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Ćurevac

Ćurevac

The Durmitor viewpoint above the Tara canyon, 1,625 m, reached on foot from Žabljak.

1,625 m

Photo: Alexkom000 · CC BY 4.0

Ćurevac, 1,625 m, is the viewpoint over the Tara canyon that every official source names: Durmitor National Park lists it, the national tourism organisation names it for trekking tours, and the Žabljak tourist office publishes the trail. The marked loop from Žabljak is 17.74 km with 340 m of climb, graded medium.

Panorama of a deep forested canyon with steep walls under a hazy sky
The Tara canyon from ĆurevacPhoto: geerge, CC BY 3.0

What you see

The trail looks straight down into the canyon and onto the village of Tepca on the slope below. The viewpoint's height is 1,625 m.

A small white stone church in a walled graveyard on a green slope, seen from far above
The church at Tepca, seen from the viewpoint high above the canyon floorPhoto: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0

How to get there

  • On foot: the Žabljak tourist office's loop, 17.74 km, +340 m, between 1,411 and 1,642 m, graded medium. The NTO says Ćurevac tours need good fitness and recommends going in a group.
  • By car: on the Durmitor Ring, 4 km from the centre of Žabljak, a road turns right to the Ćurevac viewpoint; the Žabljak tourist office recommends this short detour at the start of the Ring. Parking at the end of the road is not described.
  • GPS: 43.20155, 19.09298, an OpenStreetMap viewpoint node named "Ćurevac"; no official point exists, so the marker is approximate.
  • Park fee: €5 per person per day for Durmitor National Park.

The Durmitor Ring is a 76 km loop from Žabljak, signposted both ways with brown "Panoramic Roads" signs numbered 2. The audio guide runs anticlockwise; campers are advised to drive clockwise, and one section is not suited to large campers.

Emergency number 112 covers mountain rescue. The hiking season on the massif runs June to the end of October.

Elevation

The park gives 1,625 m; the tourist office's trail profile tops out at 1,642 m. Both figures are published here.

A steep forested canyon wall and rocky cliff falling to the valley floor
The canyon wall from the rim near ĆurevacPhoto: Дмитрий Мозжухин, CC BY 3.0

Other viewpoints over the canyon

Nature Park Piva, on the Plužine side, lists two viewpoints with GPS over the lower canyon:

ViewpointGPSViewAccess
Sokolina, Crkvičko Polje43.31713, 18.93735Durmitor, Maglić, Volujak, Zelengora; up the canyon from Brštanovica to Štuoc-
Maričina greda, 1,106 m43.33453, 18.92542The canyon from Brštanovica to GrabOn trail 192c, 1.1 km from Bukova ravan

Further along the Ring, the road passes the Tara canyon lookout below the Štuoc pass (1,952 m) and reaches Nedajno over the Sušica canyon and the Sedlo pass. From Žabljak, the same massif has the Savin kuk viewpoint over the lakes. Rafting runs the river below.

On these trips

How we check facts

Sources

National Parks of Montenegro: Durmitor, active holidays · TO Žabljak: Ćurevac trail · NTO: Hiking & Trekking · Nature Park Piva: Sokolina viewpoint · Nature Park Piva: Maričina greda viewpoint · National Parks of Montenegro: Durmitor price list · Lonely Planet: Tara Canyon (secondary, road access only) · TO Žabljak: Panoramski putevi (Ministry panoramic-road guide: Durmitor Ring, Kruna Crne Gore) · OpenStreetMap node 4811345194, tourism=viewpoint 'Ćurevac' (ODbL)

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