Day 5 : Konjic, Jablanica lake, Mostar, Blagaj, Pocitelj, Kravice Waterfalls

 

Day 5 : Konjic, Jablanica lake,  Mostar, Blagaj, Pocitelj, Kravice Waterfalls

This day we knew it is going to be far and long day. We started at 10 am from the hotel and reached back at 9  pm, we did miss  Blagaj though.

It is advised people stay in Mostar for a night so that all the places can be covered   peacefully.

We reached the Konjic Bridge with 6 arches  after an hour ride. Clicked few pictures and also climbed the small café building to have a view from the top. The bridge is constructed on the Neretva  river.

 

 

 

 

 

 

From here we left for Jablanica lake. We actually had a view of the lake all along the way and also stopped at few places for pictures .We also drove around 20 minutes away from the Mostar route to reach an Iron Bridge .Nearby the bridge we went to a place for Boat ride at 12 pm.This was not exactly a boat but one with engine  and with many seats. We were told its 80 KM for an hour ride. We asked for a 30 minute ride  and it was 50 KM.You could take  snacks and  drinks from the restaurant  for the ride. We were the only one boat on the lake and the lake was serene and quite. We clicked  beautiful pictures   from the top deck of the boat. Since it was Eid, they also offered us free cake .We had cake  and left  from there.

We drove  straight to Kravice Waterfalls which was  2 hour ride from Jablanica. After buying tickets we walked to the waterfalls .The entrance ticket is 10 KM/Person. The ticket also includes a Museum Visit. We can take train from the entrance to go near the waterfall place for 2KM/person   similar to the train in Bijambare caves. But the distance is not very long  and can be easily walked .


You can hire a boat to go very near the falls as there is  water and so we can see it only from a distance of 150 meters. After a quick tour we reached Pocitelj at 4 pm.This is an old city built during the Ottoman times. All buildings are made of stones .As you climb up the hill ,there is a Hajji Alija  mosque  built in 1563.We didn’t visit the mosque as  we wanted to  make a quick tour due to the time crunch. But I read that the mosque has very good acoustics and the dome and minaret  were damaged in 1992 and then repaired.

 

Also there is GAVRANKAPETAOVIC HOUSE. In 1993 it was set on fire and vandalized, then repaired. This was the only residential complex of the 16^th Century and is the house of the Captains of Pocitelj. After this we can climb further uphill to see a view of the town from the top.

We then reached Mostar at 4 45 pm.From  the parking we walked through the  old city  and shops to reach the Iconic Mostar Bridge. There are museums  on the way where we can see small movies about the Bridge. Also there is a Genocide Museum just opposite a beautiful old Mosque. This bridge was  damaged during the  war  and then later repaired  .

The River Buna water beneath the bridge is so spectacular. Also there are few people to collect money and jump from the top of the bridge  into the water.

We  started our return journey to Hotel at 5 40 p.m. We  stopped for   dinner (we skipped lunch as we had no time)  at Kovacavici restaurant. We ordered Tomato soup, Vegetarian platter  (which had rice, egg, Fries, some fried vegetables), French fries, sunny side up eggs.Dont do the mistake we did and ask them how many eggs will be in it. There were 4 sunny side up eggs in the plate.

The restaurant has a beautiful view of  River and with the rain that started when we were driving back, there was so much mist on the lake.

We reached hotel at 9 pm  .