Karavasta lagoon tour from Tirana

Karavasta Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Albania and one of the largest in the Mediterranean Sea. Walk through the natural park and see its rich biodiversity in flora and fauna. Take a boat trip through the canals of the lagoon to experience its beauty from inside, see the birds and the famous dalmatian Pelican.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Parku Kombetar Divjake-Karavasta, Rruga e Divjakes, Lushnje Albania

We will start the tour toward Karavasta National Park . The park is bordered by Shkumbin river in the north, by the Divjaka hills in the east, by the Seman river in the south and by the Adriatic sea in the western part of it, Divjaka – Karavasta national park is characterized by its forest with typical flowers which grow in the country, Mediterranean pines and dense bushes. The most important feature of it is the existence of many natural habitats and the biodiversity of flora and fauna. These habitats serve as shelters for many waterfowls which are very rare in Albania. The lagoon of Karavasta shelters the Dalmatian Pelican, which in this area represents about 5 percent of the total number of this specie in world scale.
1- Boat trip through the lagoon
2-Visitor Center to understand more about its imporatance
3-Walk around the national park and see Dalmatian Pelican


Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Ardenica Monastery, Ardenice Albania

Only a 20-minute drive from Fier are the Ardenica hills, famous for the Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos and many breathtaking landscapes. A pagan temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis had existed where the Monastery sits now, which explains the origin of the name Ardenica. The most interesting historical event recorded in Ardenica is Skanderbeg’s wedding to his lifelong wife Donika, hosted on April of 1451 at the Chapel of St. Trinity Church, the monastery’s very first church, built in the 10th century.



Duration: 1 hour