If you’re willing to camp, you can spend 8 days hiking in the mountains, and hit 4 peaks including the highest peak of Montenegro (which weirdly, is actually in Albania) and the highest peak of the whole Dinaric Alps (from Slovenia south – this is the One!), without ever coming down – and not mess about with border crossing permission!
This is our take on the famous “Valbona – Theth Hike,” which is listed (for example) in Lonely Planet as ‘one of the 4 or 5 must do things in Albania.’