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Cycling & Trekking Experience cycling & trekking tours |
 by foot |
Walk The Carpathians walking & trekking tours |
 cycling |
Cycle Romania on a bicycle |
 by bus |
Discover Romania through its culture |
 riding |
Horseback riding trips |
 skiing |
Skiing holidays in Romania |
 where to stay |
Overnight in Romania hotels, guesthouses, homestays |
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Wolf Crai needs help
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Crai is a male wolf, born in 1996 on a fur-farm in Romania. He came together with Poiana, a female wolf, to the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project (CLCP) when they were only about 16 days old. It was Christoph Promberger, the Project leader and initiator who wanted to have these two wolves. I came to the project as a student in 1996 and helped to hand raise to wolves who became very tame. Because of my background knowledge in veterinary medicine and animals specific dietry requirements Christoph asked me to take responsibility for the diet of both wolf puppies to ensure their good health during the first 4 months, this is the most critical period. I became
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donations welcomed to build for Wolf Crai the 20.000euro worth enclosure in the new sanctuary around Zarnesti online donations will be available soon - check Peter's website for up-to-date details - or write us an email to keep you posted with the last news more details on Peter's website at |
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Hunt the Highest Peaks
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One week hike in 4 of the Carpathian mountains: Fagaras Mountain with the highest peak - Moldoveanu Peak at 2544meters, Piatra Craiului National Park, Bucegi Mountains.
Experienced hikers only due to longer days - trails are not extremely tehnical but long - the longest is ~11hours for a normal hiker. Extraordinary views - see some photos bellow; dormitory style mountain huts all meals included all transfers - starting from Sibiu - optional trip can start in Bucharest ... simmilar itinerary details ... send email for more details ... photo gallery of Hiking in Carpathians trips |
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Romanian Folk music
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Click the player buttons to start the music. Do enjoy.
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Cycling or Mountain biking
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Explore the beauty and the unicity of the villages and country side in Romania. Cycling trips or mountain biking trips on dirt/gravel roads or single paths for all difficulty levels with stops at major cultural sites.
A cycling tripwill allow you to cover a wider area, peddaling on secondary roads, admiring the locals doing their daily work out in the fields. The overnights are in different family run guesthouses or very small hotels, to get you closer to the people and their lifestyle. The routes are of medium easy / difficulty with not very steep or long hills, but over a roling landscape with a large diversity. Along the route there are several stops at fortified Saxon churches built starting with 12ve century to defend themselves against the migrating invaders from the south: turks and tartars. |
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Mountain bikingover the Carpathian Mountains and over the Transylvanian hills will open a new perspective of the area. There are very few marked trails in the forests, so the guided trips will follow cart roads, small/narrow paths, routes over the meadows covered with bloosom flowers. The stops at very nice family run gesthouses that offer good food and accommodation are a very good break allowing you to relax for the next day, around the same area on different rotes or just further to the next village. Luggage transfer is included for your convenience or peddaling light. |
... photo gallery of cycling and mountain biking trips
... more details of each trip on a bike
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Balea Lake Ice Hotel
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spend an evening in the coldest place in Romania - Ice Hotel Balea Lake.
Package includes: Welcome Cocktail + 1 night at Ice Hotel with breakfast and festive dinner - altitude 2034meters + 1 night at Balea Lake Hut with half board - dinners, breakfast ... click for more details from 149Euro/person |
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Ski Touring
explore the Carpathian Mountains
price as much as 70 Euro/person including professional and experienced mountain-skiing guide and local transfers.
tours in Bucegi Mountains and Fagars mouuntains
itinerary subject to change on weather conditions
... send email for more details
... photo gallery of ski mountaineering trips
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Low Cost flights to Romania
How do we travel to Romania ?| Use major airlines that operates on Romanian airports | or take advantage of the new low cost airfares, travelling with: | |
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Horse Riding experience - Learn to Ride / Learn to horseride
the departure dates for one week rides are avaialable - please book early
prices starting from 1000Euro / person sharing a double room
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Learn to Ride
We offer a full learn to horseride package, based at a very nice horse riding center, with authorized and experienced instructors.Optional half day cultural visit to the best preserved medieval town - Sighisoara - continously inhabited by people from 12 century - also birthplace of Vlad Dracula the Impaler. ... "learn To Ride" itinerary details
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Wildlife watching
Spend an afternoon in an observation hide into the Carpathian Mountains, watching bears or also wolves and linxs.
In Romania live about 60% of the bear population in Europe with a total number of more than 5.500 bears.
there are more than 80% chances (as the previous reports) that you will see bears in the wild; also you can see a lot of ohter birds
- no smoking alowed in the forested area
- not allowed to use parfumes or simmilar
- you have to keep quiet durring the whole visit
- do not forget your binoculars and photo camera
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Promoter of UNESCO Sites
all tours we organize will have minimum one stop at a UNESCO World Heritage Site in RomaniaIn total there are 26 UNESCO Sites in all Romania.
- Danube Delta
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
Barsana, Budesti, Desesti, Ieud, Plopis, Poienile Izei, Targu-Lapus, Rogoz, Surdesti - Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
Biertan, Prejmer, Viscri, Darjiu, Saschiz, Calnic, Valea Viilor - Monastery of Horezu
- Historic Centre of Sighisoara
- Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
- Churches of Moldavia / Bucovina
Abore, Humor, Patrauti, Probota, Suceava, Voronet
... click for more details about UNESCO Sites in Romania
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Post address: Active Holidays - Travel Agency str. Al. I. Cuza nr.11 ap.1 500085 Brasov Romania Fax: +40 - 368 - 81.41.86
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Tourism Licence: Touroperator #3646 Any sums you pay us in advance, are covered by a policy drawn on our account by City Insurance. 
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