Fishing and Canoeing

Area: Danube Delta

Level rate: Medium

Dates of departure: June – October
Nr. of team members: 10 + guide(for groups of 8 and larger, the group will be assisted by two guides)
Trip duration (days): 6
Gear: waterproof and warm changing clothes, a cap, water can, sweets, mosquito repellent lotion, sun lotion, first-aid kit.

1^ST DAY – Arrival

• Transfer to Tulcea, if required

• Meeting the guide in Tulcea – The Gate to the Danube Delta

• Transfer by car to Câşliţa village

• Camping in locals backyard, right next  to Câşliţa Lake

• Traditional fish-based dinner with the locals (included)

2^ND DAY – First day in the delta

Canoeing Tour from Câşliţa Lake – 7 Tevi Channel – Tulcea Arm

White & Dalmatian Pelicans, Pygmy Cormorant,

Glossy Ibis, Penduline Tit and the majestic White-tailed Eagle are just some of the star species a birdwatcher can see on this day.

• Birdwatching, fishing and photo opportunities
• Picnic lunch (included)
• Pitching the tents right next to the Danube
• Fishing for cat fish, carp, or pike-perch.
• Picnic dinner (included)

3^RD DAY – Fishing on 36 Channel

Canoeing Tulcea Arm – 36 Channel

On our way to the fishing grounds we have the opportunity to admire Tulcea from the Danube.

• Very early in the morning, while admiring the sunrise we can try our luck with the fishing rods
• Breakfast (included)
• We head downstream towards Tulcea Town and 36 Channel
• Picnic lunch (included)
• Pitching the tents on the banks of 36 Channel, one of the favorite fishing area of the locals (cat fish, carp, crucian carp)
• Picnic dinner (included)

4^TH DAY – Fortuna Lake

36 Channel – Sireasa Channel – Păpădia Channel – Fortuna Lake – Cânjala Channel

• Breakfast (included)
• Birdwatching an photo opportunities on Sireasa Channel
• Picnic lunch (included)
• If time allows it, fishing and relaxing on Fortuna Lake, a well known place for its pikes, for its clear waters and large amounts of birds
• Camping in a willow forest next to the lake
• Dinner (included)

5^TH DAY – The hidden lakes

Cânjala Channel – Rotundu Lake –  Lighenutu – Vacarel Lake – Fortuna Lake

• Breakfast (included)
• After breakfast we head for Rotundu Lake, Lighenutu and Vacarel Lake
• Picnic lunch (included)
• We spend afternoon fishing and relaxing on Fortuna Lake
• Camping in a willow forest next to the lake
• Dinner (included)

6^TH DAY – From the wild delta to the urban landscape

Maliuc – Tulcea – Bucharest

• Early breakfast (included)
• After breakfast we head for Maliuc and Take the ferry to Tulcea
• 11:00 arrival in Tulcea and saying goodbye to the guide
• Lunch (not included)
• Transfer to Bucharest Baneasa Airport (4.5h)*

Note: Please be aware that the present schedule is subject to alterations according to the weather condition, daily timing, the physical shape of the attendees, as well as unforeseen delays.

Price

And includes:

- Transfer by ferryboat from Maliuc to Tulcea

- Transfer from Tulcea to Câşliţa Village

- 1 night camping in Câşliţa

- all meals that are mentioned as included

- Guiding service (English speaking, birdwatching) for the whole program

- Rental of specific equipment such as: kayaks, live vest

- Entrance fee for The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

- The fee for the fishing permit

Not included:

-  All meals that are mentioned as not included

-  Bate and fishing tools (available on request)

-  Transfer to Tulcea from Bucharest or other city in Romania (available on request)

Please mind the following during the trip:

1. Upon leaving the camping site, please do collect all generated waste;
2. After fishing, only the necessary fish for the meal will be kept. The rest will be released back to water;
3. Neither animals (birds, reptiles, mammals) nor plants will be harmed and/or collected along the trip;
4. No music players or any other devices which could phonically harm the environment will be tolerated

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Wishing you a pleasant vacation on Romanian Land!

