Lake Skadar, about 25 km south of the capital Podgorica is Balkan’s largest lake and one of Europe’s largest bird reserves. It has an almost magical presence with ancient villages and monasteries dotted around the shore while the lake’s shallow blue waters reflect the myriad colours of vegetation shimmering through the heat haze in the summer.
Around 44 km at its longest point, 14 km wide and with an average depth of 6m the lake is fed by water from the Moraca river as well as numerous springs in the karst floor. Two-thirds of the lake is in Montenegro with the remaining third in Albania. The Montenegrin part of the lake and the surrounding area was declared a National Park in 1983. The northern and eastern shores, where the lake is shallower than elsewhere, are characterised by large swaths of marshland which during springtime burst forth with vegetation of white and yellow lilies, reed groves and dense clusters of willow.
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