Birds & Bears from Hide & Danube Delta 7d/6n SHARED 2025
This unique tour offers an exciting blend of wildlife experiences! Start in the heart of Transylvania, where you’ll enjoy the thrilling opportunity to observe bears from a professional hide in their natural forest habitat. Then, head to the serene waterways of the Danube Delta, Europe’s richest birdwatching destination. Here, explore wetlands teeming with pelicans, herons, and a variety of migratory and resident bird species. Perfect for keen birders or nature enthusiasts, this tour combines the majesty of Transylvania’s wildlife with the incredible biodiversity of the Danube Delta!
What is included: All the necessary accommodations (6 nights) ; half board; a professional birdwatching guide; a total of 3 days of BIRDING Tours + 1 day to the BEARS hide, starting at sunrise.
The price of this tour is:
1.500 euro/pers
The price is per person (accommodation in double room), per tour and it is in euro (EUR).
360 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 |
|---|---|---|
20 May - 26 May | 1500 | |
24 Jun - 30 Jun | 1500 | |
8 Jul - 14 Jul | 1500 |
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.
Included in this price:
- Accommodation at 3* level, en-suite bathroom, for 6 nights
- Half board (dinner on the first day, breakfast and dinner for days 2-6, breakfast on day 7)
- 1 day in BEARS hide + 3 days BIRDING Boat Trips
- ENGLISH guidance – specialized birding guide
- All the transfers for this tour, from Bucharest 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 Transylvania
We’ll pick you up from your Bucharest Airport or Hotel, in the morning and transfer you to Transylvania. Check-in to the accommodation. Dinner is to the accommodation.
Day 2 – Breakfast | Morning birding tour | Free time for lunch | Bears hide session | Dinner
Earliest breakfast to the accommodation then start a morning birding tour targeting forest birds, up into the mountains. You’ll go by car and will imply also a light trekking.
The guide will stop from place to place to scan and show you the target species of birds you have on your list.
At lunch you’ll have some free time then you’ll enter to the Bears Hide. Our local partner is one of the best in this activity, he knows the Bears very well and feed them fairly only with seeds and fruits. This hide is not to attract the Bears but to stop them on the way to the Village.
Dinner to the accommodation.
Day 3 – Breakfast | Transfer to Tulcea | 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 Tulcea, 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, 5, and 6 – 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 7 – 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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