Private Day Hike: Explore Piatra Craiului National Park's Majestic Mountains
4.6
10 Ratings
Brașov
Embark on a private day hike in Piatra Craiului National Park and explore the majestic mountains. Choose from easy, medium, or difficult routes and enjoy panoramic views from the highest peak.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Piatra Craiului National Park - Hike in Piatra Craiului. Walk through Zarnesti canyon, with steep cliffs on both sides of the road.
What's Included
  • Professional and Licensed Tour Guide
  • Transfer with air-conditioned vehicle or by local train + taxi
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • National Park fee
Additional Information

This guided daily trek takes you into or nearby the most majestic mountains in the region. Each mountain offers multiple hiking trails suitable for all skill levels, from easy to difficult. It’s recommended to allocate at least 4-5 hours for a day’s hike, which can be extended to 8-10 hours if you choose a private departure on a longer trail. Prior to setting off, the guide will discuss all available options and pick the most suitable trail to follow.

Piatra Craiului National Park is the starting point for our guaranteed daily trek. The path kicks off close to Zarnesti and leads trekkers right into the core of the mountain, offering a chance for a rejuvenating tea (or soup) break at the mountain shelter at an altitude of 1400m. The way back can include an extra trek to reach a peak boasting fantastic panoramic views. Piatra Craiului is Romania’s most demanding mountain regarding marked trails, offering several alternative memorable treks for the private tour, either to the highest peak or along the major ridge.

  • Bring appropriate clothing for trekking in the mountains. Recommanded items: - small backpack - rain jackets - good walking boots - walking poles (available to rent if ordered in advnace)
Location
Piața Sfatului
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Francisjc2023
Oct 5, 2023
Magnificent experience - The best of the entire trip! We did it with Valentín who is a professional, very friendly and attentive. The landscape is spectacular, any photo you see does not do it justice... I would repeat without hesitation
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Warren_l
Sep 20, 2023
An enjoyable day exploring Piatra Craiului - My partner and I shared a good days hiking with our excellent guide Radu, who shared his knowledge of the outdoors and Romanian culture. The trek was well-matched to our overall ability and took in various points of interest, with a chance to study the local flora and fauna.
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Nicholas_e
Sep 8, 2023
Incredible day hiking - Fantastic day hiking . Paul my guide was excellent , knowledgeable and friendly. The hike was in beautiful mountains with stunning views and the Forrest was amazing too . Would recommend
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Daniel_659
Aug 6, 2023
Awesome hike - My girlfriend and I booked the guided hike. We had an amazing trip on the beautiful mountain, and our guide was super good company, and very experienced.
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Anton_r
Jun 18, 2023
Valentin was good hiking... - Valentin was good hiking guide knowledgeable in other areas as well. Beautiful views from top, pine meadows, deep canyon diverse hiking experience in Carpathian mountains
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564anik_r
Jun 17, 2023
Awesome day - I had a really lovely guide. She was very encouraging, supportive and patient during the hike. The scenery was beautiful overall and the views from the viewing points she encouraged me to get to were spectacular. It was a fantastic day. I would book again.
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Stephen_b
Apr 20, 2023
Amazing day with Valentin - Our hike with Valentin was great. He picked us up in a modern car from Brasov and drove us to Zarnesti. We hiked for a few hours, stopped at a hiker’s cabana for lunch (they serve hot food), then we finished by walking through the amazing Zarnesti Canyon. Valentin was so friendly - he talked about his childhood and his career and answered our many questions about Romania. He really made the experience special and I would highly recommend the tour. The hike can be tailored to you based on experience, age, fitness etc. so is suitable for everyone.
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Neema
Oct 16, 2022
Amazing experience - Excellent experience, we really enjoyed the hike and our guide Radu was amazing. Very accommodating (went with our pace), showed us the best views, told us stories from the area and from his childhood. We really recommend this hike!
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K3836bonatashan
Oct 11, 2022
Best Hike of my life to date. - Went on the “Difficult” Hike with my best friend. Took just over 7 hours and totaled just over 10miles with our peak elevation at just about 6,000ft. It was the most gorgeous Hike. Two days before our guide called and confirmed our reservation and made sure we were in physical shape for the hike and went over a few different trails we could take. Our guide spoke perfect english and was amazing from start to finish. He chose the perfect route. We started in the beautiful gorges and made our way up through the forest until we hit the “cabana” where we stopped for a quick hot tea and apple cake. Then we really started our ascent up the mountain. Had to use two cables to help us climb up to the summit. The views were spectacular. Absolutely recommend for anyone in shape and ready for an absolute beautiful and breath taking hike! If I get a chance to book again with the guide we had we absolutely will. Radu was extremely knowledgeable and a joy to hike with.
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Curiosity49575315644
Sep 26, 2023
Tragic experience - The guide was careless and senseless. By his behavior we risked to be mauled by a pack of huge shepherd dogs. The only reason this didn’t happen was that a puppy and her mother had tagged along us and kept us company. Despite the fair warning of the shepherd dogs, he said to move forward ‘cause he knew what to do. The mother of the puppy was clearly unsure but followed with her puppy ‘cause she trusted us, we had fed them a few minutes earlier. The huge dogs came to us, circled us, they were about to attack us, when the puppy got scared and ran away. They pursued him instead, and killed him. After that, the guide was still giving nature the fault of this, while it was his recklessness; he was prompting me to continue the tour and go for mushrooms, showing eagles to me when I was just plain shocked, while the puppy was literally being mauled and his mother wailing. I had to insist to stop the tour and be taken home. We risked our lives, got a puppy killed despite having been fairly warned by the pack of the shepherd dogs, and he still was as cool as fresh air. The experience was shocking and this is the last time I’ll count on TripAdvisor or any other gig economy company for a tour experience. They make selection of the guides through reviews and this is completely unprofessional. All of this is true by my honor and I am ready to testify it again and again.
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