4×4 Adventures in Romania with your own off road vehicles – 6 Days
€900
€780
per person
6 days
Overview
Grade
Adventurous
Transportation
4x4 Jeep
Max Altitude
2055m
*Guided Self-driving tour*
Get off the beaten tracks and enjoy 4×4 adventures in Romania. You will explore the Carpathians Mountains and discover spectacular lakes, rivers, canyons and authentic villages where time has stood still. Enjoy a coffee break in the mountains with breathtaking views and experience the traditional way of life in the countryside. You will have fascinating off road and nature experience!
Start – End days of the tour:
31/07 – 05/08, 2022 Registration is open! Please Contact Us for Booking the Tour!
28/08 – 02/09, 2022 Registration is open! Please Contact Us for Booking the Tour!
Early Booking: The price is 780 Euro / person for entire tour, instead of 900 Euro/person in case of closing the booking till end of January 2022.
Also can rent one Nissan Patrol from our side for this tour on your request! Ask for details!
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Departure/Return Location
Departure from Bucharest and Arrival in Arieșeni -
Included
4×4 Vehicle RentalBed & BreakfastCoffee in high mountainsEnglish Speaking GuideTowing & Recovery EquipmentVAT -
Not Included
Alcohol / Refreshing DrinksBran Castle EntranceDinnerFlightsFuel / Car Wash / ParkingLunchTravel Insurance (Off-Road / Adventure Tourism)
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Tour Plan
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Day 1: Brasov – Diham cottage – Poiana Marului (120 km, 80% off road)
Start your 4×4 adventures from Brasov and enjoy a challenging off road trip to Diham Cottage. On our way, we cross gorgeous landscapes with magnificent views over the Bucegi Mountains. After that, you will explore off road Poiana Marului area, a fairytale place with breathtaking views. Moreover, enjoy a coffee break in front of the amazing landscapes. Overnight in Poiana Marului area.
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Day 2 Traditional Villages – Bran Castle – Fundatica – Vidraru Dam (180 km, 40% off road)
Drive to Zarnesti and take a breath of fresh mountain air while walking through Canyon of Zarnesti, the scenery of “Cold Mountain” movie. Further, you`ll travel off road through the rolling hills of Magura and Pestera authentic villages. After that, you`ll visit the famous Bran (Dracula’s) Castle, also known as the home of Dracula`s spirit. While driving through stunning landscapes of the Bran Pass, reach the highest traditional village from Romania, Fundatica. From there, we will drive through Bradetu canyon to get to Vidraru Dam, a huge construction made in 1966 by the communist regime. Overnight in 4 * hotel , close by Vidraru Dam.
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Day 3 Transfagarasan Road – Saxon Villages – Sighisoara (240 km, 10% off road)
In the morning we drive on Transfagarasan route while enjoying amazing views over Fagaras Mountains. The Top Gear team stated Transfagarasan road” the best road in the world”. We stop at Balea Lake, a natural glacier lake at 2040 m. From the top of the ridge we will discover beautiful sceneries of the mountains surrounding us. Crossing the Fagaras Mountains into Transylvania, we will arrive at Sighisoara. Enjoy a walking tour of medieval citadel, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also, the town is the place of birth of Vlad Impaler (Dracula). Overnight in Sighisoara.
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Day 4 Sighisoara – Turda Salt Mine – Baisorii Mountains (190 km, 40% off road)
We leave the medieval town and continue 4×4 adventures into amazing Transylvania. We drive towards Turda to visit the salt mine, unique in Europe. Here, you`ll discover an incredible underground park. Further on, you will head to Scarita Belioara, fascinating Geo-Botanical Reserve. We arrive in the evening in the Baisorii Mountains area, where we will stay overnight. We end the day with a delicious traditional dinner. Overnight in Baisorii Mountains area.
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Day 5 Baisoara – Apuseni Mountains – Coiba Mare Cave – Izbucul Tauz – Arieseni (160 km, 80% off road)
Today, you will drive off road into the Apuseni Mountains, the underground world of caves. Numerous rivers have cut spectacular canyons and created more than 7000 caves. Therefore, you will discover amazing views of the green mountains, colorful open meadows and gorges. Further on, we drive towards Scarisoara Ice Cave, the second biggest underground glacier in south-eastern Europe. Then, the guide will take you to admire the Coiba Mare Cave, before reaching the largest underwater cave in Romania, Izbucul Tauz. Finish the 4×4 adventures for today with overnight rest in Arieseni.
