Private 3-Day Tour Danube Delta Birdwaching and Safari Experience from Bucharest

A beautiful and untouched natural garden, the UNESCO Danube Delta is the second largest wildlife biosphere in Europe, home to over 320 species of birds and a huge variety of fish and plants. Villagers here have a unique lifestyle adapted to the environment - with a delicious fish-based cuisine! On this trip we'll see as much as possible of the beautiful Romanian Delta!

Safari Experience 3 hours bird watching boat trip in the Danube Delta, 2 nights accommodation with dinner and breakfast.

Visit Constanta old town including the Grand Mosque, Archaeological Museum and the Casino, a stunning piece of Art Nouveau architecture inaugurated in 1910 and once a vibrant part of the city.

Bird watching boat trip. Visit Halmyris Fortress. 

Overnight in a local guesthouse in the traditional village of Mahmudia, en suite rooms. You will see how locals live in the Delta area and can enjoy regional fish-based specialties that are unique in Romania!

Itinerary

Day 1: Day1: Bucharest - Constanta - Danube Delta - Mahmudia.

Pass By: National Military Museum Bucharest, Strada Mircea Vulcanescu 125-127, Bucharest Romania
While we leave Bucharest, you can admire the beautiful city centre.

Stop At: The Mosque of Constanta - Minaret, 1 Crangului Street, Constanta 900745 Romania
Pick you up at 9 am from your hotel in Bucharest and depart towards the Danube Delta. Visit Constanta old town including Ovidiu Square, the Grand Mosque (Carol I Mosque) and the Archaeological Museum where you will learn about the region`s rich history going back to the 6th century B.C. From the Old Town, we will walk to the seafront quay dominated by the impressive Constanta Casino, a stunning piece of Art Nouveau architecture inaugurated in 1910 and once a vibrant part of the city. Lunch in Tomis Harbour.

Transfer to Mahmudia, an authentic fishermen village of the Danube Delta. Enjoy the traditional dinner based on the local fish - the caught of the day!

You will see how locals live in the Delta area and can enjoy regional fish-based specialities that are unique in Romania! Overnight in a local guesthouse in the traditional village of Mahmudia, en suite room, breakfast included.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner: Fresh fish based 2 course dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Nelu Pescaru Pension or similar.

Day 2: DAY2: Mahmudia - Danube Delta Safari Experience wild life and birdwaching boat trip - Halmyris Fortress - Mahmudia.

Stop At: Danube Delta, Tulcea Romania
Breakfast. Safari Experience 3 hours wildlife and bird watching boat trip in the Danube Delta. You will explore the surrounding lakes and canals where an abundance of the grebes, cormorants, pelicans, bitterns, egrets, storks, glossy ibises, common spoonbills, American flamingos, swans, wigeons, and pochards will offer you many splendid views.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Cetatea Halmyris, Murighiol Romania
Visit Halmyris Fortress. Bronze Age fortified settlement. Greek emporium. Roman military fort and harbour town. Byzantine military and civilian urban centre. More than 1,000 years of history marks Halmyris, where multiple civilizations once ruled the point where the Danube river poured into the Black Sea. Halmyris was one of the most important military, civilian, economic and religious centres in the region throughout antiquity.

Today Halmyris sits in the oasis of natural beauty that is the Danube Delta, a site of local tourism, religious pilgrimage, and archaeological exploration.

Return to Mahmudia at the local guesthouse, traditional dinner included, overnight in an en suite room, breakfast included.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Fresh fish based breakfast
• Dinner: Fresh fish based 2 course dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Nelu Pescaru Pension or similar.

Day 3: Day3: Mahmudia - Malcoci village - Tulcea Danube Delta Aquarium - Bucharest.

Stop At: Roman Catholic Church of Malcoci, Malcoci Romania
Before returning to Bucharest we will stop in Malcoci village to see The Catholic Church belongs to the German community. At Malcoci we find a Roman Catholic church, more precisely its ruins. The village was founded by German settlers in 1843. The Roman Catholic Swabians came from Alsace region. The Swabians were invited by Empress Catherine II in the mid 1700s, to settle in Southern Russia, where they obtained land and the guarantee to preserve their language and culture. Later when these rights were restricted by Russian Tsar Alexander I (he introduced compulsory military service and assimilative policies) they decided to emigrate in Dobrogea. The Germans arrived in Dobrogea in several waves, first time between 1841 and 1856. The Roman Catholic church was built in 1880 by the German community, and despite the fact that in 1940 the Germans were deported or forcibly were sent to Germany, the church withstood Communist dictatorship; today however it is on the verge of collapse. The roof was taken away, only the outer walls and the tower still exist. The small German community who remained in Malcoci is using the house of prayer near the church every Sunday.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: The Danube Delta Museum, Strada 14 Noiembrie nr 1, Tulcea 820009 Romania
This combined museum and aquarium is a good primer on the delta's varied flora and fauna.

Admire the Macin Mountains at Macin National Park on the way.

Transfer to Bucharest to your hotel.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Fresh fish based breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.