Tara is located in the western part of Serbia and belongs to the inner appearance of the Dinarides. The average altitude of Tara Mountain is 1200 m. The highest peak is Kozji eight (1591 m). It belongs to the group of Podrinje mountains and has a complex geological past and diverse petrographic structure.
The location of the Tara Mountains is a favorable condition for the development of tourism, as it also allows for a varied content of tourist stay, that is, already represents numbers of tourist sites. By richness and diversity of tourist values, ecologically preserved natural environment, mountainous relief with moderate altitude of 800-1500 m, suitable grounds for winter sports, richness and variety of wildlife, beneficial climate, Drina with artificial lakes Zaovine and Perućac, offers This mountain is a great tourist value that seems competitive with Zlatibor and other mountains. Tara has a favorable position towards complementary tourist values in the immediate area: Uzice, Mokra Gora, Visegrad with numerous cultural and historical monuments, which attract the excursion movements of tourists stationed on Tara in order to satisfy educational and cultural needs and rich amenities and stay. Tara has an excellent predisposition for sustainable tourism, which represents any tourism that has minimal impact on the environment and cultural heritage, but at the same time leads to the economic development of the local community.
The delicate relief of Tara is suitable for tourist construction, as there are good conditions for locating tourist facilities. In places of gentle slopes, passes and erosion extensions, there are localities that are very sunny and sheltered from the wind. Alpine skiing opportunities are limited due to altitude differences of only 400 m and length of trails that do not exceed 2 km.
The highest quality ski slopes are in the area of Predov krst, with a height of 500 m. The length of the trail is from 3 to 5 km. Tare relief has a convenient recreational feature, small low inclines suitable for walking, horseback riding, various sports players, using trim tracks and the like.
TARA NATIONAL PARK
Tara has been since July 13, 1981. The National Park proclaimed by the parties of the National Parliaments of the Republic of Serbia and covers an area of 24,991.82 hectares.
Caring for the most beautiful mountain of Western Serbia in 1981. entrusted to JP Tara National Park. It is assumed that the Trian limestones, on the serious side of Tara in the Tertiary, were the coast of the Pannonian Sea. Due to its favorable climate and fun, the relict and endemic of the Balkan Peninsula of Pancic omorica, as well as many other natural monuments, to say the least, are living fossils. Tara is mostly built of limestone, with a window elevation of 1000-1200m. The highest elevation is Kozji Rid at 1591m and the lowest elevation is 291m, or the height of Lake Perućac. The Vrelo river is the strongest karst spring in the N P, which the water poured into the Drina after exactly 365m. The climate is mountainous, the summers are fresh and the winters cold and full of snow. It usually rains in May. The driest months are July and August, autumn is sunny and warmer than spring.
Tara NP is 80% of the area of forest ecosystems. 34 forest and 19 meadow communities were discovered.75% are mixed components of spruce, fir and beech. In addition to Pancic's cabinet, mussel hazel, yew, holly, jeremyak, dervenski razor, peony, rib fern…
Of the 53 mammal species recorded on Tara, the most attractive are the brown bear, the chamois that live on Tara at 290mnv. Of the 135 bird species, 43 are migratory species, with the most endangered species such as eagles, falcons and other nature cleaners.
There are more than 251 fungal species in the Tara forests, 3 of which are poisonous. One of them is the Green Bud - the most dangerous fungus in Europe.
Fishing on the waters that aerates the Tara NP is a real pleasure. These watercourses are inhabited by about 40 species of fish (juvenile, grayling, catfish, carp, catfish, barb…).
The Tara NP area is visited by archeological sites dating from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. Some necropolises are known - the stećak tombstones in Perućac, the remains of the medieval fortress Solotnik and the Rača monastery, the endowment of King Dragutin Nemanjić from the 13th century.
It is located on 18 hiking trails with a total length of 120km. For the use of this information it is recommended to use hiking maps that can be reached at the information points in the Park.
The TAROCIKL project has defined 27 cycle paths approximately 420km long and the gates of a new type of tourism open, with no adverse results.
Hunting in the Tara NP is always organized and used with planning documents. There are about 40 bears, 300 chamois, 320 roe deer and about 40 wild boars in the forests of Tara. Permission to hunt, guide and transport game in another area, approval by the Tara Hunting and Fisheries Protection and Promotion Service JP Tara National Park.
