Sunday, December 22, 2013

Sub-camp NP Prokletije

The Jamboree site is divided into 5 sub-camps where the participants will live for the duration of the Jamboree, and the sub-camps got their names by Montenegrin National parks (Lovcen, Biogradska gora, Skadarsko jezero, Durmitor and Prokletije). Their natural and cultural values are presented in visitors centers, and opportunities for active recreation are numerous. Besides the marked walking, hiking and biking trails, in the parks you can find thematic, educational and wine paths. There is also sports fishing, cruising, camping, adventure park, rent-a-bungalow...
Conquering peaks, viewing platforms, richness of flora and fauna, healing powers of water wells, herbs, national cuisine.

Relief is indented with numerous peaks, gorges, steep slopes, river valleys, alpine type and other natural phenomena. Among these, the following zones: Karanfilsko-Bjelički (most rugged part of the area, with numerous peaks over 2,000 meters above sea level); Visitorsko; Zone Bogićevica; Zone Bora and Kofiljaće; Elderly Zavojska-zone.




Continental, mountainous and subalpine. The winters are long and very sharp and short summers and fresh. Mean annual air temperature of 2-7 ° C. Maximum rainfall takes place in the late fall and winter, the first portion. Snow cover has an average depth of 15cm and is kept from 90 - 210 days.
Glacial lakes (Hridsko, Visitorsko, Ropojansko, Tatarijsko, Bjelajsko, the Vizier Brady pond, the pond Treskavac, Koljindarsko et al.), large and small streams, springs and sources of drinking water and mineral water, rivers, underground aquifers and mountain ponds. 

Sub-camp NP Biogradska gora

The Jamboree site is divided into 5 sub-camps where the participants will live for the duration of the Jamboree, and the sub-camps got their names by Montenegrin National parks (Lovcen, Biogradska gora, Skadarsko jezero, Durmitor and Prokletije). Their natural and cultural values are presented in visitors centers, and opportunities for active recreation are numerous. Besides the marked walking, hiking and biking trails, in the parks you can find thematic, educational and wine paths. There is also sports fishing, cruising, camping, adventure park, rent-a-bungalow...
Conquering peaks, viewing platforms, richness of flora and fauna, healing powers of water wells, herbs, national cuisine.

Greatest natural value of this park is the rainforest Biogradska gora, which covers the area of 1600 ha and is one of the last three rainforests in Europe. In 1878, it was donated to the then ruler of Montenegro, duke Nikola and from then on it remained – as a "duke’s reserve" – under the state protection.

The park has 26 plant communities with around 2.000 species and subspecies. Out of over 200 bird species, particularly interesting is the imperial eagle. Deer, fawn, leap, wolf, wild boar, fox, rabbit and over 350 different inspects species have found their habitat in the Park. At the altitude of 1.094 meters, in the heart of the rainforest, there is Biogradsko Lake, the biggest and best known of the numerous glacial lakes in the area of the National Park. It consists of two parts, with numerous vortexes and typical glacial coves with unusual esthetic characteristics. Today, Biogradsko Lake is a famous excursion site with developed parking space, restaurant, bungalows, walking paths with lights and a camping space. Thanks to the climate conditions during summer months, it attracts a large number of tourists, particularly transit tourist, which stop here on their way to the coast, seeking refuge from high temperatures.