The Berat Backpackers Hostel organizes two excellent tours. The 5-hour Communist Hiking Tour (€10), takes in old bunkers, tunnels and industrial areas; the all-day Waterfall Tour (€10) heads into the countryside an hour from town, with a picnic by an amazing waterfall.
The spectacular Osumi Canyon is 60km east of Berat, and great for a grade III rafting trip past waterfalls and sheer rock walls. Professional and safe trips are organized between February and June, river levels permitting, by Albania Rafting Group (tel. +355 67 200 66 21, www.albrafting.org) and Outdoor Albania (www.outdooralbania.com) and cost about €50 including transport from Berat.