100 people from all over BiH visit Via Dinarica trail

On the occasion of the 12 Days of Peace, 100 young nature lovers from all over BiH visited the Via Dinarica hiking and cycling trail on the Visocica mountain yesterday, in the framework of the BRIDGE Building Relations for Intercultural Dialogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH project.

As part of the BRIDGE project, with the financial support of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation AICS which implements and co-finances the UNDP BiH in BiH, a walking and cycling tour was organized to the peaks of Visocica Mountain Drstva and Vito, which are located on the Via Dinarica White Trail, a mega hiking and walking trail.

The goal of the BRIDGE project is to encourage intercultural dialogue and interaction among young people from different ethnic and religious groups and geographical locations around nature, science, tourism and environmental protection, which contribute to bridging social and cultural divisions and restoring trust among young people. The project supports the learning and adventure of young people from all over BiH, in order to experience the natural, cultural and recreational opportunities offered by the Via Dinarica trails.

Via Dinarica's motto is Connecting Naturally that is how today we, mountaineers from all over our country, are connected by the beautiful nature of Via Dinarica, Naida Sahbaz from Sarajevo, one of the participants of the hiking tour, said yesterday.

The hosts of the event were the Terra Dinarica Association, the Green Visions Agency, and the Treskavica Mountaineering Society, which hosted participants in their Mountain Lodge Vrela Tusila, where all participants could drink local food and drinks prepared in the lodge where the Via Dinarica center is also located. In the center, participants had the chance to find out everything about current and future activities on Via Dinarica and UNDP announced in BiH.