CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
101 km from Bihać to Drvar, about 2 h of riding. The stops in between: Strbacki Buk and Martin Brod. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,000 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 40 km this is Bosnia Una River Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Bihać sits on a bend of the Una River in the far north-west corner of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hemmed in by Croatia on three sides, and the river is the reason to come. The Una is a famously clear, turquoise-green water that tumbles over travertine steps and small waterfalls, and rafters and kayakers come from across Europe to run it. The town itself is a modest, friendly place with a pleasant promenade along the water, a handful of cafés, and a few relics of its long and complicated history.
Read the complete Bihać write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Bihac is where the day begins. Next is Strbacki Buk.
The Una River in western Bosnia is one of the clearest rivers in Europe, an extraordinary emerald-green stream that runs through limestone country in a succession of pools, rapids and waterfalls. Štrbački Buk is the most dramatic of these, a broad staircase of cascades where the river drops over a wide barrier of travertine, the mineral deposit built up over thousands of years by the water itself. The roar is audible long before you arrive, and the spray cools the air.
Read the complete Strbacki Buk write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Štrbački Buk comes up about 40 km into the recorded legs. Next is Martin Brod.
Martin Brod is a quiet village at the upper end of the Una, close to where Bosnia meets Croatia, and it is the place where the river first shows what it can do. Here the Una flows through a short canyon, tumbles over a series of waterfalls and passes the remains of old watermills, built beside the water so that the stream could turn the stones. Some of the mills are still standing, with wooden wheels and moss-covered roofs, and a few are in use.
Read the complete Martin Brod write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 67 km into the recorded legs you reach Martin Brod. Next is Drvar.
Drvar sits in a high green bowl of western Bosnia, circled by forested mountains and close to the Dinara range, which marks the border with Croatia. It is a small town, remote and quiet, and for a rider following the Una River route it is a place where the road runs out of towns for a while, so it makes sense to top up when you can. The larger centres are Bosansko Grahovo, about twenty kilometres away, and Sanica, though neither is large by European standards.
Read the complete Drvar write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Drvar closes the day.
Bihac → Strbacki Buk is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Štrbački Buk → Martin Brod is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Martin Brod → Drvar is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.