10 days in Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro
One trip, three countries, three local guides. Here is an example of how the days can come together.
This is an example, not a fixed package. Every trip is planned around your dates, experience and the techniques you want to fish. Our guides handle border crossings, transfers, and your licence in each country.
Kosovo
Days 1–4
- Day 1
Arrive in Prishtina
Meet your guide and transfer to Peja. Gear check and fly selection for the week ahead.
- Day 2
Lumbardhi i Pejës and Rugova Canyon
Cold, oxygen-rich pocket water. Short-line nymphing and dry flies in the canyon.
- Day 3
Deçan Gorge
The Lumbardhi i Deçanit and its mountain tributaries. Stealth, accurate casts and wild brown trout.
- Day 4
White Drin
Spring-fed water near its source, then an evening in the old town of Prizren.
Albania
Days 5–7
- Day 5
Cross into Albania
Travel to the Valbona valley in the Albanian Alps. Evening session on the Valbona.
- Day 6
Valbona
A full day on clear, cold alpine water: pools, runs and pocket water under limestone peaks.
- Day 7
Koman Lake and the Shala
The Koman Lake ferry through the gorges, then fishing the Shala's turquoise water.
Montenegro
Days 8–10
- Day 8
Cross into Montenegro
Via Shkodër to Podgorica. Afternoon on the clear water of the Cijevna.
- Day 9
Morača or Zeta
Your guide picks the river on the day, depending on water levels and hatches.
- Day 10
Last session and departure
A final morning on the water, then departure from Podgorica.
Other combinations
Kosovo and North Macedonia
7 days
Rugova Canyon and the White Drin, then the Radika in Mavrovo National Park and the Treska near Skopje. Fly in to Prishtina, fly home from Skopje.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
8 days
Ribnik and Pliva for grayling and technical dry fly, the Neretva, then Montenegro's canyon rivers. Fly in to Sarajevo, fly home from Podgorica.
All five countries
14 days or more
The full Balkan loop. We plan the route, border crossings and transfers, and a local guide meets you in each country.