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Prokletije, the Accursed Mountains (Albania) – guidebook

A few words of introduction on the Accursed Mountains

PrzeklęteMaja Aljis

The Accursed Mountains (Prokletije)– the highest mountain range of the Dinaric Alps, it is situated on the Albania – Montenegro border and on the territory of Kosovo. The major part of it, with the highest peak of Maja Jezercë (standing at 2,694 m AMSL) belongs to Albania.

Poplusk w zachodzącym słońcuOsiołki

The name Prokletije stands for „accursed” and is connected with the forbidding view of the inaccessible rocky mountains that are covered in shining large snowflakes even in the summer months. It is a wild, sparsely populated region, very rarely visited by the tourists. But as a result, the local wildlife is almost intact!

W poszukiwaniu Buni i GropeatPrzeklęte w zachodzącym słońcu

The mountains are composed of crystalline rocks, sandstones and schists. Limestones and dolomites occur locally as well. The formation of the rocks was the result of the Alpine orogeny. The contemporary features of the landscape, however, are due to the action of a glacier that entered this region in the Pleistocene, leaving behind numerous cirques and lakes. In the areas where the limestone occurs, there appeared grottos and caves.

Fotka zrobiona ranoPrzeklęte w zachadzącym słońcuBunkier

The diversity of the types of the landscape, flora and fauna gave rise to the creating of numerous national parks, e.g. The Thethi National Park, Valbona Valley National Park (both in Albania).

ATTENTION! Everyone who visited Albania or is planning to go there soon is kindly invited to contribute to this guide. Any inquires regarding this matter should be referred to the editor's address redakcja@libertas.pl.

Maps

Góry Przeklęte (Prokletije) – mapaZnaki

Mapy można znaleźć w Internecie między innymi pod poniższymi adresami. Pod ostatnim można nawet taką mapę kupić.

You can find the maps at the following addresses. At the last link you can even buy one.

  • http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/153173/maja-jezerce.html
  • http://cerna-hora.xf.cz/mapy/
  • http://mapy.mk.cvut.cz/list/data/Albanie-Albania/Albania_50k
  • http://www.mapsofbalkan.com/shop/product_info.php/cPath/17_26/products_id/45

Transport

Tutaj powinni postawić znak nakazu jazdy prosto

Od strony albańskiej na eksplorację Gór Przeklętych najlepiej wystartować z Thethi – miejscowości leżącej u ich stóp. Do Thethi prowadzi szutrowa droga, która w 2009 roku była praktycznie nieprzejezdna dla samochodów osobowych. Osobówką można było dojechać najdalej do Boge (z Boge do Thethi jest do pokonania około 20 km).

From the Albanian side it is best to set for the exploration of the Accursed Mountains from Thethi – a town lying at their feet. For Thethi there leads a ballast road, the one that is virtually impassable for cars. You can reach Boge in a passenger car at the farthest. It is about 20 km from Boge to Thethi. You can cover this distance hitchhiking or take a short cut across the mountains. We have seen one bus, but there have not been any timetable. We have also seen a sign “taxi Shkodër”.

Accommodation

Fotka zrobiona ranoBuni i Gropeat

It is best to rely on your own tent. Buni and Gropeat are best staging areas for the accursed peaks, there is enough room for setting up a camp and, what is most important, there is drinking water available. There will probably be a lodge built in the future. You can also sleep the night at some local family’s in Thethi, but there is a long way up from there.

Catering establishments

Bufe nie bufeLodówka

There was actually one bar in Theti in 2009. But in Albania, there can be a bar in every house, just as everybody is a cab driver, if need be. At any rate, the menu was very simple. Any shops in sight. We were accosted by some children in the street. They asked if we wanted to buy something, but we never got to know what they had on offer, as we already had our own provisions. It is best to provide yourself beforehand in Koplik.

Adventures

One też szukają cieniaZ albańską gospodynią

If you like the wilds and loneliness on the trail, the Prokletije are ideal for you! But you need to hurry up, as even there the commercialization has already begun and it is progressing really fast. On the other hand, there are so many mountains here, that it will probably take years for them to get bugged by annoying crowds of tourists. And probably hundreds of years to reach anything like the situation in Polish Tatra Mountains. You can read about our adventures in the Prokletije Mountains at:

Prokletije (Góry Przeklęte) 2009, cz. 1 – Niezapomniany smak wody

Prokletije (Góry Przeklęte) 2009, cz. 2 – Maja niejedno ma imię

Wioletta Nowak
Translated by Karolina Oleksy.
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