PRIVATE Danube Delta Tour in Mila23 Village, with Daily Trips included

Personalize your holiday in the Danube Delta by choosing a private program in which you have the freedom to decide your daily destination. Along with a guide dedicated only to you, you can discover the authentic Letea, the interesting Sulina, the distant Sfantu Gheorghe (Saint George), the fascinating lakes or the picturesque Caraorman.

We, the travel agency Discover Danube Delta, are the organizers of this holiday, having our own fleet of boats, an enthusiastic team of guides and an exclusive collaboration with the 4 guesthouses presented below.

The price includes: accommodation in one of the best 3* locations, in Mila 23, full board (all meals included), water transfers, boat trips and the best guides in the Danube Delta. The program is carried out in the 4 guesthouses which are exclusively in our network: Fisherman’s House, Vanessa, Dalmatian Pelican and Alexandru & Alexandra.

The first and last day are dedicated to transfers, the rest of the days being dedicated to trips in the Danube Delta. The boat you will go with is an open boat, equipped with bench seats with backrest and pillows for your highest comfort, with very good stability and safety.

A program proposal looks like this (example of a 4 days / 3 nights program):

Day 1

Schedule of the day:

Presentation at the embarking point | Departure from Tulcea (by boat) |Accommodation at the guesthouse | Dinner | Sunset trip

Meeting and boarding

The departure for this holiday is from Port Tulcea Aval. As you pass the barriers from the entrance to the port, 200 meters away, there is the pontoon that says “DEBARCADER PASAGERI” (“PASSENGER WHARF”). You can find us on the pontoon in the Souvenir Shop.

In order to complete the payments (if applicable) and to communicate regarding the boat with which you will go to Mila 23, we will be waiting for you at our embarking point, at the agreed time.

The accommodation (check-in) at the guesthouse can be made only after 14:00 and the last hour to leave Tulcea differs depending on the season (at least 2 hours before sunset).

The embarking will be performed according to the instructions of our staff. You will be called out and you will be indicated the boat you are going with. Please do NOT board the first boat you find at the dock, because several companies embark from this place and you risk getting to another location.

Parking the cars

• Personal cars can be parked in Tulcea, right in the yard of Port Aval, in the private, guarded parking.
• The parking cost is Euro 5/day/car (the parking price is NOT included in the price of the holiday and it is informative, being subject to modification by the port administration, with no prior notice).
• No reservation can be made for the parking places and the number of places is limited.

Transfer and accommodation at the guesthouse

We will go to Mila 23 on one of the most beautiful routes in the Danube Delta, we will cross Canal 36, Canal Sireasa, Canal Sontea, Canal Olguta, Old Danube – Village Mila 23. The duration of the transfer is about 2 hours.

Our guide will lead you to the pontoon of the guesthouse you will be staying in (the guesthouse chosen by you for this program). In the guesthouse you will be expected by the staff of the house, who will hand you the key of the allocated room (according to the voucher).

In the evening, the host will await you with a delicious dinner.

Sunset trip

It lasts approximately 2h, depending on the sunset time, each season.

The embarkation for the trips is made from the pontoon of the boarding house where you are staying (the same one you disembarked before). Please be present at the pontoon 10 minutes before the departure hour, to have enough time for embarking.

Day 2

Schedule of the day (purely informative, you can discuss with the guide the departure hours or the destination of that day):

Schedule of the day:

8:30 – Breakfast | 9:30-13:30 – Morning trip on the lakes | 14:00 – Lunch | 16:00-20:00 – Evening trip on the lakes | 20:30 – Dinner

Trips on the lakes

We leave on the trip on the lakes around the village Mila 23, on 2 trips of about 4 hours each, one in the morning and one in the evening. Depending on the quotas of the Danube waters as well as the fresh information we have about the places where large groups of birds feed, we will choose the best route every day.

Day 3

Schedule of the day (purely informative, you can discuss with the guide the departure hours or the destination of that day):

Sunrise trip – starts 30 minutes before sunrise | 8:30 – Breakfast | 9:30 – Departure on a trip to Letea | 12:30 – Trip to Letea Forest (by safari car + on foot) | 14:30 – Lunch | 20:30 – Dinner

Sunrise trip

The evening before the trip, the guide will inform you of the departure time for this trip. Depending on the month of your holiday, the sunrise time differs. The trip lasts about 2 hours. Considering that in the morning the weather is colder than during the day, please take a jacket with you.

