Private Danube Delta 4h PHOTO TOUR Experience, from Tulcea

Your Best Light in the Delta

If you’re chasing perfect light, clean angles, and wildlife moments that feel almost staged (but aren’t, promise), this 4-hour photo tour is made for you. You head out right when the Delta looks its best: sunrise or sunset, warm tones, soft shadows, calm water, and birds doing exactly what photographers dream about.

Made for Any Photographer

From Beginner to Pro

You don’t need decades of experience, just curiosity and a camera.
Whether you’re shooting:

  • your first wildlife photo
  • your next portfolio piece
  • or your “I hope this wins an award” shot

…this tour gives you the right opportunities and the right light.

And yes, your guide is a photography-oriented naturalist who understands angles, backgrounds, light direction, composition, and how not to scare away the subject. Always helpful.

What You’ll Photograph

Wildlife in Beautiful Light

During these hours, the Delta wakes up or slows down and that’s when everything becomes photogenic. You’ll have chances to photograph:

  • Pelicans in golden light

  • White-tailed Eagles on the move

  • Herons and Egrets feeding in soft reflections

  • Great and Pygmy Cormorants in dramatic poses

  • Grebes diving through mirror-like channels

  • Many other BIRDS species

  • and sometimes otters or even golden jackals, if the Delta feels generous

No guarantees, nature calls the shots, but these 4 hours are your best window.

Your Photo-Friendly Boat

Open Boat, Full Visibility

You explore in an open boat, no roof, no windows, no shadows messing up your shutter speed.

Perfect for:

  • shooting birds in flight
  • low-angle shots at water level
  • clean backgrounds
  • clear sound so you actually hear what’s happening around you

Basically, you get the freedom you need to shoot properly, not through plastic or glass.

Why Sunrise or Sunset?

Because Photographers Love Good Light

These are the hours when:

  • colors get warm and magical
  • shadows go soft and cinematic
  • birds are active and close
  • the landscape becomes a painting

Midday light? Let’s just say it’s great if you enjoy overexposure and squinting. We prefer the good stuff.

Available Only in July & August

These two months offer the best balance of light, weather, and activity for a short-but-productive photography trip. If you want real moments, not staged setups, this is your perfect window.

Pricing Your Private Escape

  • 1-5 persons: 400 EUR/boat
  • 6-10 persons: 450 EUR/boat

Meeting and boarding

We start our trips from Port Tulcea Aval, at the time agreed.

Bookings

Click on “Booking request” button and fill up the form. One of our agents will send you the payment details.

Booking request
  • Bookings are based on a 50% deposit.

The price includes

  • ENGLISH language GUIDE
  • The boat for the trip (fuel included)
  • Fees for visiting the Danube Delta

The price DOES NOT include

  • Meals
  • Beverages
  • Insurance of any kind (travel, goods, etc.)

Cancellation Policy:

  • 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.

Children policy

Children, regardless of their age, are counted as one person when the total number of persons in the boat is calculated (maximum 6 or maximum 11 persons in a group, depending on the boat).

Our Commitment to Conservation in the Danube Delta

 Nature comes first in everything we do. Our tours are designed to minimize impact and protect the delicate ecosystem of the Danube Delta, ensuring that its rich biodiversity thrives for generations to come.

🚤 Eco-Friendly Boating: We use lower-power engines than typically required for our boats. This reduces water disturbance, minimizes fuel consumption and lowers emissions, keeping the Delta’s waters cleaner and healthier.

🐟 Slow-Speed Exploration: Our approach is gentle and respectful. By moving at a slow, steady pace, we:

  • Protect aquatic vegetation, essential for fish breeding and water filtration.
  • Prevent erosion and disturbance to bird nests along the shoreline.
  • Reduce stress on migratory and resident bird species, allowing for natural behavior and better wildlife observation.

🌍 Sustainable Nature Experiences: We believe in responsible tourism that prioritizes conservation over speed. Every tour is an opportunity to admire, respect and learn about this unique biosphere without leaving a harmful footprint.

By choosing our tours, you actively support a more sustainable way of exploring the Danube Delta. Let’s protect nature together, one slow, mindful journey at a time.

Details

The boat

This trip is done with an OPEN BOAT

The boat looks like in the photos on the website. The speed for our trips is low/medium, our boats are NOT speed boats. These are boats manufactured according to our concept.

All our boats have benches and backrests for a maxim comfort. Every person on the boat will receive a life jacket, mandatory to wear it during the boat trip. We want to show you the beauties of the Danube Delta, to see birds in flight and flocks of pelicans soaring.

*For groups larger than 10 persons we can use 2 or more boats

Personal equipment

  • Long pants and blouses with long sleeves to protect you from the sun
  • Sun hat (not cap)
  • Sunglasses
  • Jacket
  • Raincoat

Please take these recommendations very seriously, the weather in the Danube Delta can be very capricious and you may suffer if you are not well protected.

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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