Romania’s Most Popular • Bucegi, Fagaras Traverse
This is a 9 day tour through the most popular mountains in Romania. We climb the highest peak of Bucegi Natural Park, Omu Peak 2505m, and the highest peaks in Romanian Carpathians: Moldoveanu 2544m, Negoiu 2535m and Vistea 2527m. Accommodation is provided in chalets and boarding houses.
Day 1
Meet at the airport and transfer to Busteni Town.
Accommodation: boarding house, Busteni.
Day 2
We start to hike from Busteni Town up to Babele Chalet, continue to Omu Peak 2505m and descend to Malaiesti Chalet. This day we get a close view of the steep eastern mountainside of Bucegi Mountains.
Duration: 7-8 hours
Difficulty: medium effort
Accommodation: Malaiesti Chalet.
Day 3
Starting from beautiful Malaiesti Valley we cross Bucegi Mountains to north and descend to Bran Village.
Duration: 5-6 hours
Difficulty: medium effort
Accommodation: boarding house, Bran.
Day 4
Transfer to Balea Lake Chalet. On the way we visit Bran Castle and Brancoveanu Monastery from Sambata de Sus.
Accommodation: Balea Lake Chalet.
Day 5
From Balea Lake Chalet we hike to the second highest peak in Romania, Negoiu Peak 2535m and return to Balea Lake Chalet.
Duration: 6-7 hours
Difficulty: medium effort
Accommodation: Balea Lake Chalet.
Day 6
We hike along the main ridge of Fagaras Mountains from Balea Lake to Podragu Chalet.
Duration: 5-6 hours
Difficulty: medium effort
Accommodation: Podragu Chalet.
Day 7
We start from Podragu Chalet, climb the highest and the third highest peaks in Romania, Moldoveanu Peak 2544m and Vistea Peak 2527m, and return to Podragu Chalet.
Duration: 6-7 hours
Difficulty: medium effort
Accommodation: Podragu Chalet.
Day 8
We descend from Podragu Chalet to Victoria Town. Transfer to Brasov City.
Duration: 5-6 hours
Difficulty: medium effort
Accommodation: boarding house, Brasov.
Day 9
Transfer to the airport.
- group size: 1-14
- optimal time period: June – October
- all meals included
- all transfers by private car/bus, depending on group size
- English speaking, certified mountain guide as a companion
- all our tours can be customized upon request
- 775 euro / person (6 person group); final price differs according to group size, please contact us for more details