1^ST DAY, SATURDAY

Welcoming the guests at the international Airport Bucharest Otopeni. Check -out, introduction and leaving the airport, heading directly to the Danube Delta.Transfer by minibus towards Macin Mountains National Park : Bucharest Airport OTOPENI – Braila – Smardan– Luncavita – Valea Fagilor Natural Rezerve.

Pitching the tents. Stay over night (height: 100 m)

• A stop for buying the food

2^ND DAY, SUNDAY

Hiking Macin Mountains

• Hiking through the European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) forest towards the Tutuiatu Peak (467 m) highest altitude of Dobrogea and Ioanesu Peak .Camping area at 5 min from Ioanesu Peak.• Medium hike.• Hiking time – 6 (six) hours• Height difference: 367 m

3^TH DAY, TUESDAY

Hiking on Macin Mountains

Hiking toward Greci village and Pricopan Ridge . Pitching the tents in the Piatra Raioasa Peak area (height: 200 m). Stay over night.

• Medium hike

• Hiking time – 6 (six) hours

• Visiting Greci Village (a large community of ex stone workers community), the Sulucu Mare Peak (370 m) and Pricopan Summit, the Dinosaurus and the sleeping girl (granite rock formations).

Walking, canoeing and birdwatching in Danube Delta

Macin – Tulcea – Danube Delta

Unpitching the tents and leaving the campsite for the Town of Macin.Transfer to Tulcea by minibus and to Crisan(a tipcal delta village) by boat. A canoe training ,a little practicing and canoeing for Caraorman chanel sleeping spot(south from Crisan).

• Easy hike towards Macin, then heading to the Danube Delta.

Danube Delta holds a third place in the world as bio-diversity, after The Big Reef Barrier and Galapagos Islands. Meantime here there are the biggest reef areas worldwide.

• Transfer with a catamaran boat 47km

• Easy canoeing

• Camping on a sandy beach on the side of Caraorman Chanel in the hart of the delta

• Birdwatching

Canoeing and birdwatching in Danube Delta

Caraorman Chanel – Suez Chanel – Perivolovca Chanel – Litcov Chanel – Cuibul cu Lebede Lake (Nest of Swans Lake).

• Easy canoeing
• Canoeing close to the Caraorman sand dunes
• Birdwatching on the Lakes in Danube Delta

Birdwatching in Danube Delta

Litcov Chanel – Lung Chanel – short visit to Obretin Lake – Sulina arm – Dunarea Veche

• Easy canoeing in places that can only be reached with the canoe

• Short visit to Obretin Lake

• Visit to Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Administration Information point in Crisan (if it’s open)

• Birdwatching

• Camping close to the old Danube path (Dunarea Veche)

• Or if you decide in the last night we could accommodate in a pension house in Crisan Village

Exploring Dobrodgea County, transfer by car to Bucharest

A) Dunarea Veche – Crisan –Tulcea – Bucharest

We wake up early in the morning, raise the camp and leave for Crisan (45 min of canoeing).Transfer by ferry to Tulcea at 8:00 . Transfer from Tulcea to Bucharest by minibus and arrival in Bucharest around 17:00 ( 270 km).

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B) Crisan – Tulcea – Bucharest

Transfer by ferry to Tulcea at 8:00 . Transfer from Tulcea to Bucharest by minibus and arrival in Bucharest around 17:00 ( 270 km).

