National Park Biogradska Gora is situated in the north-eastern part of Montenegro between rivers Tara and Lim. The entrance to Biogradska Gora is located less than 20 km from Mojkovac and Kolasin. It occupies the central part of the Bjelasica massif. The park covers the area of 5.650 ha.

Biogradska Gora is the most forested national park in Europe surounded with several mountain peaks Crna Glava (2.139 meters), Zekova Glava (2.117 meters), and Troglava (2.072 meters). Bjelasica Mountain is the greenest mountain in Montenegro, also very rich with waters. Numerous villages, «katuns» and houses, cottages, towers, water-mills are scattered along the borders of the primeval reserve of Bjelasica Mountain.

The forests of Biogradska Gora are simply a natural phenomenon, situated on slopes with as much as a 1.000 meters in height differential, along with Biograd Lake’s serene beauty, provide an unusual variety of micro climates in a compact area. Established in 1952 as the first national park in Montenegro, has a long history of environmental conservation because the area Biogradska Gora was declared a National Park in just six years after it was declared the first National Park in the world (Yellowstone, USA, 1872).

The most impressive part of the Park is the virgin forest named Biogradska Gora that is placed in its central part and that covers the area of 1.600 ha, one of the last three rainforests in Europe with the trees up to four centuries old, over 45 meters high and 150 centimeters wide.

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. Lake is situated on the place where glacier melted in the late past and formed the water surface which covers the area up to 250.000 m², depending on the water level. The maximum depth of Biograd Lake is 12.1 meters. Shores of Biograd Lake are about 3.5 km long. Fantastic Biograd Lake is fed by Biograd River. The hiking trails, national restaurant, parking space and space for grilling and socializing are all around the lake.
You have a possibility to rent a small wooden boats for cruising over the lake or buy some souvenirs with various motives from Bjelasica, National Park Biogradska Gora or Montenegro, as well, and various tourist maps in order to easily move through the National Park and Bjelasica. The whole Biogradsko Lake provides the educational walking path length of 3.4 km, equipped with interactive mobiliary with 6 interactive stations that provide information about the flora and fauna of the area. Natural attractiveness of paths, with good interpretative content is one of the main attractions of the park.

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