Why this ride
Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Sutjeska National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sutjeska and Tjentiste
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 64 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 22
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Verify surface, fuel and current local travel advice. Specific flag: weather; traffic.
Seasonal context
May-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Foča
Foča lies where the Čehotina river meets the Drina, in the south-eastern corner of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a valley that has always been a crossing point. Mountains close in from every side: Zelengora and Volujak to the south, Maglić beyond, and the whole country between here and the Montenegrin border is rough, forested and sparsely settled. For a rider this is the doorway to Sutjeska National Park, and the road south from town is one of the better ways to enter the Dinaric mountains from the east.
Read the complete Foča write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Foča sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Gacko.
2. Gacko
Gacko is a high-plateau town, around the thousand-metre mark on the karst fields of eastern Herzegovina, and you feel the altitude as soon as you step off the bike. The air is cooler and thinner than in the Adriatic valleys not far to the south, the winters are long and snowy, and the surrounding polje is a wide, treeless bowl ringed by bare limestone hills. It is a landscape that looks almost Scottish on a grey day, with sheep, stone walls and long views.
Read the complete Gacko write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Gacko comes up 64 km in.