Birding Tour Bulgaria & Danube Delta 6d/5n SHARED 2025
Experience the thrill of vulture-watching in Bulgaria’s rugged landscapes, where you’ll encounter Griffon and Cinereous vultures soaring above cliffs and mountains. This short yet exciting trip is perfect for bird enthusiasts looking to observe these majestic raptors in their natural habitats. Following the vulture spectacle, head to Romania’s Danube Delta, a biodiversity hotspot and UNESCO site. Here, you’ll explore vast wetlands home to pelicans, herons, and countless other water and migratory birds. This tour offers an extraordinary blend of dramatic raptor sightings and the serene beauty of one of Europe’s richest birding environments.
What is included: All the necessary accommodations (5 nights) ; half board; a professional birdwatching guide; a total of 4 days of BIRDING Tours, starting at sunrise.
The price of this tour is:
1.150 euro/pers
The price is per person (accommodation in double room), per tour and it is in euro (EUR).
300 euro/pers/program single supplement
*We offer double rooms only for clients booking together. If you book for 1 persons, you’ll have a single room.
Data for this program in 2025:
Period | Places | Price |
|---|---|---|
8 Apr - 13 Apr | 1150 | |
16 Sep - 21 Sep | 1150 | |
30 Sep - 5 Oct | 1150 |
Click on available number of place in the table (with green dot) and fill up the form. Our agents will process the request and answer to you (usually in less then 24h). Please check also the SPAM folder for our email.
*DISCLAIMER – this tour implies border crossing to Bulgaria. It’s your own responsibility to check the request of personal documents, visas or other aspects, depends by your nationality.
Included in this price:
- Accommodation at 3* level, en-suite bathroom, for 5 nights
- Half board (dinner on the first day, breakfast and dinner for days 2-5, breakfast on day 6)
- 1 day BIRDING in Bulgaria + 2 days BIRDING Boat Trips
- ENGLISH guidance – specialized birding guide
- All the transfers for this tour, from Tulcea to Tulcea
- Fees for visiting the Danube Delta
Optionally:
- Lunch meal – the price is 15-25 euro/pers (payment directly in cash, RON or EUR, on the spot)
- Bucharest (including Airport) transfers – 300 euro/car/one way for 1-6 persons
The price does not include:
- Beverages, other than water
- Lunch meal
- Insurance of any kind (travel, goods, etc.)
Children policy:
- Minimum age to participate is 12
- Children over 12 years are charged as adults
- Responsibility of children’s supervision during trips belong to parents
- All children will wear life jackets during boat trips
Itinerary
Day 1 – Pick-up| Transfer to Bulgaria | Evening tour
We’ll pick you up from your accommodation in Tulcea, in the morning and transfer you to Bulgaria. Check-in to the accommodation and evening tour. Dinner is to the accommodation.
Day 2 – Departure to the day tour | Dinner
Usually departure is before breakfast (only if the group members decide to take breakfast to the accommodation we depart after), with breakfast to go.
The guide will stop from place to place to scan and show you the target species of birds. At lunch, you’ll have a stop somewhere on the way, at a local restaurant or in nature, if you have lunch to go.
The route will be designed to see Vultures and other birds species from your list. The tour is ending sometime in the afternoon, to the accommodation.
Dinner to the accommodation.
Day 3 – Breakfast | Transfer to Tulcea (Romania) | 15:30 Meeting at the embarking point | 16:00 Departure from Tulcea (by boat) | Accommodation at the guesthouse | Dinner
After breakfast, the guide will transfer you to Romania, to continue the trip to the Danube Delta. At 16:00, you’ll have the boat transfer to Mila23 Village.
Transfer and accommodation at the guesthouse in Mila23
The transfer is done with medium speed, through one of the most beautiful parts on Danube Delta, searching for birds all the way, until arrive in Mila 23 Village. Usually, the transfer takes 2-2,5 hours. During the trip, we will have enough time to talk about the program for next day, details about boat rules, Danube Delta particularities.
In the evening, the host will await you with a delicious dinner.
Days 4 and 5 – Half an hour before sunrise start the sunrise trip | Breakfast | Departure to the day trip | at sunset Dinner
This days, every day, half an hour before sunrise start an early morning trip searching for different kind of birds. The guide will choose the best destination every day, based on our fresh information about birds.
Come back for breakfast then start again on a day trip, on three different type of habitats, to maximize the chances to see the largest number of species of birds.
Breakfast and dinner at the accommodation, lunches (optional) on the way, during the trip. The guide will give you all the details every day.
Day 6 – 8:30 Breakfast | 9:30 Transfer to Tulcea | Around 12:00 Arrive to Tulcea
Also this transfer is done with medium speed, mostly on the same way as on Day1, searching for the last birds to show you.
Our tour ends in Tulcea.
Details
Group Confirmation
This program is running with minimum 2 persons subscribed.
Shared Program
Being a SHARED program, this means the whole group goes with the same car/boat, at the same hours (hours detailed in the program). Please be on board at scheduled time for both.
Birdwatching tours
The most important thing for us, when we decide the route, is to know your target birds list. Please see the birds check list of Dobruja and the Danube Delta and tell us the species you want to see most of all. Please download the list from here:
Booking
Bookings are based on 30% deposit. You’ll receive a payment link.
More then 90 days before the program you can postpone the trip (you will receive a voucher available 2 years). Less then 90 days before the trip, the deposit is non refundable.
The remaining balance can be paid on arrival at our boarding point in cash or by payment link (LEI/RON or EURO).
Contact
Email: contact@discoverdanubedelta.com
Phone: (Voice, SMS, WatsApp): +40 757 894 456 | +40 749 120 009
* For bookings or requests, we always prefer to communicate by email. Thank you!
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