9-Day Backpacking Tour to Retezat Mountains
Highlights
Oradea, Cluj Napoca
trekking, climbing, backpacking
Private Tour
9 Days
Challenging
English, French, German, Romanian
Languages
English, French, German, Romanian
Description
Climb the Retezat Mountains, possessing typical glacial relief, with valleys, 80 lakes (largest being Bucura Lake & deepest being Zanoaga Lake) and glacial domes, many gorges, caves, and cliffs.
Itinerary
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Day 1- Starting the hike
Visiting on the tour:
- Start point from Oradea or Cluj Napoca, located in Crișana region.
- Deva, a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania.
- Hateg, a town in Hunedoara County with a population of 9,340.
- Lacul Gura Apei, a rock-fill dam on the river Râul Mare about 35 km southwest of Hațeg in Hunedoara County
Stay overnight in tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions.
The Trip time: around 6 hours.
Level difference: around 700 m.
Altitude 1091 m.
Travelled Distance: around 20 km.
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Day 2- Travelling Ahead
Highlights of the tour:
- Gura Apei Lake.
- Pelegii Meadow (stay overnight in a tent).
Trip time: around 6 hours.
Level difference: around 500 m.
Altitude:1600m.
Travelled Distance: around 20 km
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Day 3- Hiking and acclimatizing
Destinations of the day:
- Pelegii Meadow
- Bucura Lake (stay overnight in a tent ).
Travel time: around 2 hours.
Level difference: around 400 meters.
Altitudes: Pelegii Meadow 1600 m, Bucura Lake 2040m.
Travelled Distance: around 6 km.
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Day 4- Moving Ahead with the Hiking
Destinations of the tour to be covered with Romania guide:
- Bucura Lake, a glacier cirque lake, situated in the Retezat Mountains
- Judele Peak, situated on the southern side of the Scientific Reservation Gemenele–Tău Negru
- Lacul Zanoaga and tour back
Level Difference: 400 meters
- Overnight in the same place.
Altitudes: Peak Judele: 2398 m, Lake Zanoaga 2010 m.
Travelled Distance: around 15 km
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Day 5- Hiking Adventure Continued
Destinations of the tour:
- Bucura Lake
- Chalet Gentiana
- Chalet Pietrele.
Travel time around 4 hours.
Level difference: around 600m.
Altitudes. Balea Lake 2041 m, Chalet Gentiana 1670 m.
Travel Distance: around 15 km.
Overnight in tent or chalet Pietrele.
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Day 6- Program of the Day
Destination of the Day:
- Chalet Pietrele
- Lolaia Peak
- Peak Retezat
- Valley Stinisoara
- Chalet Pietrele.
Stay overnight in tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions.
Level difference: around 1000 m
Travel time: around 8 hours
Altitudes: Peak Lolaia 2278 m, Peak Retezat 2482 m, Valley Stinisoara 2.027 m, Chalet Pietrele 1480 m. Travel Distance: around 25 km.
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Day 7- Program of the Day
Visiting these places today:
- Chalet Pietrele
- Pond among the fire trees
- Lake Galesu
- Peak Papusa
- Peak Peleaga
- Lake Bucura
- Chalet Gentiana
- Chalet Pietrele
Stay overnight in a tent or chalet depending on the weather conditions.
Level difference: 1100 m.
Travel time: around 9 hours.
Altitudes: Chalet Pietrele 1480m, Pond among fire trees 1710m, Lake Galesu 2040 m, Peak Papusa 2136 m, Peak Peleaga 2509 m,
Travel Distance: around 25 km
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Day 8- Relaxation Day
A day to relax; do a campfire and party.
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Day 9- Descending Back to Valley
- Descend on Pietrelor Valley, Nucsoara, Ohaba de sub Piatra, Cluj or Oradea.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Know Before You Go
What To Bring
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
| The Group Size and Price | |
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| 1 to 20 | /group |
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This is a private tour |
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