ROMANIA
Romania's standouts.
The 4 most popular wildlife tours in Romania. What each one is really like, who runs it, and what you pay.
Carpathian brown bear watch from Brasov. Small-group hide time with a ranger, and about a 70% chance to spot bears.
“The experience was wonderful and Alex, our guide, was a really funny and smart person! We saw 3 bears and 2 foxes”
Join a ranger-led wildlife watch from Brașov to a quiet bear hide in the Carpathian forest. Small group, big odds for sightings.
“This trip was incredible. We were lucky enough to see bears almost straight away after arriving in the hide. Our guide was so knowledgeable and answered so many of our questions. Without a doubt, this was the highlight of our trip to Romania”
Spot brown bears in the Carpathians near Brasov with a ranger at a forest observation hide, 2.5 hours at dusk.
“How wonderful to see 6 bears enjoying their food for an hour upon arrival. However, we were not expecting to find the bears being lured into the area with food in front of the hide upon arrival - (seemed that they were encouraged in purely for visitors to observe). And secondly there was no communication…”
Bears at Libearty Sanctuary and Bran Castle Dracula’s Castle on a small-group day trip from Bucharest with pickup and guide.
“Booked on the Tuesday night for brans castle and bear sanctuary trip, Radu contracted us the same night with regards to picking us up the following day, he was on time, got us there and back in good time and safely, kept us informed all the way though the trip with some knowledgeable information about…”
