A channel in the Danube Delta, with reed beds on both banks

The Danube Delta

Where the Danube ends, after nearly three thousand kilometres, and spreads into channels, lakes and reed beds before reaching the Black Sea. There are villages here you can only reach by boat, and people who have never needed a car.

What you see in Danube Delta

The channels, by boat

The Delta is not seen from a road. We go out with local boatmen on small boats, into channels narrow enough that the reeds touch both sides. The pace is slow on purpose — this is the one place in Romania where hurrying gains you nothing.

Birds

The Delta is a stop on the migration route between Europe and Africa, and one of the largest protected wetlands on the continent. Spring and early autumn are when there is most to see. Bring binoculars; we do not pretend to be a specialist birding company, but our boatmen know where the colonies are.

The villages

Fishing villages of Romanian, Lipovan and Ukrainian families, most reachable only by water. Lunch is whatever came out of the water that morning, cooked the way it has always been cooked.

Practical notes

  • From Bucharest to Tulcea, where the boats leave, is about four hours by coach.
  • Two days is the minimum that makes sense: one to get there and out on the water, one on the channels.
  • Summer is hot and busy on the water. Late spring and September are easier.

Nothing here is a fixed package. Tell us how many days you have and what you want to see, and we will put a route together. Ask for a quote.

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