Camp Oaza Lipa

After experiencing the lofty peaks of Montenegro from your berth at Camp Oaza Lipa, explore the subterranean depths five minutes' drive away at Lipa cave. Guided tours take you through a mile and a half of galleries and halls lined with alien rock formations and geological curiosities; extreme sorts can go with ropes and headtorches into the very heart of the cave.

Hikers and nature spotters can step over to the Lovcen National Park (15 minutes' drive) for ascents of Mount Lovcen and trails through a wilderness of boars, bears, wolves and eagles, making time, as proud locals do to pay respects at the mausoleum of ruler and poet Petar II Petrovic Njegos.

There's more fine country to be walked around Lake Skadar (half an hour) and its surrounding national park, though if you prefer an easier time of it you can also take boat cruises to the island monasteries, through floating fields of waterlilies.

For further water-based frolics, beetle over to Budva on the Adriatic coast (40 minutes) for a very tempting mix of ancient citadel and sandy beaches, buzzing nightlife and ninth-century churches. Top it off with a trip to the Mediteran Aqua Park to hurtle down waterslides at speeds of 50 miles an hour, or chug more sedately on a water-taxi over to the lush greenery of Sveti Nikola island, kayaking around the rocky coves and picnicking in perfect peace.