Metsovo Trip Overview
The lake of Aoos springs, which is a mountainous artificial lake that combines a unique stream of lakes, natural small lakes and extensive mountain meadows located at the North of Metsovo. It covers an area of 11.5 Km2 and is situated at an altitude of 1.350 meters, which classifies it as the most mountainous large lake in Greece.
“Vakaratsa” is the beginning of the Vikos Aoos and Valia Calda National Park and a virgin and very well hidden place where you can find big black pine trees, green meadows, gorge, brown bears, wolves, deers, trut e.t.c.
The combination of Aoos Lake and the virgin forest of ‘ Vakaratsa”, in this 4 hour E-Mountain Bike Adventure, guarantees a 100% enjoyable experience!
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Metsovo, Greece
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Hiking & Camping
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The lake of Aoos springs, which is a mountainous artificial lake that combines a unique stream of lakes, natural small lakes and extensive mountain meadows located at the North of Metsovo. It covers an area of 11.5 Km2 and is situated at an altitude of 1.350 meters, which classifies it as the most mountainous large lake in Greece.
“Vakaratsa” is the beginning of the Vikos Aoos and Valia Calda National Park and a virgin and very well hidden place where you can find big black pine trees, green meadows, gorge, brown bears, wolves, deers, trut e.t.c.
The combination of Aoos Lake and the virgin forest of ‘ Vakaratsa”, in this 4 hour E-Mountain Bike Adventure, guarantees a 100% enjoyable experience!
Itinerary
From our meeting point, (office of Go Active Tours in the center of Metsovo)we drive approximately 25 minutes, by car to the amazing Aoos Lake North of Metsovo: this is the starting point for our E-Mountain Bike Adventure. We ride for the first 3 Kilometers on a dirt road upscent. The E-Mountain Bikes give us the power we need to make this climb comfortable and enjoy the fantastic view to the left of us to the Aoos Lake!
After a short break to drink something and enjoy the view to the Lake and the surrounding area, we will go at the highest point of our tour (“Toka” 1500m), we continue on the dirt road driving us descenting through a virgin forest of black pines and green meadows to the place names “Vakaratsa”, the beginning of the Vikos-Aoos and Valia Calda National Park. This very well hidden place is the home of brown bears, wolves, deers and more.
Fom this point we follow lightly uphill the bed of the springs of the Aoos river. The dirt road leads us on one and the other side of the riverbed. After this adventurous part we reach the lake of Aoos springs and we ride on the asphalt road, enjoying the beautiful small bays the last 5km back to the car!
Stop At:
• Aoos Springs Lake, Metsovo 44200 Greece
• Vikos – Aoos National Park, Ioannina Greece
