GUIDANCE IN APUSENI MOUNTAINS

Route Description:

We’ve been roving in Apuseni Mountains for more than 10 years. We know all their trails, paths and tracks, marked or not. We know their glades and waterfalls, forests, caves and their ridges and peaks. During all these years we’ve made many friends in all Apuseni area – rangers from Apuseni Nature Park, forest rangers, local craftsmen, mountain rescuers, other mountaineers and this strengths our confidence when we approach any mountain route.

We are proud to be partners of Apuseni Nature Park, members of the Association for Ecotourism in Romania and partners of the American organization Leave no Trace.

We have something to offer:

• WE ENJOY sharing with others the charm and beauties of Apuseni Mountains.
• WE HAVE EXPERIENCE in guiding groups of tourists.
• WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENTS AND LOGISTICS needed for the well running of a hiking tour, no matter it is a long or a short one or an easy or difficult one.
• We guide our tourists in SAFETY and we tell them the STORY of every wonder of the nature they see, hear or feel.
• WE SPEAK English, French, Hungarian and Norwegian languages.

You decide when what, when, where

Nature:

• Groapa Ruginoasa (Rusty Pit) • Vârful Tapu (Tapu Peak) • Pietrele Negre (Black Stones) • Poiana Glavoi (Glavoi Glade) • Padis Karstic Plateau •Cetatile Ponorului (Ponorului Fortresses) • Cheile Galbenei (Galbenei Gorges) •Ghetarul Focul Viu (Focul Viu Ice Cave) • Vârful Piatra Graitoare (Piatra Graitoare Peak) •Vârful Bihor /Cucurbata Mare (Bihor/Cucurbata Mare Peak) • Vârful Cucurbata Mica (Cucurbata Mica Peak) • Cascada Bucinis (Bucinis Waterfall) • Cascada Vârciorog (Varciorog Waterfall) • Platoul Ghetar (Ghetar Plateau) • Ghetarul Scarisoara (Scarisoara Ice Cave) • Pestera Poarta lui Ionele (Poarta lui Ionele Cave) • Casa de Piatra (The Stone House hamlet) • Izbucul Tauz (Tauz Spring) • Pestera Coiba Mare (Coiba Mare Cave) • Pestera Coiba Mica (Coiba Mica Cave) • Ghetarul de la Vârtop (Vartop Ice Cave) • Valea Sighistel (Sighistel Spaeleological Reservation) • Pestera Ursilor (Bears Cave) • Pestera Magura (Magura Cave) • Pestera Meziad (Meziad Cave) • Rezervatia Naturala Geo-Botanica Scarita-Belioara (Scarita-Belioara Geological and Botanical Nature Reserve) and many others.

Local culture and traditions:

• Wooden churches from Arieseni (1791) and Gârda (1792).
• Ghetar Plateau/Scarisoara: Local Museum and Tourist Information Centre.
• Patrahaitesti hamlet: Local Museum, woodcraft and weaving workshops.
• Moti (the name of the local population living in these mountains) hamlets – a symbol for Apuseni Mountaines (situated at altitudes between 800-1400 m)
• Chiscau: the famous Ethnographical Museum.
• Leheceni: traditional pottery workshop.
• The famous wooden churches in the villages situated in Beius Country.

We organize everything:

Group size: between 2 and 12 people
Trip length: 1 or more days

Prices: are variable, according to group size and programme structure.

The prices include guidance, logistics, equipments (including caving equipments etc.), equipments usage.

For trips longer than1 day, the group benefits from a discount of 10%, starting with the 2nd day.

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