Horse riding for childrens and adults

Horse riding in the nature

Movement developement on horseback

Playing archery games

The Szirtisas Archery Sport Club helps with pleasure in the learning of archery basics. During our activities you can learn about different types of bows, targets, shooting styles which were practices by our ancestors but also all those present in the contemporary sport archery as well. Archery exercises can be characterized with fun friendly atmosphere and good mood. Archery itself does not only aim to strengthen physical strength, but also mental and spiritual functions, such as concentration in one or many points at once.  Archery is a beneficial activity both for children and adults of any age and in contrast with other sports, both men and women can enjoy archery.

Approx. 40-45% of Europe's brown bear population lives in the Romanian Carpathian forests. A significant part of this population is to be found in Szeklerland's forests. The mountains surrounding Gheorgheni are a good example for those who want to see a bear, there is a great chance one will, if that is also OK with the bears involved. During this silent, but eventful bear watching apart from having the chance too take pictures of the animals, participants have the chance to acquire detailed information about the habits of bears, their life, and of course local anecdotes related to the bears cannot miss from the info-package. The tours start in the late afternoon at a pre-arranged meeting place, where off-road vehicles transport the participants to the observation posts.

At the end of the program participants have the possibility to enjoy the taste of a rustic dinner.

The program is arranged by prior appointment, adjusted to our guests needs!

The terrain in the proximity of Gheorgheni provides outstanding possibilities for mountain cycling.  Several forest paths cross the ridges and valleys, opening up the most impressive landscapes of the region.

The differences in height are not so high, usually 200-300 metres. Several localities give the possibility to come near to the mountain cycle path with car, as well, so in many cases you can spare yourself from the tiring mountain climbing with your bicycle, giving the chance to a sloping cycle tour.

Canyoning and gorge walking are very similar adventure-sports. Usually gorge walking does not require any rope-technique: you wade in the water of the bed of the brook, you stroll from a stone to a stone, then you climb smaller rocks, jump off from waterfalls. We talk about canyoning, when at some sections of the canyon we meet such waterfalls, from which we need to abseil with rope-technique. 

In the Lacul Roşu (The Red Lake)-Cheile Bicazului region an excellent ground for adventurous gorge walking is the rocky bed of the Bicajel and Lăpuşului gorge. For canyoning the best ground is the upper section of the rarely beaten, extremely narrow and spectacular Pârâul Sec, which can only be passed with the help of an experienced guide and rope-technique.

The region's most popular and most visited cave is the Sugău cave (Peştera Sugău), situated in the Giurgeului Mountains, where according to their pretensions, the volunteers can take part in tours with different difficulties.

Only the Sugau cave, the Munticelul cave and the Licos shaft cave is open for tourists. The rest of the caves are  closed and protected by the National Parc.

The geological circumstances of the Lacul Roşu (The Red Lake)-Cheile Bicazului region favoured the formation of the caves. Owing to this, there are numerous stalactite and shaft caves, among which the most important are:

a.) Peştera Kotej (Kotej-Cave): it is situated in that part of the Hăşmaşul Negru, which looks in the direction of  Bicajel, 1240 metres height above sea level. The cave is 87 metres long, in which we can see interesting pillars covered with lublinite.

b.) Hăşmaşul Negru shaft cave: it is situated in that ridge of the Hăşmaşul Negru, which slopes towards the Trei Fântâni, 1250 metres height above sea level. One of its shafts, filled with snow, is 10 metres deep, the other one is 20 metres deep. On the side of the cave there is a dripstone-flow.

c.) Telecu Mare shaft cave: it is situated eastwards from the Poiana Albă, northwards from the Telecu Mare peak, 1650 metres height above sea level. The shaft cave begins with a 20 metres deep shaft, which is closed by a heap of snow. From here it starts an 8 metres long, mildly sloping passage, which leads to an other 9 metres long shaft, and to its bottom it slopes a narrow, clayish passage.

d.) Peştera Tolvaj (Tolvaj cave) : it is situated in that part of the Szakadat peak, which looks in the direction of Năşcălat, 1200 metres height above sea level. It is a 50 metres deep tectonical cave, adorned with dripstone-flows.

e.) Licoş shaft cave: this legendary cave opens on the top of the Licoş peak. Its complete length is 50 metres, and it is divided into three, well separable parts. At its mouth the cave's diameter is 8 metres long, at its narrowest part it is 3 metres long, and at its bottom it is 9 metres long. At the bottom of a 34 metres long aven there is a 3 metres long ice-jam. In summer next to this ice-jam it forms a narrow opening, and through this you can get down to the lower cave, which depth is 17 metre and it is closed by debris.

f.) The tectonical caves of the Vitoş peak: the Vitoş peak is situated northwards from the Pângăraţ pass above the Putna stream. On its eastern side it opens three shaft caves, whose depth is more than 10 metres.

g.) The caves of the Cheile Bicazului: in the cliffs of the Lacul Roşu (The Red Lake)-Cheile Bicazului are 51 caves kept in evidence. Most of them are hard accesible, smaller caves, without any special dripstone. The longest caves are situated in the Peretele Bardosului opposite the Maria source, like the Peştera Bardosul (-141m), Peştera Cascada (-69), Peştera Flacăra (-242).

h.) Munticel-cave: it is situated in the eastern side of the Munticel rocks. This 40 metres long and 20 metres broad cave was discovered in 1973.

