Prenj Mountain

Prenj is one of the most beautiful, yet most rugged mountains in BiH, in the heart of the Dinarides in northern Herzegovina. For its sharp, jagged ridges and magnificent views it is often called the Herzegovinian Himalayas. The massif lies in a great arc of the Neretva, from Glavatičevo near Konjic to Bijelo Polje near Mostar, with Konjic, Jablanica and Mostar at its foot.

Its highest peak, Zelena Glava, rises above 2,100 metres, and Prenj has around ten peaks over two thousand metres. Traces of former glaciers show in broad cirques and steep faces dropping as much as eight hundred metres towards the Neretva canyon. The climate here is capricious: the clash of Mediterranean and continental air masses brings sudden changes of weather, so Prenj demands experience and caution. To those who conquer it, it repays with views stretching all the way to the Adriatic Sea.