- Duration: 7 Days
- Location: Departure from Bucharest
- Available Seat: Please contact us!
- Price: 622 €/person
All lovers of nature and lacustrine regions in particular, as well as all lovers of adventure in general, have heard of the Danube Delta. Nowhere else in Europe is it possible to find an area so abundant in different forms of live. The Delta is a unique ark of living creatures, from the wild horses to little turtles and small fishes hiding through the reeds. It is surnamed “The Pelicans’ Paradise” because it offers real shows of the biggest birds in the delta. They fish in groups and at the edge of a not too deep lake they settle in a circle, creating something like a living fence.
The traditional fishing villages of the Danube Delta seem relics of an ancestral world. The people of these waterways are fishermen and make their living entirely from what they catch. Traditional fish dishes hold pride of place in the Danube Delta. If you find yourself in these parts, you will be able to enjoy spit-roasted fish, fish borscht, pickled fish with garlic, fishcakes. And it perfectly goes with wine from the Niculitel vineyard.
Day 1
Bucharest
Arrival at the international airport of Bucharest. Depending on the arrival time, free time for city tour in order to admire the architecture of the surnamed “Little Paris” of the 30’s. Visit the major tourist spots: University Square, Stavropoleos Church, the Palace of Parliament, Cismigiu Garden, Lipscani Street (the former merchants’ street), Herastrau Park.
Welcome dinner and overnight in a 3* hotel.
Day 2
Bucharest – Tulcea – Crisan
Breakfast. Departure to the Delta Danube. In Tulcea visit the Danube Delta Museum, with a great collection of plants, fossils, fauna and living fish. Lunch in restaurant.
Take the boat to Crisan, following Sulina channel. On the way you’ll see the human life and activities, especially fishing.
Dinner and overnight in a pension in Crisan.
Day 3
Letea Forest
Breakfast. Departure on boat to Letea sand bank, the largest (170 km²) and the highest (12 m) river-maritime sand bank in the delta. The relief is predominant with dunes of 3-10 m, with several depressions with abundant vegetation, especially trees. The most representative is the Letea Forest (known as well as Hasmacu Mare Forest) of almost 3000 ha, with a surface of 500 ha that has been transformed since 1938 in national reservation. Package lunch.
Another highlight in the area is the great among of wild horses (over 2000). Initially the natives’ animals, the horses were then released in the nature for self-sustenance and then they became wilds and they couldn’t be catch anymore. The horses are now a threat for some species of plants in the reservation and the officials are searching for a solution to protect both, the flora and the horses.
Dinner and overnight in the same pension in the middle of the delta.
Day 4
Danube Delta in place
Breakfast. Spend the day by exploring the secrets of the delta, well surnamed the paradise of birds. Depending on the season you’ll see Pelicans, Cormorants, Swans, Ducks, Herons, Eagles, Egrets, Ibis, etc. The very discreet intervention of human civilization allows to the flora to survive and propagate in the best conditions. There are over 1000 species of plants, like water lilies, lianas (the only place in Europe where the lianas are growing), gray oak trees, ash tree, linden tree, trembling poplar, etc. Package lunch.
Dinner and overnight in the same pension in the middle of the delta.
Day 5
Crisan – Tulcea – Berca – Brasov
Breakfast. Departure to Brasov region. In Berca visit the Muddy Volcanoes, a geological and botanical reservation of 35, 7 ha, with volcanoes (with craters of 3-4 m high and 6-9 m diameter) where the mud (melted rocks under gas pressure) is pushed out from 3000 m. The landscape looks like a astron lunar surface, with craters, cracks, gullies and no vegetation closed to the cones. Lunch in restaurant.
Continue to Brasov following Buzau River’s side. Dinner and overnight in 3* hotel.
Day 6
Brasov – Bran – Rucar – Bucharest
Breakfast. Visit Brasov historical centre: The Black Church (dating from 1477, acquires the name after being blackened by smoke from the 1689 great fire), The Council Square, The Rope Street, Catherine’s Gate. Lunch in a restaurant.
Departure to Bran in order to visit the castle dating since the 13th century. Commonly known as “Dracula’s Castle” (and also linked to Poenari Castle and Hunyad Castle by Dracula’s legend), it is now a museum open to tourists, displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. In Rasnov stop and visit the Rasnov citadel, built at the beginning of the 13th century by the Teutonic Knight and just once conquered in its history, in 1600, by Gabriel Bathory.
Continue through Bran – Rucar Pass, one of the most spectacular natural views in Romania, looking over Bucegi Mountains.
Arrival in Bucharest. Farewell dinner and overnight in a 3* hotel.
Day 7
Bucharest
Breakfast. Last visits and shopping. Departure.
HIGHLIGHTS
* Bucharest city
* Delta’s Museum in Tulcea
* Letea Reserve
* Danube Delta
* Muddy Volcanoes in Berca
* Brasov city
* Bran Castle
* Bran-Rocar Pass
PRICE:
Organized groups: 622 €/person
Special! Private tour: 1004 €/person
*110 €/person SGL Supplement
Included:
- Accommodation: 3 nights in 3* hotels and 3 nights in 3* pension
- Full board (check-in with dinner and check-out with breakfast)
- All transport and round transfers
- Fuel, road and parking taxes
- Entry tickets for the visits in the program
- English speaking attested guide
- Boat and ship cruise in Danube Delta
- Specialized local guide for the boat cruise in the delta
- Telephonic emergency call and support 24/7
Not included:
- Air tickets
- Taxes for cameras and filming
- Driver for the private tour
- Drinks off the boarding
- Tips
NOTE:
- The program in the present form is available if Day 1 is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, according to the opening hours of some visits or activities in the tour. If Day 1 differs, they will be replaced or cancel.
- Rates do not apply during the main holidays (Easter, Christmas and New Year) and during great events (festivals, concerts, fairs).
