Bulgaria: Realm of the Brown Bear

Bulgaria

natureOffset: 8 Trees

Tour length 8 days

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About this tour

Join European brown bear expert Julian Perry for a wildlife-watching adventure in the mystical mountains of Bulgaria. We’ll go on daily hikes, recording tracks, scats and other signs of bear activity as part of vital conservation work by local NGO, Wild Rodopi. On two evenings, we visit a bear-watching hide for a good chance to see the animals we have been monitoring. We will also be collecting images from several camera traps set up in the forests. By the end of this trip, we hope you will have seen wild brown bears and gained an understanding and appreciation of these mysterious, often misunderstood, animals.
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Tour ID 96806
Tour length 8 days
Language English
Group size 16
Age range 16 - 99

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Exodus Adventure Travels

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Day 1: Start Sofia Airport transfer to the village of Yagodina in the remote Rodopi Mountains (dinner)
Day 2: Introductory bear tracking walk in the forests above Yagodina evening visit to bear hide (breakfast,lunch,dinner)
Day 3: Track bears and wolves in the ‘Zone of Death’ evening bear hide visit (breakfast,lunch,dinner)
Day 4: On foot through core bear habitats evening bear hide visit (breakfast,lunch,dinner)
Day 5: On the trail of Balkan chamois and bears in rugged and rocky karst terrain (breakfast,lunch,dinner)
Day 6: Circular bear tracking walk through remote carnivore habitat (breakfast,lunch,dinner)
Day 7: Forest and riverside walks in search of orchids, butterflies, reptiles and amphibians transfer to Sofia (breakfast,lunch,dinner)
Day 8: End Sofia (breakfast)

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