I spent a month in Cetinje, Montenegro and hiked several trails there. I was amazed at the variety and quantity of butterflies I saw. Locals also let their horses walk themselves along the trails... with no fear they will be hurt, or stolen, or not come home.

Fantazija lepote prirode...

The cinematography is gorgeous. The close ups, showing so many facets of diverse birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects, is often extraordinary. I was fascinated to see solitary people, truly alone, living their daily lives without the chance of a conversation with anyone. However, constant references to Tolkien and his fantasy world got tedious, very fast. Eventually, it was irritating. A completely unnecessary addition. Nature is fantastic enough, without fiction to detract from it.

That's why Hollywood has used the Balkans and Serbia the most for film locations outside of America the most. Unbelievable pristine beauty so vast

A fantastic documentary and Howard's voice is so gooood makes this documentary magical. How long could it have taken to shoot.. Lovely regard from Kenya 🇰🇪

Beautiful documentary thanks to all worked on this amazing film, very well done! Thanks for sharing

I AM BULGARIAN AND I AM PROUD OF IT

I wanna say TY to the man who prays all day for a better world, TY man that's really nice of you : )

the scripting of these documentaries is on another level. stupendous

Great videos🤙❤️🙏Thank you

I always love a good nature documentary before bed, they are so relaxing...Thanks for sharing.

Beautifully filmed, I had never seen vid of the natural world of this area. I can't believe so much (seemingly) wilderness exists in Europe.

Endless Thanks to the whole crew and narrator for this wonderful majestic epic 💗👍👍💗💗💗👍

Loved the analogy and use of the Lord of the Rings! It brought the story to life. Thank you

Wow, what an amazing place. It gives you hope in this modern world that there are place's still so untouched by human hand. What a beautiful place. Thank you Secrets of nature for these wonderful documentary's, there AWESOME :D

Wow breathtaking scenery & yet another awesome vid from TSoN!!! Thank you ;)

Seeing swarms like that of the birds, it always reminds me of childhood cartoons when the fleas would swarm and turn into a giant fist or something, lol!

Thank you for uploading this amazing doc..

Been looking for this since I saw it on PBS Nature several years ago.

What an amazing documentary!! The music, the images.... fantastic. Well done!!! :) The Balkans are indeed beautiful.

@tofutheguywholikesram2214

4 жыл бұрын

I see. It seems u dont live here

@MarjanVukovic

3 жыл бұрын

@@tofutheguywholikesram2214 If you are unhappy with the place of your birth, obviously not being able to go abroad so far, it would be better to keep your opportunistic view for yourself, otherwise you would be regarded as complete hater aka looser

@tesha199

2 жыл бұрын

Balkans are amazing. We aren't locked out of fresh air like in many "1st world" countries.

🥰🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

looks like another good one. thanks :)

thank you for sharing, enjoyed every minute of your video. keep it up. liked & subscribed.

14:00 "when they were finished, nothing was left behind" This is supposed to invoke fear into our hearts... Imagine if wolves went about killing and only ate a part of it, leaving the rest to rot. Now, imagine if they were the dominant species on the planet ... Perhaps 7.9 billion of them? And, most of them kill to only eat part of it, trashing the rest... Does that invoke fear? (See what I did there 😌) Can't demonize wolves but turn a blind eye to our own feeding habits.

Loved everything about it :)

👌thanks

Good documentaries

Awesome.keep it up😘

The Balkans also reminds me of Narnia.

I think the narrator is a fan of the Lord of the Rings

@Mandywashere100

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe that is where they filmed it but I'm not sure

Is this new, I feel like I've seen this one or a very similar doc to this one before.

Vultures live in other places in the Balkans too.To name one, they live in the Uvac Nature Reserve in Serbia. In they have lived there since I remember. I don't know why they say they live only in Tikves.

@tesha199

2 жыл бұрын

Poor research, perhaps

So the threat of mines keeps the hunters and abusers out.....hmmmm? Wonder if they need to mine the Amazon?

@robertcronin6603

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea.

I wish it was 780p but still enjoying.

Balkan ❤️

@tofutheguywholikesram2214

4 жыл бұрын

Balkan💔

All nature can do is create and all humans can do is destroy !!!!

@robertcronin6603

2 жыл бұрын

😞

16.55 "over 260 species of bird live here all year round". I doubt it. Probably he means, 260 species in a year. Is far more likely.

Thank god they still manage to get CIGARETTES up to this pristine wilderness. Love the smell of tar and nicotine intermingled with pine. Stella doesn't need to worry, wolves don't like smoked meat. lol.

I think I already seen this...

Pause video at 38:43. See the baby donkey hiding behind a tree!!

That place with the mosquitoes would be a paradise for dragonflies. From the time they hatch to the time they die, they would be feasting on those mosquitoes and midges.

@tesha199

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they do in huge numbers

@infinitecanadian

2 жыл бұрын

@@tesha199 They eat and eat and eat. Voracious predators.

they should included Albania too

It is KAZm not CHasm! Gorgeous filming, but drove me batty!!

@LKemp-lr1ky

Жыл бұрын

@Tom Morrison WRONG, friend.

Yourname, did it have flippers and an aqualung ? or do you take drugs ?

How can you capture those rare occasions without scaring the animals?

