During the project of the 7th Vikos crossing, some twenty participants managed to realize the second Tymphi hiking in the history of Land beyond: departed from Papigko village, up to the Astraka refuge, where the team spent the night, and on the next morning climbing up to Drakolimni!
The first Tymphi hiking of the land beyond took place on Tuesday the 12th of August 2012. Eight-year-old Damianos, Mando, Kimon, Romanos, Tasos and Nikos went off at 06.00am from the small Papigko village and at 08.30 reached Astraka refuge having stopped three times for a little while in the locations of mountain shepards of Ipirus
Mrs Dioni Vardaka, Chairperson of the Not-for-profit organization “Panos&Cressida4Life”, first came to epekeina hora (the land beyond) during two separate activities in 2016. Since then the board and the members set a goal which they achieved working hard, efficiently and discreetly.
This year an unexpected topic, much like the unexpected beauty of Zagorochoria and Vikos gorge, has fascinated us in the land beyond: the Mediterannean of the mountains, less known but not least important.
Land Beyond is happy to announce the completion of one more Vikos Crossing in August 2016; a rich schedule full of activities based on Water kept every one of the sixty participants busy and happy in the magnificent Zagori surroundings and mountain paths.
For the sixth year to go already, the cosmopolitan peripatetic meeting '12th Vikos crossing: Well Being in Peace - Merry Yoga' was held from Saturday the 8th till Thursday the 13th of August 2015. Fifty two people took part in the activity, twenty seven of them in Vikos crossing
On Thursday, the 30th of July 2015, after having finished the seminar part of the international gathering “Global Land Paths, Global Citizen Education for Sustainable Development", the participants enjoyed the unique experience of crossing Vikos gorge, from Monodendri to Vitsiko. At the end the most audacious jumped into Voidomatis springs. We returned to Vitsa by bus, there everyone took his/her Crossing Award.
A camp activity was for the first time held in Land Beyond – Starry Land from Thursday 21st of August till Sunday the 24th of August. “Charoumeno Chorio”, a camp based at Varympopi Attikis, held a four day cultural and environmental journey to Vitsa for the younger team leaders who are constantly being trained and who animate the camp programs.
From Saturday the 9th till Wednesday the 13rd of August 2014 the annual peripatetic meeting «9th Vikos crossing, Astraka refuge, Drakolimni, Avgerinos – The notion of time» took place for the fifth consequent time. Sixty five people participated in the activities, twenty five in Vikos crossing and twenty nine in Tymphi hiking - Drakolimni – Avgerinos after having spent the night at Astraka refuge (2000m high).
On Thursday, the 7th of August 2014, after having finished the international meeting “Global Land Paths, Cosmopolitan consciousness and action in a planetary world", the participants enjoyed the unique experience of crossing Vikos gorge, from Monodendri to Vitsiko.
