Mountain areas are turning into up-and-coming tourism destinations, as pockets of invaluable natural and cultural heritage. Considering that mass tourism induces major negative impacts on mountain communities and ecosystems, a different approach of tourism development is necessary to be established. The improvement of   livelihood of local host population, the environmental protection, the exposure and revitalization of local culture must be the principles of mountain tourism development. In the frame of alternative forms of tourism, the Municipality of Karaiskakis is examined as a region of nature-based tourism development through hiking routes. Specifically, the river landscape is selected to be the research area and spot interventions are proposed so that its distinctive natural and cultural elements to be designated.