Lurë-Dejë Mountain National Park

Lurë-Dejë Mountain National Park is a national park in north-eastern Albania, established in 1966 as Lura National Park and expanded in 2018 to take in the whole of Kunora e Lurës, the former Zall-Gjocaj National Park and Dejë Mountain. The IUCN lists it as Category II, and it is also described as an important bird and plant area. Its great variation in altitude gives it dense vegetation, mainly coniferous and deciduous trees, particularly around the shores of the mountain lakes, and the European beech is the most common native tree.

Visiting Lurë

The Lura Lakes are the park's draw: the Great Lake is about two hours on foot from the Perlat–Lura road (a 10 km spur is for off-road vehicles only), and the Lake of Flowers, at about 1,600 m, is covered with water lilies in summer. A moderate hike of about 21 km, five hours, links the lakes to Arras. June to September gives the clearest paths, and in winter the frozen lakes become part of the cross-country ski trails. Public transport is thin: a minibus runs to Lura once a day from Rrëshen. Kroi i Bardhë, in the west, is known for its healing spring.