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Aristi mountains
Aristi, the nearest town, 17 km away. Photo: KonstantinosLoukas-William, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Lumi Vjosa

Kayak spot · Greece

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 2 kn gusting 8, Air 16 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 81 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
12°C
Rain
15.7 mm

Wed 4 · 92 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 89 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 87 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 90 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 90 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 288, good
  2. Tue 381, good
  3. Wed 492, good
  4. Thu 589, good
  5. Fri 689, good
  6. Sat 787, good
  7. Sun 890, good
  8. Mon 990, good
  9. Tue 1090, good
  10. Wed 1193, good

The spot in three facts

  • Grade Iat its hardest
  • Flat waterthe water
  • 0.8 kmthe section

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Lumi Vjosa
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov88, good4 kn19kn13°C1.6 mm
Tue 3Nov81, good1 kn11kn12°C15.7 mm
Wed 4Nov92, good2 kn8kn16°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov89, good1 kn9kn14°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov89, good1 kn9kn14°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov87, good3 kn11kn13°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov90, good2 kn9kn15°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov90, good3 kn11kn14°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov90, good4 kn12kn14°C0.9 mm
Wed 11Nov93, good5 kn19kn16°C0.3 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

put-in, take-out, its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Lumi Vjosa

A river section on the Lumi Vjosa, from a put-in down to a take-out. Grade I, on the international scale. It runs 0.8 km along the river. Suits new paddlers and up, by its grade. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Aristi.

  • River Lumi Vjosa
  • Grade Grade I, on the international scale.
  • Length 0.8 km along the river.
  • Who it suits Suits new paddlers and up, by its grade.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,290–US$2,450 each

about US$1,290–US$2,450 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to CFU, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$563–US$1,170
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$121–US$208
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$241–US$402
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$127–US$234
Totalabout US$1,290–US$2,450

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Aristi

Closest

Aristi

about 30 min by car · 7 places to stay

about US$94/nightcountry average

See 7 places to stay in Aristi · Booking.com

About Aristi its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$94 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 20h

About 20h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CFU, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 40m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 50 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits