Packrafting Tours Albania

The south of Albania, with its mountain ranges, gorges and beautiful rivers, is a unique landscape and cultural experience. Discover with us this small paradise, sometimes quite far from any civilization and yet always in direct and original contact with the country and its people.

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It is and remains a project of the heart! After our successful first tour in 2022, there will also be an LWA expedition tour to the wild heart of Albania in 2024.

Susanne gives you some impressions about the reasons for this special tour on the Land Water Blog: "Vjosa Grandiosa", with short film and landscape impressions.

As well as in her blog post after the first visit in 2019: Vjosa - the Wild Heart of Albania with impressions of landscape, country, people and rivers.

The tour is demanding in terms of terrain and water:

  • Whitewater experience in difficulty level III is required.
  • It is necessary to be in good condition even with the expected temperatures of about 20-30°C during the day.
  • Helmets and life jackets are mandatory.

Detailed info like packing lists and weather information as well as competent and personal advice in preparation are part of this tour.

Date 2024

May 30 - June 09, 2024 (with latest arrival, earliest departure and including transfer days).

Booking runs continuously: To the request for expedition participation

Participation requirements

The formal participation requirements are:

  • Previous participation in a minimum 4-day multiday packrafting course or expedition course.
  • Previous participation in a whitewater course or equivalent prior experience in whitewater kayaking/packrafting.
  • A release for participation on the part of LWA after inquiry

With appropriate prior experience and at the discretion of the guide team, these requirements can be customized.

The following courses are offered in preparation for possible expedition participation:

Multiday Packrafting Training Hunsrück (4 days)
Whitewater Packrafting Trainings Alps (3 - 4 days)
Whitewater Packrafting Trainings Slovenia (3 - 5 days)
Packrafting Expedition Training Norway (7 days)

Film of the pilot tour 2022

Dive into this special adventure in 2 minutes of video:

 

More information

Request participation of the Albania-Tour

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