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 remote Sfantu Gheorghe (Saint George), the fascinating lakes or the picturesque Caraorman.
We, Discover Danube Delta travel agency, organize this tour, having our own fleet of boats, an enthusiastic team of local guides in collaboration with 4 guesthouses which are exclusively in our network.
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.
Schedule of the day:
Meeting 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. After you pass the barriers from the entrance to the port, 200 meters straight ahead, there is the pontoon where is written “DEBARCADER PASAGERI” (“PASSENGERS’ WHARF). You can find us on the pontoon in the Souvenir Shop.
To complete the payments (if any) and the communication regarding the boat you will be traveling with, 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 from 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.
Car parking
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 until Mila23 village. The transfer lasts 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 awaited by the house staff, 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.
It lasts approximately 2h, depending on the sunset time, each season.
The boarding for the trips is made from the pontoon of the guesthouse where you are staying (the same one you disembarked before). Please come at the pontoon 10 minutes before the departure hour, to have enough time for boarding.
Schedule of the day (purely informative, you can discuss with the guide the departure hours or the destination of this 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 Mila23 village, on 2 trips of about 4 hours each, one in the morning and one in the evening. Depending on the Danube water level as well as the fresh information we have about where large groups of birds feed on the lakes near by Mila23 village, we will choose the best route every day.
Schedule of the day (purely informative, you can discuss with the guide the departure hours or the destination of this 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 + by 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 Levee and reach the Letea Forest. With a route through the northern area of the Danube Delta, very close to the pelicans colony Rosca-Buhaiova, the largest colony of White Pelicans in the world, in the 2-2.5 hours until we reach to Letea village 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, 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 household, 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 Mila23. We arrive at the guesthouse around 19:00.
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 first plate (a traditional fish soup), second plate (fish with potatoes in the oven) and the famous donuts of 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.
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 made, 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 booking after 1 o’clock P.M.
Other trips:
Besides the trips described above, we still have 3 standard destinations from which you can choose:
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 canals 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” (Ukrainian) household. 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 Mila23 village, 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 are awaited with a dinner based on fish, cooked traditionaly.
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 Sulina city. 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 give 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 to Mila23.
In the evening we are awaited with a dinner based on fish, cooked traditionaly.
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 Sfantu Gheorghe village 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.
No of pers | 2 nights accommod / 1 day trips | |||
Fisherman’s House | Vanessa | Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandru Alexandra | |
2-3 pers | 630 | 620 | 600 | 600 |
4-5 pers | 470 | 460 | 450 | 450 |
6-7 pers | 380 | 370 | 360 | 360 |
8-9 pers | 360 | 350 | 340 | 340 |
+10 pers | 350 | 340 | 330 | 330 |
Single suppl | 60 | 50 | 40 | 40 |
No of pers | 3 nights accommod / 2 day trips | |||
Fisherman’s House | Vanessa | Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandru Alexandra | |
2-3 pers | 890 | 880 | 860 | 860 |
4-5 pers | 670 | 660 | 640 | 640 |
6-7 pers | 600 | 590 | 580 | 580 |
8-9 pers | 550 | 520 | 500 | 500 |
+10 pers | 500 | 480 | 440 | 440 |
Single suppl | 90 | 70 | 65 | 65 |
No of pers | 4 nights accommod / 3 day trips | |||
Fisherman’s House | Vanessa | Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandru Alexandra | |
2-3 pers | 1200 | 1150 | 1130 | 1130 |
4-5 pers | 900 | 860 | 830 | 830 |
6-7 pers | 830 | 800 | 780 | 780 |
8-9 pers | 770 | 670 | 640 | 640 |
+10 pers | 710 | 620 | 570 | 570 |
Single suppl | 120 | 90 | 85 | 85 |
No of pers | 5 nights accommodation / 4 day trips | |||
Fisherman’s House | Vanessa | Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandru Alexandra | |
2-3 pers | 1550 | 1450 | 1430 | 1430 |
4-5 pers | 1000 | 940 | 920 | 920 |
6-7 pers | 940 | 900 | 870 | 870 |
8-9 pers | 850 | 800 | 780 | 780 |
+10 pers | 790 | 720 | 690 | 690 |
Single suppl | 150 | 115 | 105 | 105 |
No of pers | 6 nights accommod / 5 day trips | |||
Fisherman’s House | Vanessa | Dalmatian Pelican | Alexandru Alexandra | |
2-3 pers | 1900 | 1800 | 1750 | 1750 |
4-5 pers | 1160 | 1120 | 1070 | 1070 |
6-7 pers | 1100 | 1000 | 960 | 960 |
8-9 pers | 1050 | 960 | 920 | 920 |
+10 pers | 960 | 850 | 800 | 800 |
Single suppl | 180 | 135 | 125 | 125 |
Prices are in euro (EURO), per person, per tour and include VAT.
*Do not forget that the trips are long, the trip to Letea lasts the full day, we travel by boat, with a safari car and on foot. It can be too much for a small child, especially in the summer when it is very hot.
You can choose from the 3 guesthouses, which are exclusively in our network.:
Casa Vanessa 3* (click on the link for details and photos)
The Dalmatian Pelican 3* (click on the link for details and photos)
Alexandru & Alexandra 3* (click on the link for details and photos)
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 has upholstered bench 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.
All the time we will try to learn something about the places we travel through, about the birds and the flora of the Danube Delta. Each season has its beauty, each area of the Delta has something particular that we will help you understand in order for you to see what makes the Danube Delta so special.
Travel speed – Our travel speed is low, we are specialized in slow trips, intended for visiting the Danube Delta.
Spring in the Danube Delta | Summer in the Danube Delta | Autumn in the Danube Delta
Bookings are based on a 30% deposit from the full payment of the program.
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Email: contact@discoverdanubedelta.com
+40 749 120 009 | +40 759 120 009
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