How to Go Camping in Serbia
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Loading... - Jude Baker
- 23 Aug 2022
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I have lived in Serbia for about 12 years now. The main reason I decided to move here is because I love the people – they know how to enjoy life. Despite having soaring unemployment, the cafes are always full and the parks alive with young people drinking beer from 2-liter bottles with their friends.
Another reason I love Serbia is because the country is beautiful. There are some amazing national parks, plus tons of green nature spaces that are completely off the radar. However, it can be a bit difficult to actually enjoy these green spaces since there isn’t a camping culture in Serbia like in other countries.
I’ve gotten a few emails from travelers who want to go camping in Serbia. So, I figured it is time to write this post answering their questions.
Serbians Don’t Go Camping!
Serbians make BBQs.
They go hiking.
They’ll even go rafting.
But you won’t find many Serbians who go camping (even the same Serbians who go rafting and hiking!).
Instead of camping, outdoorsy Serbians will join a hiking club. Then they go on guided hikes with the club. These hikes are organized very frequently, especially in the summer months.
Usually a hike will go something like this:
· Meet as a specific point very early in the morning (by early, I mean around 5 or 6am)
· A bus takes the group to the location
· Lunch at a local restaurant or picnic-style lunch
· Hiking all day
· Return to the bus and go back to meeting point, usually arriving back very late at night
Sometimes the events will be multi-day with sleeping in cabins or a mountain home (more on these mountain homes below). The price for joining the hikes is very reasonable – usually around 10-20e (includes transportation and guide). With some events, you may need to pay the early fee to join the hiking club, which is usually around 5-10e.
Campsites in Serbia
Until recently, there were hardly any campsites in Serbia. Now that Serbia has gotten popular with tourists, a lot more campsites have opened up.
That still doesn’t mean you’ll find a lot of campsites in Serbia though!
Aside from one in Bela Crkva, I have never been to any of these campsites, so I can’t speak to how the services are. From what I’ve been told and seen online, most of the campsites are really terrible. Many are just big parking lots for RVs and are terrible for tent camping.
Some of the campsites are actually just the homes of villagers who have a lot of property. It seems they figured out that camping is popular with those “weird” tourists and decided to call their yards a campsite. One woman I talked to said she had a good experience in one of these villager-yard campsites – it’s just not what you’d expect from a typical campground. Read More…
