Tour description: Our 8 days long ”Dobruja essentials/ Transylvanian Adventure” tour will take you through the most important places for birding in Romania. We cross a range of habitats from the remote channels of the Danube Delta, through the Black Sea coast, salty lagoons, steppes and oak forests of Dobruja to the untouched beech/pine forests and gorges of the Carpathians. Our bird list will be impressive, owing to the diverse habitats we visit, and we also will have a chance at seeing brown bear, wild boar, red deer and jackal during our journey. During these 8 days tour you will also experience the special feeling being among the pelicans and other wonders of the Danube Delta in a 3 days long excursion with a floating hotel.

Periods: 18th August – 25th August, 2019 (8 days) and 31st August – 7th September (8 days)

Price: 994.5 Euro

Details for the pre- and post-conference tours here and here.

Tour description: Our 4 day-long ”Brown bear experience and birding in Eastern Transylvania” tour will provide you with an authentic large carnivore and birding experience in Romania’s Eastern Carpathians and in the mountains’ Western foothills. This tour offers more than a simple bear watch! You will gain an insight into a long-term brown bear conservation and research program, you will learn about bear biology and ecology, about the challenges the species faces and about large carnivore-human coexistence in the traditional rural landscapes of Eastern Transylvania. Throughout the tour, you will be accompanied by professional guides: the coordinator of Milvus Group’s ‘Brown bear conservation and research program in a model area in Romania’, respectively a professional ornithologist from the Milvus Group. The profit from the tour will be directed entirely towards covering the costs of the NGO’s bear program.

Periods: 23rd August – 26th August, 2019 (4 days) and 31st August – 3rd September (4 days)

Price: 495 Euro

Details for the pre- and post-conference tours here and here.

Tour description: This is a trip to an ecotourism destination, where you can discover natural and cultural values, taste traditional dishes and try activities that offer you authentic experiences. Several unique targets will be visited, such as a volcanic lake, a mineral water museum, periglacial ponds and their wildlife, and brown bears and beavers will be observed in their natural habitat. Bird species and their habitats, characteristic to these cultural landscapes rich in water, will be observed as well.

Periods: August 31 – September 2 (3 days)

Price: 240 Euro

Details for the and post-conference tour here.

Tour description: Tour description: The land of the Transylvanian Saxons is rich in cultural and natural heritage. From a lowland crossed by the Olt river, to the highest alpine peaks (over 2500m), you will find a varied landscape, and a cultural diversity with built heritage, lovely cities, remote villages, and amazing traditions.

Periods: 31st August – 5th September, 2019

Price: 373 to 449 Euro/person

Details for the and post-conference tour here.