Gheorgheni deserves for you to take your time and take a stroll to the center and take a look into the interior of its monuments. The urban view is embeded into the mountaneous landscape flanking the town, a piece of land where part of the Szekler people live alongside with the largest community of Armenian to be found in the Carpathian Basin, and built their heritage together throughout the centuries. You will get to known a quiet little town, which is in addition to a great starting point for tours and hikes and where you will find a nice lodging. Make sure to try out the local cuisine while you're here.

Come with us to deer watch! In autumn, when the stags are fighting for the favor of females, listening to their roar is in itself a memorable experience. We have a chance to hear their presence from a distance, even approach them and with a little luck see a few of them together.

During the autumn, the szekler mountains and forests are loud by disturbing yet wildly beautiful roars. The deer wedding, as is called among the hunters, takes place once a year and then all nature falls silent to listen to the stags, whom with their raised antlered heads press out from their chests the eerie and yet stunningly beautiful mating roars.

The program is organized upon request. The participants are transported to the observation place by off-road vehicles, where a snack of wild game meats accompanied with the traditional pálinka will be served.

The program takes place at dawn and in the evening between:

05:00 - 9:00

and

19:00 -23:00 hours

Get hooked, it's a sure catch!

Trouts, carps, amur, sheatfish...

Carp(e) Diem!

In the Hăşmaş Mountains and the Girugeului Mountains dozens of marked trails await hikers. The trails are very different in terms of length and difficulty, it is possible to do a few hour tour or a several day excursions, in all periods of the year.

The scenery springtime is dressed in green, often in mesmerizing nuances, but it is also rainy, snowfall is not uncommon, especially at higher peaks.

Summer is most appropriate season to plan trips, when the landscape is covered with flowers are fewer rain days are warmer, but in mountain storms can occur at any time.

You can also go on a trip are given during warm autumn. The depression is often foggy, but the peaks and ridges of the mountains are immersed in sunlight. During this period the air is very clean, from the highest peaks we have a view stretching a hundred kms away. In daytime the temperature is usually warm, but gets cool at night, and the days may begin with a thick layer of frosty fog.

During winter the landscape is elegantly cold and white, usually mountains are covered with a thick blanket of snow. Most marked tourist trails are not accessible due to snowfall. Other trails are only accessible by rocket or skis. When planning to go hiking is good to keep in mind that the days are short and the weather might turn bad, you have to prepare appropriate attire, because they are frequent blizzards and strong winds. In the case of longer hikes, it is  good to inform and Rescue Service in advance.

There are several maps about the neoghboring mountains, the most useful are those published by Dimap.

The whole area of Gheorgheni is an excellent terrain for one day, several day or long nomadic horseback riding tours in the wilderness. What's more, for those who wanted to get initiated into horse riding, there is the possibility to take riding lessons, and classes for beginners in order to develop skills. Nonetheless, next to all the things adults can take part in, camps are organized for children in order to provide them with a know-how around horses.

Come with us to discover the wildlife of the Land of Volcanoes. Our guide is a local specialist who knows every tiny corner of this land of fairytales.

The program includes a snack of wild game meats accompanied with the traditional pálinka. The participants will be transported with all terrain vehicles to the location of the watch.

You’ll have the chance to observe wild animals like bears, wild boars, foxes, badgers or even wolfs in their own habitat. The program is taking place between 19:00 - 23:00. 

Starting from the bus stop from near the shops, after passing the Vârşag gate. The first stop is at old Venci's water mill. Here are tools that have been used in ancient times here at Vărşag. After the pezentation here, wee go on a forest road to the waterfall Csorgókő. We can walk to the waterfall (5 km) from where we go to participate in traditional processing of shingle to "Tálasberc". From the vista here we can admire the entire area of Vărşag. From here on an off-road tour we will reach the village center. Visit the monument for the hero of novel "Uz Bence" written by Nyiro Jozsef. And we visit our village church. We take a little break at the tavern "Csonka" after attending a weaving, spinning demonstration will departure to our last stop, visiting the charcoal manufacturing sites at near the Tartód ruins.

Down the hills and round the bends...

For further information, please call: +40 743 160 556

The Carphatians are  a core part of Transylvania’s identity, a vast continuous range, covered with unfragmented forests, one of the few left in Central-Europe, home to 45% of Europe’s big carnivors. Transylvania is a combination of nature with human culture in an integrated relationship. Abundent ecosystems, the untaimed wilderness combined with the wonderful gardens of wild flowers and the rural heritage are faces of the land with capture both eyes and lenses of our cameras. Sceneries and hay-fields are just magnificent.

