Sunlight streaming through the window woke us up much earlier than intended, so we got up to have brekky and were outside by 9am to wait for our tour bus to pick us up. When it arrived, we found out we were the only ones, so we ended up having a private tour with a super nice guide named Zoran - so lucky!
Views
We drove about 20 minutes through some beautiful rolling hills and villages, to our first stop, Stopica Cave. A short walk and we saw the humongous limestone cave entrance. As we walked through, the temperature dropped dramatically and droplets of water fell on us, and soon enough we saw the limestone tufa tubs. They were brimming with extremely clear water, and reminded us of the calcite terraces we saw in Pammukkale.
Cave entrance
Terraces
On the other side of the cave was a gushing waterfall, which was pretty cool as its the first underground waterfall I've ever seen.
Next on the agenda was the Old Village Open Air Museum, which showcased Zlatibor village life 200 years ago. It wasn't particularly exciting, but we learnt some interesting things (such as Yugoslavia outlawed goat farming) and also saw how shit it would have been to live back in those days.
Olden day bee hives
After a quick refreshment (drink and omelette - they filled it with bacon fat), we went to our final stop, the Gostilje Waterfall. It was about 35 degrees by then, so it was a relief to feel the cool air coming off the waterfall. Of course it was also a stunning sight, but I'm not sure its even close in size to the ones we saw in Albania or Yosemite. Nevertheless, still worth seeing.
We then drove back to the top of the hill and enjoyed a drink with our guide, having a nice chat with him about Serbia and his kids, before getting dropped back at home.
Walking to town for dinner
Dinner came round and we had the most delicious cold platter of local meats, cheese and fresh bread, followed by trusty old gulash.
Yummy
Views
We drove about 20 minutes through some beautiful rolling hills and villages, to our first stop, Stopica Cave. A short walk and we saw the humongous limestone cave entrance. As we walked through, the temperature dropped dramatically and droplets of water fell on us, and soon enough we saw the limestone tufa tubs. They were brimming with extremely clear water, and reminded us of the calcite terraces we saw in Pammukkale.
Cave entrance
Terraces
On the other side of the cave was a gushing waterfall, which was pretty cool as its the first underground waterfall I've ever seen.
Next on the agenda was the Old Village Open Air Museum, which showcased Zlatibor village life 200 years ago. It wasn't particularly exciting, but we learnt some interesting things (such as Yugoslavia outlawed goat farming) and also saw how shit it would have been to live back in those days.
Olden day bee hives
After a quick refreshment (drink and omelette - they filled it with bacon fat), we went to our final stop, the Gostilje Waterfall. It was about 35 degrees by then, so it was a relief to feel the cool air coming off the waterfall. Of course it was also a stunning sight, but I'm not sure its even close in size to the ones we saw in Albania or Yosemite. Nevertheless, still worth seeing.
We then drove back to the top of the hill and enjoyed a drink with our guide, having a nice chat with him about Serbia and his kids, before getting dropped back at home.
Walking to town for dinner
Dinner came round and we had the most delicious cold platter of local meats, cheese and fresh bread, followed by trusty old gulash.
Yummy
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