Itinerary

1. Starting the hike

   Visiting on the tour: 

   • Start point from Oradea or Cluj, 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.

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

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.

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

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.

6. Program of the Day

   Destination of the Day: 

   • Chalet Pietrele 

   • Lolaia Peak 

   • Peak Retezat 

   • Valley Stinsoara 

   • 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.

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

8. Relaxation Day

   • A day to relax; do a campfire and party.

9. Descending Back to Valley

   • Descend on Pietrelor Valley, Nucsoara, Ohaba de sub Piatra, Cluj or Oradea.