Animals in Brasov

Libearty Bear Sanctuary Zărnești largest brown bear sanctuary

Bears in Transylvania

It was lovely to hear about how each bear ended up in rescue and to see these animals living their best lives. Our driver was courteous, caring, and safe. I'd definitely recommend this tour!!

Transylvania with Dracula Castle, Bear Sanctuary and Brasov

Fabulous day out!!

Andre was our tour guide for the day, he arrived promptly on time picking us up from our hotel. The first stop was at the bear sanctuary which is a 3.5 hour journey from the city centre Andre made toilet stops and refreshment stops on the way due to it being a long journey. The scenery on the way was amazing and the car was comfy with air con. When we got to the sanctuary we had a tour round for about an hour, it was an enjoyable place but be warned it's walking up hills so you need good shoes on and there's nowhere to actually sit while they are talking about the bears so if you don't like that sort of thing its not for you as they do go on abit. The kids enjoyed but it went on a it too long for small kids so probably recommended for older kids and people without any health issues as we had an elderly guy on our tour who took ages to catch up and the tour guide didn't wait. After we got driven on to Bran castle about half an hour away where we got about an hour and 20 mins to look round and have lunch. Luckily on the day we went there ws no queue so it may be advisable to book tickets in advance if you are going as heard it can get quite busy and whilst you are in there it's quite fast paced as there's so many people in there so you don't get long to look at things with people moving you on and pushing past. The last stop of the day was Brasov which is a lovely little place to visit with nice restaurants and a nice square/church etc. Our recommendations is to bring a few snacks and drinks to keep you going as its a long day and you don't have much time to purchase food also you don't really have time for a proper sit down for food until you get to Brasov. The tour was excellent the only thing we though that could be improved is you really need a bit longer at each place to enjoy it more so you don't feel rushed do maybe 2 hours at each place as we didn't have time to look for souvenirs or have much to eat at Bran castle and my boys were abit disappointed they wanted to take a souvenir back from the castle. My boys loved Andre and he played them some really good songs in the car to make to fun for them they missed him when we went back to the hotel!

Bears Sanctuary, Dracula Castle and Poiana Brasov-Private day tour from Brasov

Brilliant day with a fantastic tour guide.

We started the day with Dinu collecting us from our central-Braşov Hotel at just after 8am. You need to be at the bear sanctuary quite early so we booked the 9.15am tour. The sanctuary is very well kept and away from any main towns or roads. The sanctuary guides are brilliant and the bears are just so adorable. The stories that accompany so many of them are heart-wrenching but it's great to see them in such beautiful and open surroundings. And they are fully out in the open; it's not like you have to search for them....unless they're in the foliage high up a tree. We then travelled to Bran castle. Dinu, with his perfect English, was a top-notch travel guide and was so incredibly informative about everything at the castle. It is a great place to visit. We can really recommend this tour. Dinu is a fantastic driver and tour guide and the whole day is well worth the money. Plus you get to see lots of this beautiful country.