4 independent reviews for Romania wildlife holiday stay in wildlife hides
Reviews for Romania wildlife holiday stay in wildlife hides
Graham Swain review 25 Sep 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Naturally it was seeing the amazing wildlife - a bear, lots of wild boars and a red deer stag.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Make sure you are fit enough and not likely to require any outside assistance.,3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes - environmental impact was at the heart of everything they did. All people involved were local and even the food was local (fantastic blueberry jam!).4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
We loved the whole experience and our guide was hard working, knowledgeable and engaging.Maeve Sheridan review 8 Sep 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The scenery, the isolation the wildlife especially seeing bears in the wild2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Go got it3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Local people working and volunteering with the Carpathian projects4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Super a great vacationGill Harvey review 14 Aug 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
This whole trip surpassed our expectations. For a start, the hides are so much nicer than we thought they’d be - so well constructed, cosy and beautifully thought out. We stayed in Bunea and Comisu 1 hides and they’re both stunning and set in gorgeous scenery. Then, the bears! We saw a total of ten different ones over our four days, some briefly but some for much longer. This may have been due to the weather, as it was cool and overcast/sometimes wet, so they didn’t have to retreat from the sun. An amazing experience - different characters emerging among those we saw... we were especially taken with a lone young bear who was clearly having its first summer away from its mother... jumping at shadows and playing it safe. Our guide Andrei was fabulous - so knowledgable, friendly and fun. Also worked incredibly hard, serving us all our (delicious) meals as well as guiding us. As well as bears we saw a fox, capercaillies, red-backed shrike, honey buzzard, crossbills, heard and saw lots of evidence of black woodpeckers... All in all I couldn’t recommend this trip highly enough!2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
We were three friends in our fifties, moderately fit, and the hikes up to the hides were steeper/more strenuous than we’d imagined, especially as we were carrying our packs. Perfectly manageable though, as Andrei paced it really well.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Absolutely. The work of the foundation (FCC) is having a massive impact on the forests, and they are working really hard on helping local villagers benefit from tourism and improve their relationship with wildlife (especially the bears).4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Brilliant.Nick Howell review 19 Jul 2022
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Seeing brown bears at Bunea hide and wild boar at Comisu.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Travel light and enjoy the expertise of the wildlife guides. And take a face cloth to Comisu to wash with.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes. The buildings are made of local timber. The guide was local and cooked with locally produced food. The hides were off grid. The money for the vacation helps to fund the protection of ancient woodland and the restoration of clear fell. Many local people are employed in the tree growing required for this. And, finally the organisation, Foundation Conservation Carpathia, supports local action with communities.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Brilliant.Holiday Reviews
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