Untouched albania

A travel-loving family from Romania recently visited us at Hotel Castle Park in Berat, and also joined us in the Osumi Canyons for a unique rafting adventure!

Together, the family uncovered the local culinary traditions of Albania with our traditional cooking class, explored breathtaking canyons and made unforgettable memories with their little ones – Mihai, aged 7, and Alex, aged 10. 

Keep reading to find out more about how this family spent their time in Berat, what their favourite parts were, and why they’d recommend that you come and visit us too! 

The famous UK news website The Telegraph has recently featured Albania as the Mediterranean’s budget secret in an article late last month.

Comparing Albania to Greece and Montenegro, the article says that tourists looking for an affordable, adventurous holiday destination should look no further than the unsung pearl of the Balkans: picturesque Albania.

The Albanian Rafting Federation is pleased to announce the opening of applications for training and certification in the specialized field of Rafting for the year 2024.

Training is scheduled for Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Applications will be accepted until one day prior to the commencement of the training session.

Interested individuals are kindly requested to submit their applications via email to: info@fshr. Upon receipt of applications, our team will provide further details regarding the application process and the subsequent training program.

Albania Rafting Group strongly supports the initiative of National and International Civil Society Organizations for the preservation and not the destruction of a bird ecosystem as large as the Vjose-Narte Lagoon. We emphasize the potential that this lagoon has for us, as it is one of our most popular destinations by local and foreign tourists for adventure. People from all over the world come to this lagoon to enjoy the diversity of its ecosystem and also to see some of the endangered bird species.

The World Rafting Federation has announced  the cooperation with Surfrider Foundation Europe, where the main goal is the protection of rivers, lakes and all water areas.

World-famous actor DiCaprio has been one of the main activists against the construction of a hydropower plant on  Vjosa River.
He expressed his concern on instagram last year, emphasizing that the construction of the hydropower plant in Kalivaç has a negative impact on the river ecosystem.

One of Europe’s last big wild rivers is looking like it will be saved from hydropower development. On 25 September 2020 Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that the Kalivaç dam project was rejected by the Minister for Environment and that the area will become a national park instead.

The best known destinations for fluvial tourism and the starting point for the debate about river security in Albania are the scenic Osumi and Vjoses coasts.

On 28th December 2018 the Albanian Rafting Federation gave the first input to create a National programme for the official qualification of river guides on the whole Albanian territory, rich in natural beauty from the mountains to the Ionian and Adriatic Seas.

https://www.thenational.scot/business/14855928.edinburgh-firm-wins-award-for-opening-albania-to-adventure-tourists/IT’S the probably the last country in Europe to be developed as a tourism destination, but now a Scottish firm is helping Albania realise its potential to attract visitors.

Faire du rafting dans le canyon de l’Osum

Le canyon de l’Osum est situé dans le centre du pays non loin de la ville de Çorovodë. Mesurant 26 km de long, c’est le paradis des amateurs de grands espaces. Si le temps le permet, vous pourrez descendre la rivière en rafting.

Albania Rafting Group acquires Albanian Tourism Award 2012/Ecology for the successful achievements in the development of sustainable rafting tourism and the following realizations: • professional training of tourist guides rafting by international standards , providing the rafting patent tospecialized rafting guides operating in the Republic of Albania; • Establishment of the Albanian Rafting Center with camping equipment and rafting materials according to CE norms in respect of environmental protection; • Protection Skrapar canyons near the highest state institutions in the case of threat