@drekpaprika

5 жыл бұрын

By waiting for a very long time. Usualy it takes a few years to film a 1 hour documentary. Its not like just going into the woods and start filming. You need a spetialist who shows you the best places for a specific animal and then you wait and wait and wait. But sometimes they also stage some shots. Somebody finds a rare animal, brings it to the team and then they put it into a good place for filming...and so on.

@Mandywashere100

5 жыл бұрын

@@drekpaprika and don't forget a good zoom on the camera doesn't hurt

@tesha199

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mandywashere100 yeah, some super 💰💰💰 equipment

When the narrator mispronounces chasm..........

No but seriously, did the writers lose a bet?

Too many ads

Their probably hungry because they’re isn’t much wilderness left

Medved is a Russian word for bear. It is not a nick name. As far as i know Russians do not live on the Balkans.

@tarielensar450

8 жыл бұрын

medved is also serbian name for bear

@hawssie1

6 жыл бұрын

Very nice documentary, I found one part ironic, toward the end, after explaining how the European Mink is being badly effected by the introduced American Mink, shortly after this they pan to that amazing flock of countless 1000s of European Starlings, which happens to be one of the most prolific and damaging introduced birds to America!

Welcome to Serbia and do not forget to leave your prejudices at home. They should stay along your TV.

@M4xlos

3 жыл бұрын

what the fuck are you talking about?

@MarjanVukovic

3 жыл бұрын

@@M4xlos Something is wrong with you

@MarjanVukovic

3 жыл бұрын

@@BestOfAnimalss You are clearly out of your mind

it's beautiful how the post-communist areas are so green and full of life :) and then we have the western "modern civilization" that would like to teach us :D

It's more politics than nature in this docu, it's all about EUROPE, though not all Balkans are pro Europe, because they see Europe as a treat for nature in the Balkans. While the pictures are gorgeous, the narrator is far too much in politics.

IS NOT "DOBRUDZA" ITS "DOBROGEA" AND IS NOT IN THE BALKANS IS IN ROMANIA!!!!!!!!!

@DDGandi

Жыл бұрын

relax mate u sound like balkan man with all caps.and everyting south of danube is balkan

Kosovo and Albania the Heart of the balkans ❤️🇦🇱

@masterblaster848

Жыл бұрын

Kosovo&Metohija is Serbia!

@maldritxhemaili7648

Жыл бұрын

@@masterblaster848 And ur mom is a vergin I'm guessing right. That's the Republic of Kosovo now go back to Russia where u originally came from.

@user-ic1dw7tg2t

10 ай бұрын

@@maldritxhemaili7648 true

Macedonia IS GREECE

@zokib9659

5 жыл бұрын

No is not..edukacion is gold..you are not edukated

@MistaMaine.

5 жыл бұрын

@@zokib9659 Educated* Education*

@mitetralalla8612

5 жыл бұрын

North Macedonia is also geographically correct designation. For an example the valley of Pelagonia is not a natural border with Greece, therefore you should not be surprised if there are ancient Greek artifacts in the region.

@mitetralalla8612

5 жыл бұрын

Macedonia = GREECE ? How sure are you about this equality? This is like you are trying to say, borders of ancient Macedonia are equally the borders of GREECE??? In claims like this, connecting present with distant past/future... there are way more possibilities than you think. mind-blowing possibilities. The sites might be thousands of years older. Craziness could be BEST FIT for archaeological facts, what looked like craziness could turn out, superb fact fitting!!!

@mitetralalla8612

5 жыл бұрын

By claiming Macedonia IS GREECE (take your pills skopians), you are actually warping 2000 years in the past! Somehow you assume there are not SPECTACULAR MIND BLOWING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES to be found.

Wolf cat and eagle and rabbit are why evil is no more and they are also why today is still around but the bird is not just a bird or the cat a cat but the bird is much more than the human being intellectually intelligent to human life eagle is made master of all animal intelligence by all animal a cat in is made master of all animal before I yah a eagle is what you honor in the world not a lion ok eagle your spirit animal inside your body will learn how to be like a eagle for your body to be like it’s spirit animal self lions are too much for people and they work is the earth magnetic and universe fires and energy not destroy you all ok lions eagle dragons dinosaurs and golden black cobra is humanity spirit spiritual starting point before any of your spirit or spiritual life of physical spiritual people could exist bless you all I yah

@tesha199

2 жыл бұрын

Get some weed

Am forgiving you all people for destroying these 5 animal human you didn’t know and I see that what happened in your past life you have no chance to see that these animal care for your body and life more than there own body that have to be for your body to be with you inside the world lions eagle dragons dinosaurs snakes wolves are all animal that makes you be you as a person you’re family and a eagle is god for those animal and a lion is god for all of life in the world evil change it because power and life is free to all to live and fly above the eagle dragons dinosaurs power so eagle don’t get crazy or die so no life stop living eagle is dinosaurs and dragons power snakes and lions centipede all made the first eagle bird body for this life exists bless it people everyone should have a eagle in the wild you and your spirit is protected whichever ever world or or destination dimension a eagle lion dragons dinosaurs snakes eye I will see you through your way bless up I yah

@moto_kejt

3 жыл бұрын

where do you get that meth?

Europe I-SHA-BETH-YUOVE-YUION-I-YAIN-YAN-YUOTH-YAH it’s a dragons dinosaurs den just like the girls and women living their yes European girls your body is dragons dinosaurs spirited your body is why all other nation have flesh of themselves nature and nation please people cat pave the way for your blind spirit in the world so you have your own sight cat are not just cat the male lion is the only lion the female lion is also a dragon