Adventure and outings
Rafting, quads, horse riding and mountain biking in and around the Pirin.
Something other than hiking for a change
White water in the Kresna Gorge, a buggy through the forest or a horse through the snow. Some of these adventures you can book directly online here. For the rest, we put you in touch with the people who organise them.
What do you want to do?
Rafting on the Struma
The Struma flows through the narrow Kresna Gorge, with rapids of class 2 to 4. With a guide and a boat full of people you go through the white water, between steep rock walls. A day trip from Bansko.
Book raftingRope park, zip line and rafting
Near Simitli you first climb through a rope course between the trees and zip down on a cable. Then you get into the boat for a stretch of the Struma.
BookBuggy tour to a waterfall
An hour and a half with a guide through the forests at the foot of the Pirin. Along muddy paths and through streams, with a stop at a waterfall halfway.
Book a buggy tour
Quad safari
First a short briefing on a practice area, then with a guide over mountain roads to places you would not reach otherwise. From one hour, summer and winter.
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Horse riding in the snow
With a guide from stables in Dobrinishte and Bansko. Step by step through the white forest, with only the sound of hooves in the snow.
RequestMountain biking
The Bunderitsa Trail starts at the top station of the gondola and descends through the forests to the valley, for experienced riders. In Bansko you can rent a mountain bike and get advice on routes.
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Camping in the mountains
At Baikushev-den, the oldest tree in Bulgaria, there is a campsite with a mountain-hut restaurant. In the evening it is quiet and cool there, with the stars above the Pirin.
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