Olympic Mountains Tour from Sarajevo

What the Olympic Mountains Tour Covers

This tour brings together the three mountains most associated with the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: Trebević, Bjelašnica and Igman. Rather than a single peak, the day is planned as a loop connecting former Olympic venues with the wider mountain scenery around the city, giving guests both the historical angle and open highland views in one group departure. A shared coach and guide move the group between mountains, with the itinerary built around a set of specific, named locations rather than an open-ended drive.

Trebević and the Bobsled Track

The tour's first stop is Trebević, the mountain closest to Sarajevo and home to the Olympic bobsled and luge track built for the 1984 Games. Left unused for years, the concrete track is now covered in graffiti and has become one of the most photographed reminders of the Olympics in the city, and guests can walk sections of it with the guide explaining how the venue was used during the Games and what happened to it afterward.

Views Over Sarajevo from Trebević

Beyond the bobsled track, Trebević offers wide views back down over Sarajevo, with the old town, river valley and surrounding hills laid out below. This vantage point gives guests a different perspective on the city than they get walking its streets, and the guide points out landmarks visible from the ridge, connecting what guests may have already seen in Sarajevo to how the city sits within its mountain setting.

Travelling to Bjelašnica

From Trebević, the coach continues toward Bjelašnica, one of the two mountains that hosted Olympic skiing events in 1984. The drive climbs steadily through forest, with the trees gradually thinning as the road gains height and opens onto wider, higher slopes further along the route. Guests can watch the character of the landscape shift from Trebević's wooded ridge to Bjelašnica's more open terrain during this stretch of the journey. The guide uses this part of the drive to explain Bjelašnica's role in the 1984 Games in more detail, alongside its return as an active ski destination in more recent years, setting up what guests are about to see on arrival.

Bjelašnica's Slopes and Mountain Villages

On Bjelašnica, guests see the mountain's ski slopes and, nearby, small villages built in a distinctive local style with stone roofs designed to handle heavy mountain snowfall. These villages sit apart from the ski infrastructure and give a sense of how communities have lived on this mountain independently of the Olympics, adding a second layer to the visit beyond the sporting history.

Igman's Plateau and Forest

The tour's third mountain, Igman, is known for its forested plateau and for hosting Olympic ski jumping in 1984, with venue structures still visible in places along the approach. The landscape here is noticeably different from Bjelašnica's open ski slopes, dominated instead by dense pine forest that closes in around the road before giving way to a broad, relatively flat highland area at the top. Guests can walk briefly into this open plateau, a contrast to the steeper ground covered earlier in the day, before the group regroups at the coach and continues on the return leg of the loop back toward Sarajevo.

Who This Tour Suits

This tour suits travellers with an interest in recent history alongside mountain scenery, particularly those curious about the 1984 Winter Olympics and what became of its venues in the years since. It also appeals to guests who want a full day of varied mountain views without a demanding hike, since the stops are largely accessible on foot for short distances rather than requiring long treks.

Meeting Point and the Shape of the Day

As a group departure, this tour begins with pickup from a central point in Sarajevo, gathering guests before the coach sets off toward Trebević first. The day moves between the three mountains in sequence, so guests spend a portion of each stop walking and a longer stretch travelling by coach between one Olympic venue and the next. Because the itinerary follows a fixed loop rather than a flexible route, the guide is able to plan the pace around covering all three mountains within one group day, keeping the walking manageable at each stop while still allowing enough time to take in the views and history before the coach continues on toward the next destination on the mountain circuit.

What to Bring

Layered clothing is worth packing for this tour, since temperatures and wind vary noticeably between the three mountains and across the course of the day, from the forested ridge at Trebević to the more exposed slopes higher up on Bjelašnica. Comfortable shoes suit the short walks required at each stop, particularly around the uneven, graffiti-covered surface of the old bobsled track, where a stable footing matters more than on a paved city street. Guests should also carry water and a camera for the panoramic viewpoints along the route, since several of the best views over Sarajevo and across the surrounding ridgelines are only reachable on foot from the coach.

Booking with Haqqi Tours

Because the three mountains are covered as one group circuit, everyone gathers first at a central Sarajevo pickup point that Haqqi Tours' desk confirms by WhatsApp, along with the exact time, once the booking is settled. The desk sets out the day's route and what is included in writing before payment is taken, answering questions in Arabic and English for the largely Gulf and Arab family clientele it works with.