Exploring the Balkans: The Land of Blood & Honey
$3,875 per person
Watch our exclusive interview above with TED Fellow, photo journalist, and your tour guide, Ziyah Gafic.
Multiple Tour Dates Available:
Sep 8-18, 2022 // May 11-21, 2023
MEJDI Exclusive Socially Conscious Experiences:
- Explore the Land of Blood & Honey in Dual Narrative, with a Serbian and a Bosnian guide.
- Sit down with a local journalist and discuss how the vestiges of Belgrade’s war-torn past are shaping its current political and socio-economic situation.
- Meet with a refugee from the Yugoslav wars and hear a first-hand account of Serbia’s tumultuous and not-so-distant past.
- Learn about the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević from an expert on the Serbian Revolution.
- Take in a presentation about life in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war by a Bosnian photojournalist.
- Engage in an exclusive meeting with General Jovan Divjak, a Serbian general who fought on the side of the Bosnians in the war.
- Meet with a local Sufi for an opportunity to learn about their community and culture.
- Meet with a curator at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Enjoy drinks and conversation with a descendant of Josip Broz Tito, former President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Sit down with a local resident of Mostar to hear about how families were divided throughout the war.
- Taste wine at a local winery, with the wine-maker.
- Meet with a world-renowned photojournalist and gallery owner in Dubrovnik.
Check out the detailed tour itinerary (also located at the bottom of this page).
Before you Register:
- Read through the Terms and Conditions
- Do not book your flight until you receive the tour confirmation email from us. This tour requires a minimum number of travelers to run and we will send out the tour confirmation (and update this note on the webpage) as soon as we have met that number.
Pricing: $3,875; minimum of 10 pax
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$3,875 per person
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Trip Includes
- 10 nights’ accommodation at the following hotels or similar (double occupancy): Boutique Hotel Museum (Belgrade), Hotel Europa (Sarajevo), Hotel Mepas (Mostar), Hotel Grand Villa Argentina (Dubrovnik)
- 1 Bosnian MEJDI-Trained guide for 10 days
- 1 Serbian MEJDI-Trained guide for 10 days
- 8 days of private bus transportation
- Internal flight (Belgrade-Sarajevo)
- Entrances, sites, and honorariums for speakers
- Water on the bus throughout the tour
- US-based customer service representatives
- Meals listed in the itinerary: 10 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 4 dinners
Trip Does Not Include
- International airfare
- Travel Insurance-HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
- Single Supplement - $775
- Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
- Drinks at included meals
- Arrival/departure airport transfers
- Gratitudes
- Anything not explicitly mentioned in the included section
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