For the Drina regatta, Bobija mountain, Soko town and the monastery under its walls, Trešnjica and the church log cabin in Orovica, you may have heard of it. But for Tribuća - "Azbukovica Colorado" you are probably not. They are rare and the residents of Azbukovica who know about this gem of nature. The reason is simple - the canyon is uninhabited and impassable. Tribuća cut its bed in a large limestone massif, which is mostly built of metamorphic limestone. The cliffs of the canyon are steep, covered with earth and overgrown with beech, hornbeam and oak tree. When at the confluence of the Trešnjica and the Drina, you find out that it is a stream of water that is born on the slopes Pulled up, marvel at how she grew in an otherwise short course. Although short-lived, she has several tributary. Tribuća is one of them, the right tributary of Trešnjica and is seven kilometers long. It springs on Tornička Bobija, and on its course it overcomes a height difference of 450 meters. It flows towards the south and its lower course separates the Boškovac plateau in the west from the Gornjokošljanska plateau in the east. Hers the mouth of Trešnjica has been declared a special nature reserve, because the colony nests and lives there griffon vulture. Wild beauty, spared from the frequent visits of those who would like to start it.
How to find it?
Thirty kilometers from Ljubovija, on the slopes of Bobija, at an altitude of 800 m the hamlet of Tornica Prisedo. Once here, take the road above the school, then after two kilometers at the crossroads go down to the left into the forest and continue further, you will reach the place where several small streams merge to a bigger one. That beautiful valley with lush vegetation characterizes the upper course of the river. Near the end of you the valleys, the banks come closer, the river becomes faster, it breaks over larger stone blocks - it begins canyon part of Tribuća. If there aren't a couple of mills that you pass along the way, there's no indication that anyone is passed this way. Untouched nature. Only after the last one, the Tadić water mill, do you arrive at the place u the canyon they call Vesin vir, understand why the river got its name. It's the first in a series of three waterfalls (buca), which flow into each other. The water here is sandwiched between two rocks height of about fifty meters, and the height of that waterfall is about ten meters. Under this waterfall a giant stone pot with a diameter of seven meters was created. From here, the water flows through the width strait barely one meter and falls into an abyss fifteen meters long. Along the narrow channel, along the sam canyon wall, the water flows further into the next, gravel-strewn stone pot.
From Vesina Vir, you have to go further with the help of mountaineering equipment, or through the forest, which is extremely steep on the left side of the canyon. Ladders or ropes are essential here. Above extremely fast vortices, they are transferred by "elevator". equipment and people. If you opt for the "easier" option - through the forest, then you have to climb up the vertical side of the hill. After a short rest, go down the other side of the hill to the south, to the middle slopes, and then "on the isohypse" to the left - to avoid descending over crumbling limestone and waterfalls.
Why so detailed?
Because this waterfall is the only toponym with someone's name. In all likelihood, a certain Veso lives here paid curiosity. That should be respected. Below this waterfall, there is another one, about twenty high meters that ends with a significantly larger and deeper spring. Around this waterfall, cliffs rise up to fifty meters, which later build a strait. To the right of the waterfall, in the middle of the bank, there is an entrance into a bigger hole. Just fifty meters down, the coast is vertical and overgrown with moss. Through this the water of one of the streams on the left side of the canyon descends. From this place, the river turns down right angle and from there begins the system of staggered stone tubs. Waterfalls from these tubs they end with a "lake" in a perfectly polished limestone pool. From here, the river flows through a strait about 600 m long meters. The strait ends with a funnel-shaped extension, there is also the end of the canyon and the most interesting part Tribute. A few kilometers further down, the Košljan part begins, to which the estuary itself belongs. What may confuse you is the fact that the river, which rolls trees and stone blocks with ease, before it flows into Trešnjica - disappears in gravel of the delta estuary. So never look for it at the mouth - you will be disappointed.