Tara River - Tara River Canyon

Tara River is the longest river of Montenegro (144 km). Tara River is derived of rivers of Opasnica and Veruša and of winter snow and seasonal rains, with its source in the foot of Komovi Mountains, and together with Piva River, close to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, forms Drina River from Šćepan polje. Tara River carved one of the deepest canyon gorges in the world which is 78 km long and more than 1300 meters high what make Tara River Canyon the deepest river canyon in Europe. Protected by UNESCO since 1977, Tara River Canyon is one of the top 25 recognized world nature heritage sites, accessible for hikers and bikers. Tara River water quality and purity is so clean that you can drink water from it. All along its flow, the Tara River gets large quantities of water from numerous sources, and form breathtaking waterfalls and scenic cascades, whose roar is heard on the very peaks of the canyon. There are rocky and pebbly terraces surrounded with thick pine forests, sandy beaches, high cliffs, steep sides and more than 80 large caves along the Tara River Canyon. With the maximum depth of 1300 meters Tara River Canyon is the second deepest in the world, only to the Grand Canyon and offers exciting rafting adventures from mild to wild. From favoured viewing places such as one at Curevac (1625 m) a magnificent panorama of Durmitor Mountain might be seen in one direction, while in the other, there is the meandering azure course of the Tara gliding through the stony peaks and graphite grey cliffs.