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.