Hiking the Longest and Highest Ridge of Romania – 7 Days In Transylvanian Alps
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Sibiu
- Visit the beautiful glacial lake of Avrig
- Hike at challenging ridge section of the Fagaras ranges
- Visit highest peak of Romania, Moldoveanu
- Explore Campulung
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Trip includes
- Transport from and to Bucharest by car
- 2 Dinners, Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, camping food.
- 2 nights’ accommodation
- Entrance fees to museums
- Professional Mountain Guide
Itinerary
We depart from Bucharest at 6.00 in the morning and head, by car, towards Sibiu, passing by the beautiful Valley of river Olt (Alutus by its old Roman name). We will reach Sibiu by 11.00.
ur first worry is to make last minute preparation for the tour (shopping ...
We get up early, have breakfast and by 9.00 the latest we board the car which will take us to Avrig and then to Poiana Neamtului cabin, from where our tour will start. After three heavy hours through the woods, we will reach Barcaciu cabin. Fagaras Mountains open up f...
This is the first day on the ridge trail. And it will be a long and arduous one, prepare yourself for about ten hours, but it will take us through one of the most beautiful and rockiest sections of the route. We start as early as possible in the morning and head towar...
After the labor of the previous day, this is a shorter day, although just as satisfactory. We just keep the trail ridge on peak after peak and enjoy each one. Towards the end of the days’ journey, we will be just above the “most beautiful road in the world”, as it was...
Passing the Transfagaras road the other day may be considered as a milestone. We are now in the Eastern section of the trail ridge which keeps impressing us, and we are aiming for the highest peak of Romania, Moldoveanu (2544m). But it will not be this day.
We ...
Now we really are going up the highest peak of Romania. The narrow ridge trail ridge will take us to the foot of the massive trapeze formed by the first and third highest peaks of Romania, Moldoveanu and Vistea. The climb to Vistea is strenuous but the ending is exhil...
Early morning we descend the beautiful “Bad Valley”. After three hours a car will pick us up on a unpaved road which goes for 40km. By afternoon we will be in the lovely city of Campulung.
The Fagaras journey is over, but what a Journey it was! We will miss for...
Early morning we head for Bucharest where we will be in three hours.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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Tour Operator
We are a small business based in Bucharest dedicated to creating unexpected beautiful outdoor experiences. We go up the mountains in any possible way (hiking, biking, climbing, skiing), in any season (warm or cold, with snow or without), on any possible terrain (slopes, walls, canyons, river valleys) and on any level of difficulty. You choose, We go!
For us, the MOUNTAIN is – no matter how you choose to approach it (in summer or winter, riding a bike, hiking, on skis or climbing) – : the landscape we just don’t get enough, the arena where we challenge ourselves, it is the way we learn geography, it is the risky environment we are sometimes afraid of and the maker of the will, it forges both our social and personal experience. Mountain is, first of all, passion. And, like all passions, it continuously transform ourselves into something better, or so we would like to believe. Alpine Adventure Romania is an invitation to you to discover probably the most unknown outdoor gem of Europe. Alpine Adventure Romania is not about us…IT IS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR EXPERIENCES.
Here are the guiding principles of Alpine Adventure Romania:
- We always do our best that each tour is at top quality for each participant.
- We do our best for your safety.
- We are humans on the mountains.
- We fully adhere to the standards set in the International Adventure Travel Guide Qualification and Performance Standard, and we endorsed them by officially signing the guide.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Other meals
- Pieces of individual equipment
Accommodation
A Client may cancel his/her booking by notifying Alpine Adventure Romania. A cancellation will only be effective when we receive written confirmation of the cancellation. In order to cancel your booking, please send us an email. If you do not get a confirmation of your cancellation by email please call us. We are not responsible if your email message did not reach us.
The applicable cancellation fees shall be determined with reference to the date on which the request to cancel is received by Alpine Adventure Romania and are expressed hereinafter as a percentage of the total price paid for the cancelled tour.
If you cancel a tour:
- 60 days or more prior to departure, we will refund the full amount paid by you;
- Between the date of the tour and maximum 60 days, we will retain the 30% deposit;
- While unfolding, we will retain 100% of the total amount paid for the tour.
Alpine Adventure Romania guarantees all scheduled tour departures that have been booked by a Client shall depart as scheduled (subject to reasonably itinerary changes depending on local conditions).
For a cancelled tour by us we will propose to you a similar tour at a later date at your convenience. If you do not want another tour, Alpine Adventure Romania will fully refund you. However, we will not cancel a tour except in extraordinary circumstances (health problems, family issues or country emergency issues).
Breakfasts, 3 Lunches and 2 Dinners
Other good to know issues:
- Water could be a problem along the route so carry an adequate number of water bottles.
- During summer months the heat may be a problem so having a hat and lotion protection against sun is mandatory.
- The tour can be booked as well for fewer days and of course less of the ridge.
- On such a long tour, you simply cannot skip some bad weather parts, like thick fog or maybe rain, but this is part and the fun of climbing mountains.
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