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Waterfall ☆

Grunas Waterfall

A 25–30 m fall in the Theth valley, and a declared natural monument.

Shkoder

Mountain ☆

Maja Jezercë

At 2,694 m the highest peak entirely inside the Dinaric Alps, deep in the Albanian Alps.

Shkoder

County ☆

Shkodër County

The north-west: the largest lake in southern Europe, the Albanian Alps and the Drin gorge.

Qarku i ShkodrësAlbania

Mountain range ☆

The Albanian Alps

The limestone wall of the far north — locally the Accursed Mountains — shared with Montenegro and Kosovo.

Bjeshkët e NemunaShkoder

River ☆

The Shala River

A tributary of the Drin above Koman, reached by boat and often called Albania's Thailand.

Shkoder

Village ☆

Theth

A glacial valley village in the Albanian Alps: a lock-in tower, a waterfall, and one end of the country's best-known…

ThethiShkoder

Protected area ☆

Theth National Park

The glacial valley park at the heart of the Albanian Alps, merged into a wider protected complex in 2022.

Shkoder

Protected area ☆

Valbona Valley National Park

A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.

Kukes

Village ☆

Valbonë

A wide white riverbed under 2,500 m peaks; the eastern end of the Theth trek.

ValbonaKukes