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'Roughing-It': 8 Days / 7 Nights Itinerary

Land costs for the 8 days / 7 nights discovery
Elite Traveler Roughing-It Itinerary

$ 2,800 per person (based on double occupancy)
$ 700 single supplement

Guests are responsible for personal equipment (boots, clothing, sleeping bags) and all personal travel insurance.

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Click here for a satellite view of the whole Fagaras Range
The ELITE TRAVELER Itinerary is adapted to special interests, local events, and seasonal weather conditions

Day 1 Arrive Bucharest and drive 2 hrs to Inn on Balaban See (Bran) or Bella Muzica See (Brasov)
Day 2 Local visits to Bran Castle and Rasnov fortified village. Preparation for hiking.
Day 3 Depart by four wheel jeep to starting point of 3-day/2-night hike in Piatra Craiului Range and sleep (weather permitting) on ridge line.
Day 4 Descend and start-up Fagaras Range; encounter wildlife and shepherds. Sleep in a shepherd's shelter or mountain refuge.
Day 5-6 Continue on Fagaras ridgelines and descend. Sleep in Sibiu or Brasov depending on point of descent.
Day 7 Return to Bucharest and stay at Athenee Palace See
Day 8 Depart

Actual schedule and routes to be determined by weather conditions and the expertise or fitness of group members. Groups can be divided for short or long distances in remote and wild areas. Hiking guides are selected for their expertise and mountain rescue training.

ELITE TRAVELER TOUR FEATURES (here)

Note: Travelers may wish to independently extend their stay in Bucharest

'Roughing-It' includes four days of hiking (expert or intermediary depending on guests capability) and three days of local visits. The Romanian carpathian Mountains separate into several ranges of which the most peaked and teton-like is the Fagaras Range for expert hiking.

East of it are the Piatra Craiului and Bucegi ranges for either expert of intermediagte hiking. West are the Retezat and Apuseni ranges.

Romania is also a country of caves, counting almost 12,000, many of which contain ancient human (oldest: 30-40,000 yrs old) and ice-age great bear (oldest: 75,000 yrs old) fossils.

Highly competent volunteer mountain rescue services, the Salvamont, are on 24 hr call year-round.

Photo Credit: A. Posedaru & D. Dimancescu

Top: Fagaras Range in July
Middle lft-rt: hiking in Fagaras, Bucegi, and Piatra Cariului
Bttm: Trying on shepherd's winter coat