Walking with wolves in Transylvania

By Anna Melville-James, TravelMail

Last updated at 09:38 04 January 2002


The Carpathian Mountains that またがる Romania and the ウクライナ共和国 含む/封じ込める one of the last remaining pristine ecosystems in Europe.

The 地域 is home to wolves and rarer 種類 such as brown 耐えるs and lynx, and 80 per cent of the 100,000km2 area is covered by mountain forest - making it an excellent place to go 引き上げ(る)ing and 跡をつけるing.

You can 調査する this land of mystery on a seven-day holiday in 合同 with the Carpathian Large Carnivore 事業/計画(する) for £675.

Based at Zarnesti, about 100 miles north west of Bucharest, your group will be introduced to the 自然保護 事業/計画(する) and spend a week 参加するing in some of its activities.

These 含む 跡をつけるing animals, 会合 手渡す-raised wolves and 引き上げ(る)ing through Pr?pestile Zarnestilor canyon to visit a wolf den.

There may also be a chance to 観察する brown 耐えるs in the wild and in the winter you can try snow-shoeing and horse sledging.

The area's 素晴らしい scenery 供給するs a 劇の 背景 for nature watching, and the holiday is based around plenty of walking (basic fitness and good walking shoes are a must) through canyons, forests, ravines and mountain 山の尾根s.

The 事業/計画(する) is a 科学の 研究 率先, so this holiday is most ふさわしい to adults and older 十代の少年少女s with a committed 利益/興味 in 野性生物 and enough stamina to 対処する with the physical exertion.

Cultural excursions are also part of the 一括 - 含むing 中世 towns, a trip to the most famous 住居 of them all, Bran 城 (more 一般的に known as Dracula's 城), and a day of sightseeing in Bucharest at the end of the holiday.

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The price of the 'Wolves, 耐えるs, Walking and Sightseeing in Transylvania' holiday, 利用できる from Exodus Travel, is based on two people 株ing. A 選び出す/独身 補足(する) is £75.

The cost 含むs return flights from London, 移転s, se ven nights accommodation in 私的な 迎賓館 in Zarnesti and one night's hotel accommodation in Bucharest, breakfast in Bucharest and all meals in Zarnesti, from evening meal on day one to breakfast on day eight. Groups 普通の/平均(する) six people per programme.

Also 含むd in the price are all the services of a group leader and all scheduled activities. A 自然保護 事業/計画(する) 寄付 of 100 euros (だいたい £60) is paid 地元で.

The holiday 一括 is also 利用できる without flights for £520 per person, based on two people 株ing.

Exodus Travel, www.exodus.co.uk. (tel: 020 8675 5550, Brochures & Trip 公式文書,認めるs: 020 8673 0859, fax: 020 8673 0779) Send an e-mail.

詳細(に述べる)s of walking holidays and nature/自然保護 breaks are also 利用できる from the Romania Travel Centre, Tel: 01892 516901.

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