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Gjipe Eco Campground
135mabove the sea
Evening light on the upper wall of Gjipe canyon above the campground meadow, with two rows of solar panels on the grass, a parked four-by-four and olive trees along the track

Gjipe Beach · Vuno · Albanian Riviera

Tents where the canyon meets the sea

No road comes down here. You leave the car about 135 metres up and walk the last 1.7 kilometres to the tents.

Call +355 69 930 5002Email the campDirections to the car park

The way in

The last stretch is on foot, downhill, all the way to the sand.

The walk down to the campFrom the car park at about 135 metres above the sea, about 1.7 kilometres of rock track down to the tents at the shore, roughly 25 minutes on foot.The car park · about 135 mThe tents · at the shoreabout 1.7 km of rock track · roughly 25 minutes down
≈135 mThe car park, above the sea≈1.7 kmdown to the tents, ≈25 min

The car park sits above Gjipe, off the road down from the SH8. From there a rock track drops about 1.7 kilometres to the mouth of the canyon, where the tents stand under olive trees with the beach about 65 metres beyond them. It takes roughly 25 minutes going down.

Everything you bring comes down that track with you, and goes back up it. Pack for carrying, wear shoes that grip rock, and read the walk down before you set off.

The mouth of Gjipe canyon seen from the beach: two sheer orange-streaked limestone walls with a gap between them, scrub and trees at their foot and sand in front
The canyon mouth, from the sand

The tents are already up under the olives.

Each one is pitched for you and made up inside with a mattress, clean sheets and a pillow. You arrive with a bag, not a camp.

Five grey dome tents pitched on green grass under old olive trees, with daisies in the foreground and a path running through the grove
Pitched and waiting under the olives

The packing list

Half of it is already down here.

Already down here

  • A tent, already pitched — under the olives, in the shade
  • A mattress, clean sheets and a pillow — made up inside it
  • Breakfast — in the morning
  • A restaurant and a bar — lunch, dinner and the evening
  • Flush toilets and showers — the showers run cold
  • Wi-Fi over Starlink — paid by the day

Carry down

  • Cash — payment is in cash, on arrival
  • Shoes for a rock track — not flip-flops
  • One bag you can carry — for twenty-five minutes, downhill
  • Swimming things — the sea is a minute away
Inside a tent, and the rest of the camp
The campground bar after dark under olive branches, red tables and chairs on gravel lit by a single lamp, a lit drinks fridge and a shade sail overhead against a deep blue sky

The bar, the restaurant, and one lamp in the olives.

Lunch, dinner and the evening happen under the same trees as the tents, so nobody has to climb back up to eat.

The beach starts about 65 metres from the camp.

Gjipe Beach fills the mouth of the canyon between two walls of rock. More about the beach.

Gjipe Beach on a breezy day, wet sand in the foreground, white surf breaking along the shore and a dark headland at the far end under a blue sky
The beach, a minute from the tents

Before you come down

Worth knowing.

  • There is no road to the tents. Everything arrives on foot.
  • Payment is in cash, on arrival.
  • The showers are cold-water showers.
  • August is hot, even in a tent in the shade.
  • The tents are standard dome tents; tall guests may find them short.
  • Phone signal down in the canyon mouth is weak.

Guests rate it 3.8 out of 5 on Google. Read the reviews on Google Maps.

A hand-painted Reception sign on a white plank over the bar, with handwritten notes beneath it reading Wifi and Payment cash on arrival

The house rules, by hand

Reserve with the camp

Call or email with your dates and how many of you there are. Payment is in cash when you arrive at reception.

Call +355 69 930 5002Email the campDirections to the car park
Gjipe Eco Campground
Gjipe, 9417 Vuno, Vlorë County