You'll spend each of your 3 nights at the Cetatile Ponorului mountain cabin, situated within the Apuseni National Park. The rooms here are basic but clean and comfortable and the staff super friendly and helpful. You'll stay in your own room, or you can share a room if you are travelling as a couple or a pair. All bedding is provided, so you don't need to bring a sleeping bag.
There is a restaurant at the cabin where you'll fuel up on traditional Romanian food. You can also wind down with a drink in the bar after long days out hiking in the mountains.

Apuseni National Park

You'll spend each of your 3 nights at the Cetatile Ponorului mountain cabin, situated within the Apuseni National Park. The rooms here are basic but clean and comfortable and the staff super friendly and helpful. You'll stay in your own room, or you can share a room if you are travelling as a couple or a pair. All bedding is provided, so you don't need to bring a sleeping bag.

There is a restaurant at the cabin where you'll fuel up on traditional Romanian food. You can also wind down with a drink in the bar after long days out hiking in the mountains.

Cancel up to 31 days before departure and we'll transfer your deposit into credit for a future booking.

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Free date changes up to 31 days before departure.

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This hike can be fairly strenuous, so you'll need to have a decent level of fitness and be comfortable with heights.

Romanian food is hearty, full of flavour and heavily influenced by its neighbouring countries. Most meals start with a soup, usually made with meat, vegetables or fish and made sour with lemon or vinegar. Sausages and other meats are also popular, as well as meat and vegetable pies, goulash, stuffed cabbage rolls and cheeses. Each hiking day includes a picnic lunch of sandwiches, snacks and fruits. The mountain cabin can accommodate vegans and vegetarians, just let your host know in advance.

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You'll be picked up on arrival and dropped off in time for departure. Please schedule your flight to arrive more than 30 minutes before the scheduled time and to depart anytime after 17.45 If you are staying in Debrecen and would prefer to be collected in the city centre at the start or dropped off there at the end of the trip, just let your host know. Your host is unable to arrange a private transfer to/from the start point of the trip.

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All your equipment for the via ferrata sections

Fly to Debrecen Airport in Hungary and cross over the border into Romania. Stop for lunch in the art nouveau town of Oradea and then continue onto the Padis Karst plateau in the heart of Apuseni Nature Park. Arrive at the mountain cabin, your base for the next few days, in time for dinner and a briefing on the adventure ahead.

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The cabin

Day 1

Lace up your boots and hike to some of the Carpathian's hidden gems. The aim is to follow the water as you hike beside creeks and streams and then see them disappear into the region’s unique underground cave system. Continue hiking to Cetatile Ponorului, - the Fortress of Ponor - a cave network surrounded by a forested and mountainous landscape with hidden springs, waterfalls and tunnels. Return to the cosy cabin for a night of traditional Romanian mountain food.

The Fortress of Ponor

Day 2

Tackle the challenging route to the wild and remote Galbena Gorge, including several sections of scrambling and basic climbing (total elevation gain 1100 metres.) On the way you'll pass the Focul Viu ice cave, an underground glacier. If weather permits, hike to Galbena Rock, a viewpoint with spectacular panoramas of the Western Carpathians before returning to your cabin for a final night.

Galbena Gorge

Day 3

Time for the final adventure of the trip - a 200 metre via ferrata network up the flank of the Padurea Craiului massif - a spectacular end to your hiking adventure. After a final picnic with your team, head back to Debrecen in time for the evening flight home.

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Via Ferrata and then home

Day 4

Fly to Debrecen Airport in Hungary and cross over the border into Romania. Stop for lunch in the art nouveau town of Oradea and then continue onto the Padis Karst plateau in the heart of Apuseni Nature Park. Arrive at the mountain cabin, your base for the next few days, in time for dinner and a briefing on the adventure ahead.


Lace up your boots and hike to some of the Carpathian's hidden gems. The aim is to follow the water as you hike beside creeks and streams and then see them disappear into the region’s unique underground cave system. Continue hiking to Cetatile Ponorului, - the Fortress of Ponor -  a cave network surrounded by a forested and mountainous landscape with hidden springs, waterfalls and tunnels. Return to the cosy cabin for a night of traditional Romanian mountain food.

Tackle the challenging route to the wild and remote Galbena Gorge, including several sections of scrambling and basic climbing (total elevation gain 1100 metres.) On the way you'll pass the Focul Viu ice cave, an underground glacier. If weather permits, hike to Galbena Rock, a viewpoint with spectacular panoramas of the Western Carpathians before returning to your cabin for a final night.

Time for the final adventure of the trip - a 200 metre via ferrata network up the flank of the Padurea Craiului massif - a spectacular end to your hiking adventure. After a final picnic with your team, head back to Debrecen in time for the evening flight home.

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25% deposit to secure your spot

Change your trip date up to 60 days before departure.

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Explore the gorges and plateaus of the Apuseni Mountains by trails, ladders, caves and bridges

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Escape civilisation and stay in a rustic mountain cabin

Hike the Padis Plateau and explore the Fortress of Ponor - a spectacular karstic cave network

Climb the rocky walls of the Crisul Repede River Valley and trek through the heart of Romania's Western Carpathians

Escape civilisation and stay in a rustic mountain cabin


Hike the Padis Plateau and explore the Fortress of Ponor - a spectacular karstic cave network

Climb the rocky walls of the Crisul Repede River Valley and trek through the heart of Romania's Western Carpathians

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