Level rate (for rowing): Easy – Moderate
Dates of departure: May – October, on demand.
Nr. of team members: 2 – 15
Trip duration (days): 6
Required gear: boots, a hat to protect from the sun, anti-mosquito solution, sun lotion, long pants and a long sleeves shirt, raincoat, sunglasses, swimming suit, water can, sweets, preferably mountain-biking gloves.
Accommodation: Guest-Houses in the Danube Delta
Weather conditions: Daytime temperatures should be in the range of 22-30ºC, maybe slightly cooler on the late August departure.
Transfer: We will use minibuses for transfer from Bucharest Airport to the Danube Delta and back. On request, if you have your own transfer, the tour can start in the city of Tulcea

1^ST DAY, SATURDAY

Welcoming the guests at the international Airport Bucharest Otopeni. Check-out, introduction and leaving the airport, heading directly to the Danube Delta.

15.00 – 21.00: Transfer by mini-bus from the airport Bucharest Otopeni to Tulcea city, the “gate to the Delta”. (300 km , 4 hours)

21.00: Welcome dinner on the floating hotel.

Accommodation: *** floating hotel

2^ND DAY, SUNDAY

Rowing in Danube Delta

• Difficulty: moderate (*)
• Rowing time: 2 – 6 hours, up to your physical shape.
• Highlights: Bird-watching and, possibly, wild animals in the Danube Delta. The wild landscape of the Furtuna Lake.

09.00: having breakfast onto the floating hotel;
After breakfast we will leave with a bigger boat, engine powered, up to a smaller channel in the Danube Delta, where you can start the trip by rowing boats, joined by a guide. We’ll row until reaching Maliuc Village (on Sulina Channel), where we’ll stop for accommodation. The bigger boat (with engine) will protect you from the speeding boats and carry the entire luggage. Also, for members of the group that are less in a good physical shape could stay on the engine boat and take advantage of this for bird-watching & taking pictures of the birds.

Accommodation in Maliuc in ** conditions: private rooms, with private bathrooms, warm water, showers.

20.30: dinner, next day briefing;

3^TH DAY, TUESDAY

Rowing and bird-watching in Maliuc area – Danube Delta

• Difficulty: It’s an easy – moderate day (depending on your wish and physical shape).
• Highlights: The Furtuna Lake, one of the preferred fishing grounds by the white pelicans and cormorants

08.00: having breakfast on the floating hotel;
09.00: Rowing on Cranjala Channel up to Furtuna Lake, where we have good chances of seeing white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus), and cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) feeding on the lake. The area is also used by thousands of other birds to rest or fish. Pigmy cormorants (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) are also common on the edges of this lake. 60% of the worlds population of pigmy cormorants lives in the delta. Mute swans, feruginous ducks, common teal, great crested diver, herons, egrets and many more consider the lake their home.The white tail eagle ( Haliaeetus albicilla ) is known to hunt around the lake as well.

12.30: Backpack lunch in the middle of the nature;

Leisure time, walking on the shores of Sulina Channel;
20.30: dinner;

Accommodation: Maliuc, guest-house

Optional: birdwatching early in the morning, by the sunshine light.

4^TH DAY, TUESDAY

Rowing in Danube Delta

• It’s a medium rated rowing tour
• Rowing time: 2-6 hours, up to your desire
• Sightseeing objectives: Gorgova Lake, smaller channels

08.00: breakfast;

By rowing boats, we will leave on smaller channels for Crisan Village, further on Sulina Channel while the bigge boat will join us carrying the luggage.

19.00- 20.00: Traditional dinner & accommodation in Crisan, *** guest-house.
20.00: Leisure time;

5^TH DAY, TUESDAY

Danube Delta rowing

08.00: have breakfast ;
In the morning we will explore the area surrounding Crişan and, after picnic lunch in the middle of the nature, the engine boat will carry us all the way to Tulcea, against the current. The night will be spent in Tulcea on the floating hotel (***) and have a festive dinner.

12:30 having backpack lunch

20:00 dinner on the floating hotel

Accommodation in Tulcea, *** floating hotel

6^TH DAY, TUESDAY

Transfer to Bucharest (Otopeni Airport).

08.30: wake up ;
packing, etc.
9.00: shopping, short walk in Tulcea,
-leaving for Otopeni Airport, according to your flight timing.

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