News
SSS ON THE KRKA AWARDED THE BEST FISHING FILM AT PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL
We are proud to announce that the latest episode of our annual short film… featuring fishing, paddling, comedy and conservation…has won the Best Fishing Film award at Paddling Film Festival. It will be touring the world with it in 2025 and hopefully bring the topic of river conservation and having responsible fun in the outdoors […]
OUR NEW GUIDEBOOK ON THE SOČA RIVER SPARKS INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS
Since the publication of our guidebook Soča from Source to Sea – Paddling Guidebook at the end of December last year, six well-attended book launch events have taken place. We presented the new book in Bovec, Tolmin, Ljubljana (twice) and Kobarid. Two more events in Italy are to follow; on March 6, we will present […]
LE PRESENTAZIONI DEL NOSTRO NUOVO LIBRO SULL’ISONZO APRONO AMPI TEMI
Dalla pubblicazione del libro Soča dalla sorgente al mare – una guida al canottaggio, avvenuta alla fine di dicembre dell’anno scorso, si sono svolti 6 eventi di presentazione del libro molto partecipati. Abbiamo presentato la nuova pubblicazione a Bovec, Tolmin, Lubiana (due volte) e Kobarid. Seguiranno altri due eventi in Italia; Il 6 marzo presenteremo […]
Projects
BIRD SURVEY OF THE SAVA RIVER
BRT5 Bird Census of the Sava River in Slovenia Whitewater kayaker and ornithology expert, Bor Mihelič, was a part of the BRT5 crew for the entire descent of the Sava, performing a bird survey in the nesting season of the entire 258 km of Sava River in Slovenia – the first continuous survery of this […]
ENVIRONMENTAL DNA STUDY
BRT5 Environmental DNA study One thing that makes BRT different from other river conservation projects is how we combine adventure sports to science and nature conservation to expose the problem of dams, give a voice to the rivers and those fighting for them and also work towards solutions and alternatives. So, we are excited to […]
BRT 5 | JUNE 2021
The Sava River is kind of like the girl next door. You spend your childhood playing together, never really realizing how attractive/mysterious/beautiful and incredible she really is. This is why the Balkan River Tour 5 crew kayaked the length of their home river, the Sava River in Slovenia. 11 days. 258km of paddling. 1 river. […]
BRT 4 | APRIL, JULY, SEPTEMBER 2019
We used a new approach for Balkan Rivers Tour 4 Instead of using the usual BRT formula, one big, month-long event, we changed the concept to split the river conservation action into 3 separate weeks. A way to mix things up, to get to some seldom seen and under represented valleys, to explore some new […]
BRT 3 | SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 2018
We decided to make the third Balkan Rivers Tour special in 3 ways; to make it really big and support local initiatives more directly with focus on creative actions, travel from south towards north for the first time to finish at our homes in Slovenia and use it as a premiere tour for our fresh […]
BRT 2 | MARCH TO MAY 2017
In order to carry on with the flow, Balkan Rivers Tour 2 started in March 2017 and gathered paddlers, locals, nature lovers and friends from all over the world to show their support to free flowing rivers and have good times together. This time the action was more straightforward. We focused on two rivers; Slovenia’s […]
BRT 1 | APRIL AND MAY 2016
When Slovenian kayaker Rok Rozman found out there were 2,700 dams proposed to be built in his backyard, the Balkan Peninsula, he didn’t start a petition or write letters to politicians. He just went kayaking. And this seemingly simple action has started what has become the biggest direct river conservation action in Europe. At its […]
LECTURES + PRESENTATIONS
Rok and the BRD team have traveled to festivals, outdoor shops and events to share the story of BRT over the last couple of years. Interactive and entertaining slide shows (presented with complete honesty and zero filter) entertain audiences with the whole BRD story but also challenge people to think and take action for themselves. […]