Top Gjirokaster Outdoor Activities

Decked with mountains, rivers, canyons, villages and churches, the Permët region makes a wonderful base to explore Albania’s natural wonders. Experience them on a horseback riding trip, with snacks and 4WD transfers from the meeting point. While the exact route will vary according to your group’s abilities, most will follow the Lengarica Canyon with its ancient bridges and lovely hills, and wrap up with a visit to the thermal baths.

Albania Rafting offer the best albanian trip on the Vjosa River, one of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers, is a class II rafting with some rapids of class III . Prepare for waves up to four feet and narrow passages that send the boat shimmying and water gushing over the sides. Vjosa river’s entire 270km course is wild and untamed and adorned with beautiful canyons, braided river sections, islands and oxbows. Meeting point – Hotel Alvero Permet In Alvero hotel our guide will meet you and after all the group is together you will go to our rafting center 10 min far from Alvero hotel.After the wearings of all the rafting equipments our minivan will pick you up and bring in the starting point onli 35 min from our base. Length of rafting trip Transportation Permet– Vjosa river – Permet 1 – 1,5 hours Preparation, instructions and downriver 2,5 - 3,5 hours Optional tour River hiking in Lengarica Canyon and Thermal Baths of Benja (35 Eur/person)

Rafting in the crystal clean waters of the Vjosa River will give you an unforgetable and very unique experience since its one of the last wild rivers in Europe.

Destination Profile: Adventure, Culture, Nature Visitor's Profile: Nature loving, explorer, fond of authenticity and tradition Profile attractions: I. Natural: Canyons, mountains, waterfalls II. Well-being: Sport III. Cultural: Illyrian and Medieval castles, churches, mosques, medieval bridges, Albanian gastronomy, ethnography, folklore Profile Activity: Eco-tourism Highlights Rafting in the wild Vjosa river Unspoiled nature Local lunch

I'll be your local guide in the beautiful city of Gjirokastra. Together we'll discover every corner of the "Stone City". Let's enjoy this tour together, if you are interested on the tour and the prices, please contact me on WhatsApp by texting, send me a mail or call me at my number. Ohh almost i forgot, my moto is... TOGETHER WE CREATE MEMORIES.

You will find the landscape very interesting, changing and a bit challenging. It mixes small hills with wide valleys, waters, rare vegetation, livestock atmosphere and the charm of the rural life. Cold war bunkers can be seen along the way. Cini's lake will be an attractive stop for pictures and for the storytelling about this area. You should book this tour to meet a special horse. The horses used on this ride (Albanian horses) are a local breed, a mix of Tarpan and Arab horses. They are small but perfectly suited to the rocky terrain, being surefooted and accustomed to trekking long mountainous routes, allowing riders to feel confident, relaxed and free to enjoy the stunning views. Our horses are easy to ride and are used to riders from all over the world, in long and shorter trails. You should book this tour for the adventure, the rhythm and adrenaline. Our guides are professional and passionate aiming to keep the harmony among humans, horses and nature.

Ride bitless and barefoot horses over Lengarica Canyon, with views across theIn Shqeria region, Permet. We will ride into ancient trails on the edge of canyon, visit the stone bridge, the waterfall of Mixhaj. We will enjoy a delicious local lunch. About 4 hours riding.

In this trip we will explore the unknown part of Gjirokaster, the magic of the town that every tourist skips. We start from the center of the old town the “Cerciz Topulli Square” and head towards The “Old Bazaar” which is not a Bazaar anymore. This is the first neighborhood outside the walls of the castle and lies along beneath the Castle walls. The characteristic cobblestone and some of the oldest houses are the most beautiful elements of this neighborhood. After passing the “Zerzebili” bridge, we reach another ancient neighborhood in town called “Cfaka”. Here we will pass some old houses which are first monument category and also a tekke which belongs to the Bektashi Order. It is a beautiful combination of Nature, many sheep on top of hills, and old houses to arrive in our last destination, the “Ali Pasha Bridge”.