Pristine forests, high-alpine pastures, all home to a diversity of botanical habitats, wild flowers and traces of ancient farming techniques offer people interested in examining all the plants they can get their eyes and hands on, a wonderful oppotunity. Nevertheless around the villages the lowland hay meadow which is probably the most threatened kind of habitat in the whole of Europetoday, although they existed throughout the continent and survived here in Eastern-Europe. Imagine that in a squre meter till the beginning of June around 60 species of blumes will have blumed. In addition more than 200 species  of butterflies  have survived due to scarce use of spraying.

Horse riding, horse and carriage rides, riding tours.

Lacu Roşu-Gorge of Bicaz has the potential to become one of the most important rock-climbing paradise in Central Europe. The microregion is surely one of the most important rock-climbing terrain in the country. Made up from limestone, developed as a result of erosion and tectonic plates movements, the landscape becoming the perfect rock climbing spots.

The rock-climbing tradition in the area dates back to the beginning of the last century. A few climbers from abroad came to the area who climbed the imposing Altar-stone in the upper section of the gorge. In the next few decades dozens of rock-climbing routes were arranged, and The Gorge served as the venue for several rock climbing competitions. This thriving rock climbing life in the Gorge fell slightly starting from the turn of the century, but is now starting to regain popularity once again, proof of this are the multitude of sport climbing routes (about 100-120)  recently arranged in addition to the classic rock-climbing routes.

Most of the climbing routes are classic climbing routes, to access them you have to climb up some potions  with the help of ladders. The sport climbing routes are 20-40 m in length, some ranging from lighter (6a) to difficult (8c) variations.

Over hill land dale, in the forests of Câmpu Cetăţii, on board of retro trucks.

For reservations please call the +40 744 684 121 phone number.

The Secler Gate Tour beginns with a short prezentation near the Tourist Information Office at the first piece of an outdoor Gate Museum. Here will be presented the main characteristics of the Secler Gate, decorative elements, the most common use of color, among athers. After this the oldest Secler Gate of the village will be visited, then walking through the village the three main modells will be shown. The goal is to show the differences and uniqqueness of every gate. During the approximately 1 hour walk-through the 11 Monument Secler Gates will be shown to our guests too.

Every day the flock is driven miles accross the open pasture and need to return to the fold noontime for the sheperds to milk the sheep. In fact they need to milk each sheep by hand 2-3 times a day, and it is not as easy as it looks. After milking them sheperds will make diary products, such as fresh cheese, a treat you can taste.  

In Gheorgheni nearly all religious denominations existent in the Carpathian Basin and their place of worship are to be found, and you can find out interesting facts about them. It is very interesting that so many denominations survived in a small town, and even if it is a predominantly Catholic region it is quite natural for people to accept the other important religious adherents and respect them. The town of Gheorgheni is a true ecumenical experience.

Learn to drive one of these monsters around an obstacle course. A fun packed activity and one that’s guaranteed to thrill you! This activity is great for client entertainment, staff days and team building.

Safety note: Includes a safety briefing for each group at the start of the activity by an experienced, qualified instructor.  It is important that participants listen to, and adhere to, the briefing for safety purposes. The instructor will accompany each individual as they get a turn to drive. A driving licence is required. The rest of the team stay within the spectator area.

Old customs presentation performed by children

The Hot Air Balloon Parade from Câmpu Cetătii is the first and unique event of this kind in Romania. In 2014 it was organized the 9th edition of the parade.The festival is organized by the Nyaradballoon Sky Team Sport Association – Eremitu with the collaboration of the Mures County council and Local council Eremitu.
The festival and the idea of this kind of festival was the consequence of a conversation between three friends and its objective is to present this kind of sport/hobby, unfortunately it isn’t a common one in Romania.
At the moment in Romania there are 10-12 hot air balloons, the majority in Bucharest, these balloons participate on different socio- cultural events in the country. The event from Câmpu Cetătii helps these teams to meet other teams from other countries to change experiences.
From the year 2006 , there were 3 teams and a few hundreds of viewers. In the last years we had 14-16 balloons (or even more!) from 5-6 other countries and around 20-25.000 visitors.
Last year there was 17 hot air balloons from many countries.
Visitors are from the neighboring countries and the area. There are some people who plan their holiday to participate on this unique festival, there are many reservations for accommodation and flight, too.
In 2015 the event will be in the period 25-27 September.
For more information, reservation and photo gallery visit: www.paradabaloanelor.ro ,
Kadar Levente 0743-03.06.08 vandorfogado@ yahoo.com
Hajdu Arnold hajduarnold@yahoo.com

Duration: approx. 2-3 hours.

Distance: approx. 20 km.

The program was built up in accordance with the needs of the guests, which also includes crafts demonstration, and visiting of natural attractions here at Székelyvarság .