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Camping by a lake is one of the best ways to spend a few days in the Balkans, whether at an organised campsite with showers and a shop or at a quiet spot near a mountain lake. Campsites tend to cluster around the large, well-known lakes, while the more remote lakes offer little beyond a flat patch of ground.

Wild camping is treated differently in each country and is often not allowed inside national parks and other protected areas. Check the local rules, and leave the shore as you found it.

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Albania (Southeastern Albania) · North Macedonia (Southwestern Region)

Lake Ohrid

Lake Ohrid lies in a mountain basin on the border between North Macedonia and Albania, with the towns of Ohrid and Struga on the Macedonian shore and Pogradec on the Albanian one. It is among the oldest lakes in the…

358 square kilometresarea
693 metreselevation
289 metresmax. depth
CampingFishingSwimming

Albania (Northern Albania) · Montenegro (Central Montenegro)

Lake Skadar

Karst, Tectonic · natural

372 square kilometresarea
5 metreselevation
8.3 metresmax. depth
BoatingCampingFishing

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Albania (Southeastern Albania) · North Macedonia (Southwestern Region)

Lake Ohrid

Tectonic · natural

358 square kilometresarea
693 metreselevation
289 metresmax. depth
CampingFishingSwimming

Albania (Northern Albania) · Montenegro (Central Montenegro)

Lake Skadar

Karst, Tectonic · natural

372 square kilometresarea
5 metreselevation
8.3 metresmax. depth
BoatingCampingFishing

Greece (Central Macedonia) · North Macedonia (Southeastern Region)

Lake Dojran

Karst, Tectonic · natural

40 square kilometresarea
144 metreselevation
10 metresmax. depth
CampingSwimming
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Bosnia and Herzegovina · Central Bosnia

Veliko Plivsko jezero

Dam-regulated, Karst · natural, regulated

1.3 square kilometresarea
425 metreselevation
36 metresmax. depth
BoatingCampingFishing