Driving through Sharr Mountain National Park in south west Kosovo, stopping by the Prizren Viewpoint & discovering a few unpaved roads along the way. The route takes me through Reçan & Prevalla. 🇽🇰 See my Road Trip in Kosovo here → https://bit.ly/mwt_KosovoRoadTrip
The Sharr Mountain National Park (Parku kombetar Malet e Sharrit) area in Kosovo is reputedly one of the most beautiful and untouched regions of Kosovo, harnessing forest covered mountains, rolling valleys, pretty little towns and villages, as well as a lot of viewpoints and points of interest.
I left Prizren with minimal information and no hardened plans – my intention was to just drive! My only objective was to reach Pristina by nightfall and enjoy the scenery as I drove. My first stop was at a place called the Prizren Viewpoint where I found a beautiful view looking back at the city in the distance. A scattering of small hilltop villages could be seen all around and apart from the odd car driving past there was nobody around for miles.
Further up the road I stopped at another viewpoint that looked out the other way, and whilst the view was magnificent I couldn’t help but to feel saddened by the incredible amount of rubbish dumped on the side of the road. Why would anybody do that? I wanted to highlight it in this video because unfortunately it’s not an isolated incident, I’ve seen tonnes of waste dumped all over the country. To be fair, it’s not just Kosovo – this is a trend I’ve seen in many of the Balkan countries. Let’s hope things start to change in the not too distant future.
The route continued past various hiking trails and roadside memorials dedicated to fallen UCK (Kosovo Liberation Army) soldiers. It got me thinking once again how this spectacular area that these days I can just freely drive through would have been a war zone just a few decades ago. Looking around and listening to the silence you would never know.
I managed to connect onto a few unpaved roads and for a little while I was worried about what I had gotten myself into, thankfully everything worked out and I arrived in the small town of Reçan where I took a walk past the river and along its main street. I continued on to a ski village called Prevalla where the temperature turned cold with all the additional elevation I’d gained.
I took a quick look around a local market and then got back on the road, heading for the eastern region of the mighty Sharr Mountains.
📖 CHAPTERS:
📖 00:00 Prizren Viewpoint
📖 01:33 The Litter Problem
📖 02:17 Sharr Mountain Hiking Trails
📖 03:21 Kosovo Liberation Army Memorial
📖 04:24 Driving the Sharr Mountains (Unpaved Roads)
📖 06:50 Reçan, Kosovo
📖 10:30 Prevalla, Kosovo (Ski Village)
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