Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Official tourist routes in the Danube Delta

You cannot go just anywhere in the Delta: tours follow the numbered routes set by the Biosphere Reserve Authority (ARBDD). Here they all are, by water and on land.

Tourism in the Danube Delta follows the rules of the Biosphere Reserve. One of them concerns routes: to protect nesting areas and keep the birds undisturbed, the ARBDD set numbered tourist routes, shown on the tourist maps it publishes. All our tours use these routes only.

To visit the Reserve you need an ARBDD access permit; we tell you how to get it when you book. Details and the official map are on the ARBDD website.

Routes by water

No.Route
1 Tulcea – Canalul Mila 35 – Gârla Sireasa – Gârla Șontea – Canalul Olguța – Dunărea Veche – Mila 23 – Crișan – Maliuc – Tulcea Our tours on this route: Tulcea – Mila 23 boat trip
2 Tulcea – Canalul Litcov – Canalul Crișan – Caraorman – Hotelul Lebăda – Maliuc – Tulcea Our tours on this route: Caraorman trip: the oak forest and the dunes
3 Tulcea – Maliuc – Hotelul Lebăda – Canalul Crișan – Caraorman – Lacul Puiu – Popas BTT Roșu – Lacul Roșu – Împuțita – Canalul Busurca – Sulina – Tulcea
4 Murighiol – Canalul Dunavăț – Canalul Dranov – Golful Holbina – Lacul Razim – Gura Portiței
5 Jurilovca – Gura Portiței
6 Hotelul Lebăda – Dunărea Veche – Canalul Eracle – Gârla Lopatna – Canalul Lopatna – Lacul Trei Iezere
7 Hotelul Lebăda – Dunărea Veche – Canalul Magearu – Dunărea Veche – Brațul Sulina – Hotelul Lebăda
8 Tulcea – Chilia Veche Tulcea – Canalul Mila 36 – Sireasa – Șontea – Războinița – Stipoc – Pardina – Chilia Veche
9 Tur Chilia Chilia Veche – Brațul Chilia – Brațul Babina – Brațul Cernovca – Canalul Sulimanca – Lacul Merheiu Mic – Lacul Merhei – Lacul Matița – Lacul Babina – Canalul Rădăcinoasele – Canalul Pardina – Chilia Veche
10 Tur Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe – Canalul Zaton – Buhaz – Palade – Crasnicol – Brațul Sfântu Gheorghe – Sfântu Gheorghe
11 Sulina – Periprava Sulina – Canalul Cardon – Canalul Sfiștofca – Periprava
12 Sulina – Periprava Sulina – Canalul Cardon – Golful Musura – Brațul Musura – Brațul Stambulul Vechi – Brațul Chilia – Periprava
13 Tur Uzlina Uzlina – Canalul Uzlina – Lacul Uzlina – Lacul Isac – Canalul Isac 3 – Gârla Perivolovca – Brațul Sfântu Gheorghe – Uzlina
14 Jurilovca – Periboina – Istria Jurilovca – Lacul Golovița – Canalul V – Lacul Sinoe – Cherhana Periboina – Cetatea Istria – Canalul II – Lacul Zmeica – Lacul Golovița – Jurilovca
15 Tulcea – Mila 23 Tulcea – Brațul Sulina – Canalul Mila 22 – Gârla Șontea – Dunărea Veche – Mila 23 Our tours on this route: Tulcea – Mila 23 boat trip
16 Crișan – Mila 23 Crișan – Dunărea Veche – Canalul Bogdaproste – Lacul Bogdaproste – Lacul La Amiază – Lacul Trei Iezere – Gârla Lopatna – Canalul Eracle – Dunărea Veche – Mila 23 Our tours on this route: Mila 23: the seven lakes route
17 Sulina – Sfântu Gheorghe Sulina – Canalul Busurca – Împuțita – cordonul litoral – Tataru – Sfântu Gheorghe Our tours on this route: Sulina – Sfântu Gheorghe
18 Sulina – Sfântu Gheorghe Sulina – Canalul Busurca – Canalul Roșu – Împuțita – Lacul Roșuleț – Cherhana Roșuleț – Lacul Roșu – Baza turistică Roșu – Lacul Puiu – Canalul Mocanca – Lacul Erenciuc – Brațul Sfântu Gheorghe – Sfântu Gheorghe Our tours on this route: Sulina – Sfântu Gheorghe
19 Lacul Casla – Gârla Șomova – Lacul Potica – Lacul Parcheș – Lacul Telincea

Routes on land

Besides the water routes there are a few land routes on the Delta's marine sand ridges, to the Letea and Caraorman forests. Letea is reached by horse cart or car from the village, as part of our forest tours.

No.Route
D1 Letea – C.A. Rosetti – Pădurea Letea – Lacul Nebunu
D2 Sfiștofca – C.A. Rosetti – Lacul Nebunu
D3 Caraorman – Pădurea Caraorman – Lacul Erenciuc Our tours on this route: Caraorman trip: the oak forest and the dunes

Bookings are
by phone only

Our dispatch office is open 24/7. Tell us the date, the tour, how many you are and where you start from.

0752 917 592