BEARS and BIRDS Photo Tour in Romania - Transylvania 4d/3n PRIVATE
- Private
- 4d/3n
- May-June; September-October
- 6 pers
- +12
- Bucharest / Tulcea
- English (live guide)
- Easy
Romania it’s an amazing place for BROWN BEARS and BIRDS photography. You’ll shoot brown bear from the best hide for photographers, with the bear at the eyes level and common forest birds from hide, in the morning light.
It’s a private program. You’ll have the guide, car and bears hide only for your party.
Availability
We are doing this tour in May-June and September-October not in summer. Winter (November-April) it’s subject of weather, bear can sleep or not. You can have amazing pictures with bear on snow or … nothing.
Target species:
Brown Bears Hides:
Of course, the stars, Brown Bears but also Red Deer, Roe Deer, Red Fox or Wild Boar can be seen in front of the hide, together with some forest common species as Jay, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Chaffinch.
We recommend you to use 2 tripods and 2 cameras. A long lens for birds and distant bear and a short lens (70-200) because sometimes you can have more bears in front of you, bears close to the hide or some action of 2 bears.
Birds hide:
It’s a hide with drinking pool and feeders, attracting Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Great Tit, Willow Tit, Common Redstart and even Red Squirrel.
With 500-600mm lenses, you’ll have full frame birds, with 300mm, you’ll have birds mirroring into the water.
Itinerary
Day 1 – Pick you up from Bucharest or Brasov, for other pick-up point, ask us. Transfer to Transylvania area and accommodation in a very nice local guesthouse. Dinner and short chat about next days program.
Day 2 and 3 – In the morning you have time for BIRDS hide, very close to the accommodation, until breakfast (around 10:00 AM). At 12:00, you’ll be transferred to the BEARS hide, with an all-terrain car. Lunch is to go, in the hide. Until sunset time, you’ll have a lot of opportunities for good photos with bear and other wildlife.
Day 4 – After breakfast, transfer to Bucharest or Brasov. Please let us know if you have a flight booked for this day.
Extension to another program:
If you choose this program as an extension of any of our programs to the Danube Delta, the transfer to or from Tulcea, will be included.
The price of this tour is:
| No of pers | Price per person |
| 1 | 2950 |
| 2 | 1650 |
| 3 | 1350 |
| 4 | 1150 |
| 5 | 1000 |
| 6 | 900 |
The price is in EURO, per person and includes all taxes.
Included in the price
- Transfers from Bucharest or Brasov to Transylvania area and back
- Guide, ENGLISH language
- Accommodation in locations of 3 star, in en-suite double rooms for 3 nights
- For groups of 1, 3 or 5 people, a single is included.
- Full board
- The use of Bears and Birds hides for 2 days.
Excluded from the price
- Soda and Alcohol Drinks
- Snacks and Drinks outside of normal meals
- Any kind of insurance
- Services of personal nature
Bookings
Request a booking implies acceptance of the terms and conditions.
Bookings are based on a 30% deposit of the price of the program. The payment options are: online card payment, bank transfer or Revolut.
The rest of the payment have to be done 30 days before the tour start. If the tour is booked less then 30 days before departure, the full price will be paid.
Booking request form
Please fill the form below for a booking request. Our agents will process the request and answer (usually in less then 24h). Please check also the SPAM folder for our email.
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.
Personal Equipment
- Clothes suitable for this activity, for every season apart
- Color of the clothes is also very important. Please bring your clothes in colors more natural, as close to the colors of nature surrounding. Camouflage pattern on brown are best.
- Also, to the hides, noisy clothes (kind of waterproof jackets) are to avoid, use fleece instead.
As photo equipment should bring
- Camera
- Long lenses (+400mm) for birds; wide lenses for landscapes and medium range (ex 70-200) for Bears hide.
- Tripod(s)
Contact
Email: contact@birdinginromania.com
Phone: +40757894456 / +40749120009
*Extreme winter conditions:
In case of extreme weather conditions (snow, roads closed) occurred before the start of the tour, the deposit will be returned in full.
If these extreme conditions occur during the tour, the price will be lowered only for the remaining part of the program not made.
If customers come from another country / region and appear extreme weather conditions, our agency has no obligation to compensate customers in any way for expenses related to flights or other transportation. Also, if extreme weather conditions occurring during the program and the clients can’t go back home, our agency has no obligation to pay accommodation and other additional expenses.
You are welcome to Romania!