Active tourism in Romania - rafting and canyoning.

Rafting on the fast mountain river courses can be organized in many regions in the country: Mures Valley and Olt Valley (the centre of the country), Crisurile (the west of Romania), Dambovita (to the south), Nera (to the west) or Bistrita (to the east).

The routes have different difficulty degrees and lenghts. Some of them can be covered in a single day (Dambovita Valley) or in a few days (Olt or Mures). One among the most interesting routes is to be found in Bucovina, on Bistrita Valley. Bistrita river is considered one of the fastest rivers in the country, offering good conditions for rafting. The water flow is abubdent, allowing the practice of this sport from April to October.

The routes have different difficulty degrees from 2 to 5, and lenghts between 12.5 and 14 km. For this kind of trips a minimum of 8 people and a maximum of 12 is required. The professional protection equipment is offered by the organisers. The boat is a professional rafting boat, as well as the paddles.

More info at: Cornel Todasca, Sport Hotel *, RO-725700 Vatra Dornei, 33 REPUBLICII STREET, Tel / Fax: 0230/371.567, Mobile: 0723.82.93.01, ADVENTURE TOURISM CENTRS ROMANIAN RAFTING VATRA DORNEI The rafting and canyoning are made in Oltenia also, in Valcan Mountains, and in Parang Mountains. Programmes are various including:

canyoning – waterfalls canyoning – canyons rafting with pneumatic boats night rafting with pneumatic boats

Rafting in 5-people boats + an instructor, around 25 km, a normal tour or 40 a long one. The duration - 1 – 3 hours, in accordance with the water level and the distance. For more details and pictures see http://www.turismaventura.ro/. More info:Sabin Cornoiu , programme co-ordinator, Mobile 0722.211.042, Tel. 0253/222.555, Tel/fax. 0253/221.555, http://www.turismaventura.ro/