5 Days Apuseni Mountains

Itinerary

Day 1: Arriving in Romania and pick up at Cluj airport

Pass By: Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj, Strada Traian Vuia 149-151, Cluj-Napoca 400397, Romania
Meal in the historic center Cluj (depending on time of arrival)
check-in base camp (see photos.)
Breakfast and dinner at the guest house.


Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Countryside base camp. (Wifi, double bed and private bathroom)


Day 2: Turda Salt Mine and Celea Turzii and Rimetea (3 hours round trip)

Stop At: Salina Turda, Aleea Durgaului 7, Turda 401200 Romania
Visit the amazing Turda salt mine
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Cheile Turzii - Turda Gorge, Str. Dr. I.Ratiu 45 A, Cluj-Napoca 401091 Romania
Hiking through natural rock gorge Celea Turzii
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Countryside base camp. (Wifi, double bed and private bathroom)


Day 3: Apusene mountains Sub Piatra (3 hours drive)

Stop At: Apuseni Natural Park, Localitatea Sudrigiu 136 Comuna Rieni, 417419 Romania
visit the Apuseni Mountains (part of the Western Carpathians, Sub piatra wooden church and waterfalls. (2-3 hours walk)
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: overnight at 3* hotel in Sub Piatra

Day 4: Apuseni mountains and Geamana – The Romanian Village Flooded by a Toxic Lake

Stop At: Geamana Flooded Village, Lupsa 517416 Romania
Once, Geamăna was a village in the Apuseni Mountains. Now is covered almost entirely by waste from the copper career from Rosia Poieni In 1977, when Nicolae Ceausescu decided to release copper exploitation, locals were forced to move away from year to year above the center of the village, to escape the invasion of tailing dam that in time covered their church, their cemetery, the dam just swallowed them.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Apuseni Natural Park, Localitatea Sudrigiu 136 Comuna Rieni, 417419 Romania
We will explore and enjoy rural life in the Apuseni mountains
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Countryside base camp. (Wifi, double bed and private bathroom)


Day 5: transport airport and return home

Pass By: Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj, Strada Traian Vuia 149-151, Cluj-Napoca 400397, Romania
Drop off at the airport...I hope you enjoyed it...

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.