Danube Delta & Vultures Photo Tour 8d/7n SHARED 2025

Join our Danube Delta and Vultures Photo Tour, an extraordinary journey through two of Eastern Europe’s wildlife hotspots. In the Danube Delta, a haven for bird enthusiasts, you’ll photograph a wide range of species, including pelicans, egrets, and kingfishers, all set against the backdrop of serene waterways and lush landscapes. After exploring the Delta, travel to Bulgaria for an exclusive opportunity to capture the majestic vultures, such as Griffon and Egyptian vultures, from professional hides. With expert guidance from a professional photographer, this tour offers diverse photography experiences, blending the rich birdlife of the Delta with the awe-inspiring presence of Europe’s largest scavengers.

What is included: All the necessary accommodations (7 nights) ; half board; a professional photographer guide; a total of 5 days of WATER BIRDS and VULTURES Photo Tours, starting at sunrise.

The price of this tour is:

1.890 euro/pers

The price is per person (accommodation in double room), per tour and it is in euro (EUR).

310 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
21 Apr - 28 Apr
1890
11 Sep - 18 Sep
1890
9 Oct - 16 Oct
1890

Click on available number of place in the table 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 7 nights
  • Half board (dinner on the first day, breakfast and dinner for days 2-7, breakfast on day 8)
  • 3 days Boat Photo Tours + 2 days Vultures Hide Photo Tour.
  • ENGLISH guidance – specialized photographer 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)

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 18

Itinerary

Day 1 – Meeting in Tulcea, Port Aval | Transfer to Mila23 | Accommodation

Departure time from Tulcea, from Port Aval – Tulcea, is at 16:00. We wait for you half an hour before this time, in order to fix payments (if any) and other details. You will go to Mila23 and check in at the guesthouse. The transfer takes 2-2,5 hours. During the transfer, we have enough time to talk about our route, Danube Delta peculiarities, nature photography, rules and behavior in a natural reserve and the program for next two days.

In the evening, the host will wait for you with a traditional dinner based on fish (if you have any food restrictions, please let us know when you make the booking).

Days 2-3-4 – Morning Photo Session | Breakfast | Rest/Free time | Evening Photo Session

Your trip into the Danube Delta will begin early in the morning, before sunrise, to catch its magic light and birds that begin to feed. The morning tour takes about 5-6 hours and you will have the breakfast to go or on return to the accommodation. After the morning session, you will return to the guesthouse to have some rest. With 4 hours before sunset, you will start for the evening session. You will travel to different places in Danube Delta, the routes being decided on a day to day basis, depending on weather conditions, water level and our guides experience. After taking your last shots in the dusk, you will come back to the accommodation. Don’t forget to download your photos and recharge your batteries!

We will be looking for the stars of these places: Pelicans, both the White and the rare Dalmatians. Of course, we will be looking for any kind of bird, starting with the common Little and Great Egrets, Gray, Purple, Yellow, or Night Heron, the agile Kingfisher, the majestic White-tailed Eagle and noisy Coots. We will also look for surf birds or birds that look for food in muddy stretches: Godwits, Spoonbills, Ibises, Ruffs, Stilts and others.

Of course we will not neglect the mammals, we will always seek to find and show you the playful otters, the cautious wild boars, the elegant roe deer, the funny muskrats or the beautiful raccoon dog.

Lunch is optional (you can order it to the guesthouse). Dinner is at the guesthouse.

Day 5 – Breakfast | Transfer to Tulcea | Transfer to Bulgaria

After a relaxed breakfast (8:30 a.m.), this time without sunrise session, you will return to Tulcea, but now, in the morning, you will have the best light for this route. This is a good chance to have good pictures from the fantastic Danube Delta. Around 10:30 you will be back to Tulcea.

We’ll pick you up from Port Aval, at the returning from the Danube Delta Tour and transfer you to South Bulgaria.

It’s a 10h drive.

Dinner at the accommodation.

Days 6 and 7 – Hide sessions

Every morning, the guide will take you to the hide, before sunrise. Breakfast is to go.  The photo sessions takes until sunrise.

Dinner to the accommodation.

Day 8 – Breakfast | Transfer to Tulcea, Romania.

After breakfast, the guide will drive you back to Bucharest, Romania, where the program ends.

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.

Photo tours

If you have target species you want to photograph, please let us know, we’ll do our best to take you on good places for this species (if it’s possible).

 

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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