the coastline where the mountains meet the sea with spectacular cliffs to the north and enjoy sandy beaches down in the south. The rugged landscape inland along windy roads and stunning scenery lead you to Lake Skadar is where Albania and Montenegro meet with a dramatic mountain range. Inland to the north there are the Durmittor Mountains where you can ski in winter! Where we are located in a village called Stari Bar we are close enough to enjoy a whole day hike up the highest mountain in Montenegro – Rumija. With views of fjords and the sea on one side and the rolling hills on the other.
There really is something for every holiday preference in this untouched country from Montenegro walking holidays or the more relaxing yoga breaks Montenegro can offer. They use the currency the Euro but are not part of Europe yet, so the holiday maker can benefit from affordable pricing, unlike its sister country Croatia.
Stari Bar is also a quaint small village steeped in history with a fort to explore and cosy restaurants to relax in. And we mustn’t forget the wild swimming pools that each hike leads to.
Check out our top 5 reasons to visit Montenegro!
For the foodies, take a look at food from our Montenegro travels
About the yoga
Morning Class on your hiking yoga holiday Montenegro:
Our morning classes are designed to help you awaken your body, focusing on energising and invigorating your body with vinyasa/hatha flow styles, ready for an exhilarating day exploring the stunning scenery.
Evening Class on your hiking yoga holiday Montenegro:
After hiking, exploring or relaxing at the beach, return to the olive mill to unwind and relax tired bodies with a restorative evening yoga class with yin and restorative practices and yoga nidra. This gentle session will vary each evening and include pranayama and meditation to help the mind and body let go and allow you to enter a state of deep relaxation.
Highlights
A well balanced adventure combining Yoga, hiking, wild swimming, culture and relaxation
Explore untouched scenery and breathtaking views
Walks to picturesque wild swimming spots
Enjoy three different hikes of varying levels
Delicious vegetarian/vegan meals
Friendly local hosts so you can enjoy your perfect trip
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About the Food
The food in Montenegro is local, seasonal, and as fresh as it gets. We use a combination of the local market, bakeries, delis and small shops for our supplies. You can expect delicious salads with the most amazing tomatoes and olives, wholesome meals to nourish and fuel your adventures, and freshly baked bread. We even sample some local sweet treats (the Baklava is amazing!) for the perfect fix after hikes.
You will enjoy brunch and a two-course evening meal while lunch will be at ‘home’ in the garden or even as a ‘packed picnic’ to take on our adventures! Of course, everything is vegetarian or vegan.
We will cater for any dietary requirements, just let us know in advance.
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