Itinerary

1. Day 1: Cluj - Borsa

   • Upon your arrival, your guide and bus driver will wait for you at the airport (with a traditional welcome drink ), or they can pick you up from your hotel in Cluj-Napoca or Oradea. 

   • Travel by bus to Borsa town, where your accommodation is located at a family-run guesthouse or pension, with rooms having outstanding views of the mountains.

   • At dinner, enjoy a BBQ and a campfire where Curly Guide will inform you about the activities of the next days and the rules of the national park.

2. Day 2: Borsa - Pietrosul Rodnei

   • Wake up at 7 o'clock in the morning. 

   • After having breakfast, around 8 o'clock, you'll start hiking. The hike is manageable until reaching the Meteorological Weather Station located at about 2000m. This part of the road has a length of about 4.5 kilometres and an altitude gain of 800 meters. It should take  2 hours to do.

   • The first long stop will be at Glacier Lake, where you will have a picnic, and you will rest your feet.

   • Continue to Pietrosu Peak. The path to the peak constantly zig-zags until the top, which makes it challenging but accessible. 

   • The final ascent is made on rock-carved stairs that make it even easier.

   • Enjoy the view and have a well-earned rest, after which you will start descending on the same path to reach your accommodation. The hosts will wait for you with a traditional Romanian dinner. 

3. Day 3: Borsa - Vaser Valley

   • Wake up at 8 am, and you will have breakfast.

   • Afterwards, you will start your journey by minibus to Viseul de Sus. The trip takes 30 min.

   • At 9 am, you will take the Mocanita steam train. 

   • See why Paltin Station is the turning point for the regular steam trains. During a longer stop (1-2 hours), passengers can use the catering service provided by the CFF team. Plenty of covered and open-air seating is available.

   • At 4 p.m., you will return to Borsa. The hosts will wait for you with traditional Romanian food. You will eat and have a nice time together.

   Vişeu de Sus departure: 09:00 Paltin (km 21.6)  

   Arrival approx.: 11:00

   Vişeu de Sus: Arrival approx. 15:30

4. Day 4: Borsa - Stiol Lake

   Hiking Day - The largest waterfall in Romania and Stiol Lake

   • Wake up at 9 am, and after having breakfast, you will go by minibus to the chairlift in Borsa. The chairlift will take you up close to the Horses Waterfall. 

   • After a 30-minute hike, reach this beautiful waterfall. The waterfall is 90 meters high. The water gathers like a pool on top of the mountain. From there, it falls on the limestone mountainside, known as Horses Bridge, and falls in several stages, making it the biggest waterfall in Romania.

   • After enjoying the Horses Waterfall, continue hiking on an easy route to Lake Stiol.

   • In the evening, eat at a traditional restaurant in Borsa, Maramures.

    

5. Day 5: Horseback riding day

   • Eat breakfast at 8 am. 

   • Travel to Budesti village. Budesti is home to one of the wooden churches on the UNESCO World Heritage list, where you will see the chain mail and helmet that belonged to Pintea Viteazul, a proper ''Robin Hood" from Maramures. 

   • In Budesti, you will have an initiation horseback riding tour, a delicious traditional Romanian lunch, and a meeting with the locals.

   • After all these days of adventure, you will talk about the beautiful places you've been and the subsequent adventures you plan.

   • Leave the Natural Park with a smile on your face and a story your future nephew wants to hear about.

   • Back to your accommodation or airport in Cluj Napoca or Oradea.