THE DANUBE DELTA - ROMANIA
A UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site
The waters of the Danube, which flow into the Black Sea, form the largest and best preserved of Europe's deltas - The Danube Delta (Delta Dunarii).
The Danube Delta is home to more than 300 migratory and permanent bird species; 160 kinds of fish that include caviar-bearing sturgeon and 800 plant families. This wetlands preserve covers more than 1,678,000 acres (2,622 sq. miles) comprising channels and canals widening into tree-fringed lakes, reed islands, numerous lakes and marshes, oak forests intertwined with lianas and creepers, desert dunes and traditional fishermen villages. The Danube Delta lies on the coast of the Black Sea in the eastern part of Romania, in Tulcea County, and encompasses the area between the branch rivers Chilia, Sulina and Sfintu Gheorghe, the former creating the boundary between Romania and the Ukraine. The site also includes the Razelm-Sinoie complex of lakes Razelm, Sinoie, Zmeica and Golovita to the immediate south of the delta. For 5,000 years a small community had lived in harmony with the Delta's extraordinary ecology, making a living on fishing, breeding livestock, and reed harvesting. The villages, crossed by the waterways, seem untouched by time. As a visitor you can explore this astonishing retreat of natural silence and calm by boat, an experience that resembles a story tale.
Activities:
Eco-Tourism, BirdWatching, Fishing, Hunting.
Recommended accommodation :
Sunrise Complex – 4*
Sunrise provide accommodation in 29 hotel rooms and 24 villa rooms, bar and restaurant services, disco club, summer terrace, conference facilities and boat transportation throught the Danube Delta.
Hotel Egreta – 4*
In Dunavat you will find the Egreta Hotel, the ideal starting point for your fishing, hunting, bird watching or sightseeing trips, offering air conditioned rooms, restaurant, open pool, fitness center, conference facilities and fishing equipment.
Cormoran Complex – 3*
The Cormoran Complex offers to its guests a wide range of services as : hotel, villas, bungalows, restaurants, bars, conference halls, internet center, fitness, sauna, billiard, table tennis, swimming pool, sport fields (tennis, volleyball, football, basketball), horse riding center, rapid motor boats with 50/225 HP engines, motor boats with 15 HP engines, rowing boats.