1 day
Duration
Hiking
Activity
Easy
Difficulty
Bucegi
Location
January – December
Dates

Perhaps Bucegi massif owns the most known mountain landmarks of Romania:

  • The weird rocks sculpted by wind called the Old Ladies (Babele) and the Sphynx.
  • The high cross of Caraiman which guards from high above the mountain resorts of the Prahova Valley and which was raised during the inter-wars period for commemorating the loss of lives in the first one of these.
  • Its highest peak, Omu, which at 2507m altitude stands as one of the highest peaks of Romania.

For sure this mountain, if it is not the most known is the most circulated one.

This tour allows for an easy hike that reaches all of these landmarks without being in a hurry.

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION Bucharest
DEPARTURE TIME watch 6.30
ARRIVAL TIME watch 21.00
Estimated duration of hike watcharound 5-6 hours
   
Maximum height mountain 2507 m
Elevation gained chart about 500 m
Individual equipment needed
equipment
  • backpack -20 l
  • mountain boots or shoes
  • hat
  • thin gloves
  • mountain jacket
  • long mountain trousers (short trousers will help in the summer months)
  • sunglasses
  • polartek blouse or something similar
  • synthetic t-shirt
  • trekking sticks
  • headlamp torch
  • water recipient
  • sun protection lotion
Accommodation houseIt is not the case. It is a one day tour. We will be returning at the end of the day.
Meals mealWe will eat dinner at a restaurant on the return way but some sandwiches and a couple of chocolate bars and/or biscuits will help.
INCLUDED  Transport from and to Bucharest by car

 Lunch at the hut

 Cable cabin – up and down

 Professional Mountain Guide

NOT INCLUDED   Other meals

  Pieces of individual equipment

  Insurance

Discount policy wallet For group bookings we apply a discount based on the number of the participants. Please book the tour and/or contact us to negotiate the discount.

Other good to know issues:

  • Water is not a problem along the route.
  • This tour is available also for the winter months.

1

Day 1

We start early from Bucharest so as to avoid the morning traffic jam and to be as much as possible in the outdoors and not in the city. At 8.30 we will be in Busteni mountain resort from where we will take the cable car which will take us in about 20 minutes to more than 2000m altitude. This is the place where we start the hike.

Just 10 minutes from the station of the cable car our first objectives of the day come in sight: the Old Ladies group of rocks and the Sphynx. This last one is a rock which resembles a human face looked from a certain side of it. Wonders that only wind can make!

We continue along the beautiful mountain plateau of Bucegi towards the cross of Caraiman from where we will have at our feet the entire valley of Prahova with the busy traffic of the most circulated road of Romania, which links Bucharest and Brasov.

From there we go for the highest peak of the mountain (Omu – 2507m). The view there is gorgeous: four big glaciated valleys sided by terrific walls start from around the peak. On top of the peak stands a mountain hut where we can have lunch.

It is time for a decision of yours. If you are still fit and earning for more of the trails, we can head down directly from Omu peak on the beautiful valley of Cerbului (Deer), but this will take us some extra hours. If not, we will return to the cable car station in a couple of hours and go back Busteni the way we came.