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- Gold Operator
- Penguin Travel
- Explorer
- Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Group Size 1 - 10
- Ages 18+
Places You’ll See
Itinerary
- Introduction
- Day 1 Dubrovnik - Herzeg Novi - Kotor (Croatia/Montenegro)
- Day 2 Kotor - Pec (Montenegro/Kosovo)
- Day 3 Pec - Prizren (Kosovo)
- Day 4 Prizren - Tirana (Kosovo/Albania)
- Day 5 Tirana - Ohrid (Albania/Macedonia)
- Day 6 Ohrid - Skopje (Macedonia)
- Day 7 Skopje - Sofia (Macedonia/Bulgaria)
- Day 8 Departure from Sofia, Bulgaria
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Additional Services
Operated by
Penguin Travel
Number of tours
41
Age Range
18 to 80 years old
Response time
within 2 days
Response rate
100%
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- LESLEY· August 17th, 2025Tour offered a wide range of experiences. Preliminary walking tour introduced major landmarks and buildings in Sofia and gave an outline of the nations history...from Roman times through mediaeval regime changes to modern political history. Tour visited the famous Rilla Monestery and a modern spiritual site then char Melnik village in the wine growing region. Next seen were the Pirin Mountain ranges of and the township of Bankso which was a base for hiking and skiing. A short ride on the narrow guage railway thrpugh the Rodope Mountain showed forest and river valleys. Nrxt conytast was the ancient city of Plovdiv which perservrs an old townming Mrlnick villthr eine growing region and travelled over mountsin passes eith brsutiful forrdt and included an ovetnoght stay in Bsnkso ehich is the site for srasonsl hiking and sking. A short journey of the narrow gauge railway through Rodope Mountsins showed mountsins and river ravines. Next thete wre opportunities to view archeytrcture and arts and crafts as wrll asShow more
- Elena· July 12th, 2025The tour was mostly good, although not everything was to my liking. 1. At least one hotel was so sub-standard (Alexandra in Dobrinishte) that I have to move out an pay out of pocket for a different hotel. My assigned room at Alexandra had an awful quality bed mattress, but more to the point, NO AIR CONDITIONER. It was intolerable in the heat of over 93 degrees F. 2. I wish the itinerary was slightly different. a) The specific Thracian tomb we visited was not very interesting, while 20 miles away in Kazanlak was one with frescoes (or at least there was a fresco in the museum). If Kazanlak were on our itinerary, we could have also seen the roses. b) For some mysterious reason Arbanasi was missing from our guide's itinerary even though it was mentioned in the original brochure synopsis we received from Tourradar. c) It's not clear to me what the purpose was to include the Buzludzha Monument in the tour, or Vanga's placeShow more
- Dr.· July 3rd, 2025This was a wonderful tour. I could not have done half the things we did if I tried to plan it myself. We had a knowledgeable Bulgarian guide, Georgi, and he helped demystify a lot about all the different conflicts and things about these countries and their rich histories. We had a great group of experienced travelers, and a comfortable bus on which we traveled almost 2000 km. We had local guides and walking tours in most of the cities. Videos of everything can be found on IG or TT under TrvlZaddy. I highly recommend this trip, and I will likely be booking more with this company.Show more
Dates & Availability
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- From Friday3 Oct, 2025To Friday10 Oct, 2025EnglishFilling FastThis departure date is available and will 100% departGuaranteed departureFrom:NZ $1,339 per personMultiple Room TypesLocal Payment$394
- From Friday24 Oct, 2025To Friday31 Oct, 2025This departure date is not available or sold outSold out
- From Friday17 Apr, 2026To Friday24 Apr, 2026EnglishFilling FastFrom:NZ $1,142 per personMultiple Room TypesLocal Payment$591
- From Friday1 May, 2026To Friday8 May, 2026EnglishFilling FastFrom:NZ $1,142 per personMultiple Room TypesLocal Payment$591
- From Friday15 May, 2026To Friday22 May, 2026EnglishFilling FastFrom:NZ $1,142 per personMultiple Room TypesLocal Payment$591
- From Friday31 Jul, 2026To Friday7 Aug, 2026EnglishFilling FastFrom:NZ $1,142 per personMultiple Room TypesLocal Payment$591
- From Friday11 Sep, 2026To Friday18 Sep, 2026EnglishFilling FastFrom:NZ $1,142 per personMultiple Room TypesLocal Payment$591
- From Friday25 Sep, 2026To Friday2 Oct, 2026EnglishFilling FastFrom:NZ $1,142 per personMultiple Room TypesLocal Payment$591
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What our customers ask about this tour
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Lauren
Asked on July 15th, 2025I am interested to join this tour. As per the tour itinerary, on day 1, the tour will start driving to Kotor. I was checking for flights for Dubrovnik, but, none of the flights arrive before noon. In that case what option do I have to join this trip?
Penguin TravelOperator•Written July 2025You have to meet the group early in the day, so if there is no option for early morning departure, it will be best to book additional overnight in Dubrovnik. The group will be accommodated in Vilas Plat, so you can book the additional overnight there.
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Lauren
Traveler•Written July 2025Please let me know if you are able to book this one night pre travel accommodation (on 23rd October 2025) and what would be the cost. Also, please let me know if the airport transfer would be included.
- Penguin TravelOperator•Written July 2025
Additional overnight in this hotel costs 90 EUR. Unfortunately, we can not include airport transfer for this trip.
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Lauren
Traveler•Written July 2025Is this trip a definite departure?
- Penguin TravelOperator•Written July 2025
Yes, this is a guaranteed departure
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