Hrid Lake is a small glacial lake at about 1,970 m above Plav, in a cirque under the Bogićevica massif. Locals call it the Lake of Happiness. It is one of the most searched hikes in Montenegro and an easy-to-moderate day out from Plav.
Na crnogorskomThe lake lies above Babino Polje, a village of the Plav municipality, close to the borders with Kosovo and Albania. It sits in a glacial cirque below Krš Bogićevica (2,374 m), surrounded by pine forest and limestone.
It is small, around 300 m long, and you can walk around it in under half an hour, although parts of the shore are rocky.
Most hikers start in Babino Polje, about 10–15 km from Plav on an asphalt road. A forest trail climbs to the lake; plan about 1.5–2 hours one way.
A gravel road continues about 3.7 km from Babino Polje to Bajrović katun. From there the signpost gives about 1.5 hours, and the climb is gentler.
Fit hikers can continue over the ridge and walk down to Plav. This is a Peaks of the Balkans stage of about 20 km and 7–8 hours.
Transfer Plav → Babino Polje: €70 one way, €120 return, for 1–4 passengers.
A local story says God made the lake high in the forest so that mountain fairies could bathe in it, and the fairies gave its water the power of youth, beauty and happiness. That is why many visitors call it Jezero sreće, the Lake of Happiness.
Facts checked against public trail guides and hiker reports. Conditions change: confirm locally before you go. Updated: 28.10.2026