Nature & wildlife on Tara
Tara National Park covers almost 250 km², about 80% of it forest — home to the Serbian spruce and most of Serbia’s brown bears.
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Pančićeva omorika
The Serbian spruce — an Ice Age survivor that grows wild only here and in the Mileševka canyon, discovered by Josif Pančić in 1875.
- Latinski naziv
- Picea omorika
- Otkrivena
- 1875, Zaovine
- Status
- strogo zaštićena vrsta
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Mrki medved na Tari
About 60 brown bears live on Tara — most of Serbia’s population. Watch them at dusk from hides with a guide.
- Broj jedinki
- oko 60
- Posmatranje
- maj – oktobar, uz vodiča
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03 · ↑ 1591 m
Kozji rid (Zvezda)
The highest point of Tara National Park at 1,591 m on the Zvijezda massif — a full-day hike through the wildest part of the park.
- Visina
- 1.591 m
- Trajanje
- 6–8 h povratno
- Težina
- zahtevno
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Bukove prašume i rezervati
Nine strict reserves where no tree is cut — beeches older than 500 years and one of Europe’s best-preserved forests.
- Rezervati
- 9
- Biljnih vrsta
- oko 1.200
- Vrste ptica
- oko 135
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05 · ↑ 1544 m
Zborište peak
Tara’s own highest summit at 1,544 m, above Lake Zaovine.
- Nadmorska visina
- 1.544 m
- Polazište
- Zaovine
- Težina
- srednja, ceo dan
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06 · ↑ 950 m
Vranjak reserve and Kik hill
Serbian spruce on the slopes of Kik hill above the Lazići dam, where Pančić first described it.
- Vrsta
- Pančićeva omorika
- Režim zaštite
- stroga zaštita
- Najbolji pogled
- brana Lazići
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07 · ↑ 750 m
Šargan – Mokra Gora Nature Park
Protected area south of Tara (2005): the Beli Rzav canyon, Veliki Skakavac waterfall, caves and mires.
- Proglašen
- 2005.
- Površina
- oko 10.800 ha
- Biljnih vrsta
- blizu 800