Mount Dajt National Park – Cherry Pass loop from Mount Dajti

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Albania

Tirana

Mount Dajt National Park – Cherry Pass loop from Mount Dajti

Easy

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Mount Dajt National Park – Cherry Pass loop from Mount Dajti

01:38

4.11km

300m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parku Kombëtar Mali i Dajtit

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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104 m

Mount Dajt National Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Tirana cable car climbs for fifteen minutes through oak and beech forests to the plateau of Mount Dajti. Along the way, the view opens up over the city, the valley, and on clear days, even to the Adriatic Sea. At the top is the recreation plateau with a panoramic terrace and the starting points for short forest walks and longer routes in the national park. The cable car itself is 4.7 km long and forms the direct access to the high-lying Dajti massif.

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253 m

View of the Hotel Belvedere on Mount Dajti

Highlight • Viewpoint

The cylindrical tower hotel on the Dajti plateau forms the highest viewpoint above Tirana. The glassed-in top floor houses a panoramic restaurant and observation deck with views over the city, the valley, and on clear days, as far as the Adriatic Sea. Around the hotel are open grassy areas with grazing horses and hiking trails towards the national park. The building marks the end of the cable car and the beginning of the mountain routes.

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273 m

Abandoned Pioneer Camp Hotel, Dajti National Park

Highlight • Monument

Abandoned hotel that creates a surreal atmosphere, has its own charm.

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1.43 km

Steep Deciduous Forest in Dajti National Park

Highlight • Forest

The climb to Qafa e Qershisë winds steeply through the deciduous forest of the Dajti massif, where the path crosses the contour lines almost perpendicularly. The route is short but intense: narrow forest sections, rocky steps, and a constant incline that only flattens out above the tree line. The pass marks the transition from dense forest to open high-altitude zones and is the moment when the mountain fully opens up towards the ridge and the higher routes.

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2.13 km

Cherry Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

At Qafa e Qershisë (cherry path) you have the steepest part behind you. From here you can go straight to a viewpoint, left to Maja e Tujanit or right to Maja e Dajtit.

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3.48 km

Abandoned bunkers in Dajti National Park

Highlight • Monument

The abandoned bunkers in Dajti National Park are part of the enormous network of concrete shelter structures built during Enver Hoxha's communist regime. There are over 170,000 across Albania; on Dajti, you'll find a series of smaller, half-collapsed examples along old military paths and open mountain zones.

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4.11 km

End point

Bus stop

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