Bicycling Tours
TOUR 1 - BABANOVAC-GALICA
Departure in front of Hotel Blanca down the asphalt road. The route begins with a gentle slope for few hundred meters, and then goes on a slow ride throughout nature to Harambašine water. Then the route continues along the paved road up the hill, overlooking the forest on one side of the road, and on the another side of the road, pastures and beautiful natural surroundings. After 4 km climb drive, we will exit on a plateau Galica 1550 meters above the sea level. Easy driving plateau with sightseeing tips of Mountain of Vlašić and Lašva Valley.
TOUR 2 - BABANOVAC-GALIC-ŠANTIĆ
Departure in front of Hotel Blanca down the asphalt road. The route begins with a gentle slope for few hundred meters, and then goes on a slow ride throughout nature to Harambašine water. Tour continues up the hill along the paved road, on one side surrounded with forests and pastures on another side of the road. After 4 km climb, we will exit on a plateau Galica 1550 meters above the sea level. Easy driving plateau with sightseeing tips of Mountain of Vlašić and Lašva Valley. From Galica, we will start off by macadam toward north, driving slight, but steady incline. We will stop for a sunrise at elevation of 1616 meters above the sea level, which is the crossroad for Šantić and Paljenik peaks. Continuing tour through Šantić macadam road, and enjoying fantastic view of south part of Mountain of Vlašić When we arrive to peak of Šantić, we will stop for a sunrise and refreshment on fresh water from spring, and then throughout Markovac ski trails, enjoying green surrounding back to Babanovac and Hotel Blanca.
TOUR 3 - BABANOVAC-ŠIŠAVA-Hungarians (Black Whirlpools)
Departure in front of Hotel Blanca down the asphalt road, toward Mudrike village. Throughout the village Mudrike, we will enjoy sightseeing local Bosnian houses and homemade productions of cheese and milk! We can even stop for some domestic local tastings, and then hit the macadam road toward another village called Donja Šišava! After a few hundred meters we will enter into a forest of thick, high pine trees, separated from Village Donja Šišava by Dukat Mountain. We will continue throughout grassy path meanders down to the canyon of the river of Ugar, and down the path we will be accompanied with Vlasic’s endemic Rose Brandis, which is the only rose without a mandrel. We will get down to the crystal clear and icy cold water of the river of Ugar, and exit through Black Whirl, waterfalls of River Ugar, and enjoy fantastic atmosphere which relaxes eyes, body and the soul. After charging the battery, we will start off our return throughout the forest, down the canyon of Ugar, down to pond called "Pearl of Ugar" where you can taste incredibly delicious rainbow trout and Bosnian hormašica.