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Day 6: Arieseni – Galbena Passes – Bears`Cave – Arieseni (160 km, 80% off road)
Start the day by exploring the magnificent Galbena Passes, the largest and wildest canyon in the Apuseni Mountains. Then, you`ll visit one of the best equipped karstic formations in the Europe, Bears` Cave which hosts large quantities of bones of cave bears, disappeared 15.000 years ago. Further on, continue the scenic drive to Cetatile Ponorului and be ready for breathtaking views of this mountain road.The guide will lead the way to the best viewpoints, with opportunity to hike and explore the spectacular landscape. After that, your 4×4 adventures concludes with overnight rest in Arieseni. Thank you for visiting Romania!
* Programs can be modified depending on the weather conditions and tours are customized on request.
**we can add optional adrenaline activities like zip-line, MTB, ATV, hiking, paragliding, etc
Rezerwacja, Poland
October, 2018
As a tour leader of the group which took part in off-road trip with Marius I would like to recommend this company and this kind of visiting Romania. Everything was great, starting from the email contact with Mona before the trip, ending with a wonderful adventure on spot.
Anita, Singapore
July, 2017
8 of us in 4 – 4WD were led by our guide, Adi in his own 4-WD on a 15-day trip of Romania. We started from Bucharest to the Danube Delta to cities, towns and villages in Slanic Moldova and Transylvania and back to Bucharest. We drove through unspoilt n amazing sceneries. Some drives were rugged and very challenging but the views that greeted us at the end were stunning and well-worth the effort. We were even able to have a picnic lunch and coffee breaks, complete with table and chairs, freshly brewed coffee n food among those awesome surroundings. Without the 4-WD, we would have missed them all. 4×4 Tours provided impeccable service. Marius and Adi personally provided transfers from and to the airport – and we were all on different flights – one even arriving at 2am! Adi took very good care of the group acceding to our requests as much as he cld. It was indeed a thoroughly enjoyable n memorable trip. Well planned and executed. We would highly recommend 4×4 Tours for an out-of-the ordinary tour of Romania.
Ido Yarkoni, Israel
April, 2017
Marius the great! The 4×4 tour was AMAZING! We gained so many experiences and beautiful memories and all of that wouldn’t happened without you – Marius, the best guide you can possibly imagine. Professional and full of surprises, kind and knows what’s best for you. Thank you for everything, it wouldn’t happened without you Marius. We are looking for the next time, Hope to see you soon, The Yarkoni family.
Benn, Australia
August, 2016
“We love it when we come across a business that is just managed right and this one certainly qualifies. Right from the planning stage Marius meticulously planned our unguided 4wd camping/luxury experience throughout Romania. He ensured we were provided with high quality camping equipment, something we found was lacking in some of our other off road experiences in other countries and we wanted for nothing in what he provided. He tailored our experience to be flexible en route so we could linger in a region that we liked or sleep in and cut out a couple of spots. Marius also provided close phone support while we were on our journey even organizing a wifi router to help with our mapping and research. We travelled as 2 couples and found 2 people per car with camping gear and your own supplies are ideal for this type of adventure.
Romania in itself is a beautiful country; the people are kind and scenery spectacular. Being Australian we are used to good wines but must say that Romanian wines are of such high quality you could just do a tour of the wine regions only and be satisfied. Camping is interesting, as you have to cautiously pick your places because of the high numbers of bears in the region but there are always top quality or budget accommodation options not too far away if you want to play it safe. We found that some camping spots were not as remote as we are used to in Australia so we opted to eat and drink by the fire down by the river and then purchase a room each in a Pension (hotel) for about 40 AUD. Oh and stay away from Bran castle, it’s a tourist trap.
I would recommend this business to anyone who is looking for a different way to explore this amazing, yet undiscovered region of Europe. Marius well exceeded all our expectations and we commend him on a great operation and wish him all the best in helping others explore Romania. Well done mate!”
Ofer, Israel
April, 2017
Let me begin bottom line – MARVELOUS We traveled with 4X4-tours, with wonderful Marius. We have been 10 persons adults grownups and a child. It had been 8 days tour in April 2017. Marius had picked us up from the airport to the hotel at midnight. The day after, we started the off-road tour. Everything along the tour was excellent: Places we had been, views we had seen, roads we had gone through, guides, hotels accommodation, restaurants, and surprises… Marius successfully made every effort, above and beyond, to make the tour pleasant. He was attentive to our wishes. He sensed our feelings even we didn’t noticed he does. He didn’t leave us, and helped solving problems for us, though the tour is actually over. We had been in Brasov area, Sibiu, Apuseni Mountains, Cluj, Sighsoara, and Bucharest. We made our way self driving off-road routes through amazing views. None of us will ever forget this vacation. Highly recommended. all the best