Carpathian Mountains

 Climb the lofty peaks of the Carpathian Mountains rising to over 2500 metres. Explore dense pine and beech forests still inhabited by the Carpathian brown bear, wolves, deer, wild boar, and the rare lynx - more than a third of the European populations of large carnivores still roam the Romanian forests!  Watch eagles soar in the mountains, see Pelicans and Glossy Ibis in the Danube Delta, try your hand at traditional rural crafts, trace secret passages in rambling Transylvanian castles, or just enjoy a tranquil picnic amid a patchwork of wild flowers.

Experience the traditional way of life in the countryside

visit the breathtaking Painted Monasteries of Bucovina, the slender wooden churches of Maramures, and the fortified Saxon villages of Transylvania. Travel by country lane, forest track or mountain path, stopping frequently to talk to local people and photograph things of interest rarely seen by the foreign visitor. You will meet farmers who still plough by hand, shepherds guarding their flocks from predators, villagers who dress every day in traditional costume, and foresters who are more used to meeting bears than tourists.

Discover Eco-Romania

Stay overnight in family homes, mountain chalets and forest lodges, where you will enjoy traditional home cooking and country hospitality at its best, or camp under the stars to the sound of Ural owls hooting, and perhaps a wolf howling on a distant mountain top. You can walk, hike, cycle, ride horses, ski, climb, explore caves, photograph, watch wildlife, try your hand at traditional crafts, visit festivals, study wild flowers and plants, stroll in the countryside. Or you can just relax in the home of a village family and sample wholesome, country fare and homemade wine and plum brandy.