Trip to Letea Forest

We go on a trip to Letea Forest and Letea Village. The trip to Letea is a day full of contrasts, starting on the water, we pass through the desert area of the Letea Hill and reach the Letea Forest. With a route through the northern area of the Danube Delta, very close to the colony of pelicans Rosca Buhaiova, the largest colony of common pelicans in the world, in the 2-2.5 hours until Letea we will explore a wild, spectacular area. From Letea Village we take a safari car and go to Letea Forest. There are about 7 km from the village to the forest, road that we travel by car then on foot about 20-30 minutes, on the route approved by ARBDD. We see the points of great interest, we walk through the fine sand then we return to the village and we can have lunch at a local, authentic house, where the hosts cook simple and traditional food. We also want you to see an alternative to Lipovan food, the “hahola” food (Ukrainian), which, although similar, has its particularities. After lunch we return to the boat and start to go back, over the lakes, towards Mila 23. We arrive at the guesthouse at around 19:00.

Lunch at the local farm in Letea

You should know that this is not a restaurant and no other dishes can be ordered. Lunch is always based on fish caught in the morning of that day and it is composed of fish soup, baked fish and the famous donuts from Letea, as a dessert. The hosts have a very simple service system and can only offer complete menus.

It is a long, demanding trip, so please have the minimum required equipment with you.

Day 4

Schedule of the day:

8:30 – Breakfast | 9:30 – Embarkation for the transfer to Tulcea | 11:30 – Disembarkation in Tulcea, the end of the program.

Transfer to Tulcea

It is done, for the most part, on the same route as on arrival, with a higher speed than on trips. It is the last part of our program and we reserve, especially for this moment, some beautiful places that we want to show you on the way. We disembark at the same pontoon from which we left and we say goodbye.

If you are leaving Tulcea with public transport, we recommend you consider a reservation after 1 o’clock PM.

Other trips:

Besides the trips described above, we still have 3 standard destinations from which you can choose:

Trip to Caraorman

Schedule of the day:

8:30 – Breakfast | 9:30 – Departure on the trip to Caraorman | 20:30– Dinner

We leave for the trip to Caraorman. We descend on the Old Danube to Crisan and from here we will visit the lakes Obretinul Mic, Obretinciuc, Isac, Lacul cu Lebede and the channels Litcov and Perivolovca. The road to Caraorman village continues on the canal with the same name. From the pontoons in Caraorman we are taken by the car with which we will go to Caraorman Forest. After about an hour’s visit of the forest and sand dunes, we return to the village for lunch at a “haholi” farm (Ukrainian). After lunch, the beautiful sandy streets bordered by traditional houses, will guide us on the way to the boat (leisurely stroll, approx. 20 minutes). We return to the village Mila 23, on a different route that includes lakes and delta’s canals.

Visit of the Caraorman Forest: We go by a field car or tractor with trailer through the forest, on the authorized route.

In the evening we have again prepared a traditional fisherman’s dinner.

Trip to Sulina

Schedule of the day:

8:30 – Breakfast | 9:30 – Departure to the trip to Sulina | 20:30 – Dinner

We go on a trip to Sulina. We descend on the Old Danube to Crisan and from there on the Sulina branch to the town of Sulina. We take a stroll on the streets that still preserve the grandeur of an international port where we will enjoy the 3 old churches, the Jean Bart lighthouse-museum and the Cathedral of St. Nicholas and Alexander. At noon we have lunch in a local restaurant and then we leave you free time to go to the beach. Optionally, you can visit the famous Sulina Cemetery. At 18:00 we meet at the boat and leave for Mila 23.

In the evening we prepare again for you a traditional fisherman’s dinner.

Trip to Sfantu Gheorghe and  Sacalin Lagoon

Daily schedule:

8:30 – Breakfast | 9:30 – Departure on the trip to Sfantu Gheorghe | 20:30 – Dinner

We go on the trip to Sfantu Gheorghe, through Crisan, passing near Caraorman. We cross Lake Puiu, Lake Erenciuc, we pass very slowly through the small reservation Arinisul Erenciuc and we see the few Alder Trees that have remained in this area. Next to Sf Gheorghe village we enter the Sacalin lagoon, a unique area in the Danube Delta, a place of feeding and refuge for thousands of birds.

After visiting the Sacalin lagoon, we go to the village of Sfantu Gheorghe where we have a lunch break in a local restaurant.

After lunch we stroll a bit through the village to see the surroundings and then you have time to go to the beach. At 17:00 we meet at the boat. We start towards Mila23, on Garla Imputita passing near Sulina, continuing on the Danube until Crisan and then on Dunarea Veche. We arrive at the guesthouse sometime in the evening and our dinner is prepared in the Lipovan style.

It is a long, demanding trip, so please have the minimum required equipment with you.

The price of this tour is: