Tour No 1 : Birdwatching 9 days / 8 nights

Day 1. BELGRADE – NOVI SAD (D) Arrival to Belgrade airport. Transfer to Novi Sad and accommodation in a hotel. Free time. In the afternoon sightseeing of Novi Sad. Dinner and overnight in hotel in Novi Sad.

Day 2. NOVI SAD – ZASAVICA - FRUSKA GORA MOUNTAIN –SREMSKI KARLOVCI - NOVI SAD (B,L) Breakfast. Early departure to Zasavica – special nature reserve, 50km far from Novi Sad. Boat driving and birdwatching in this area - Little Grebe, Pygmu Cormorant, Little Bittern, Night Heron, Little Egret, White Stork, Ferruginous Duck, White-tailed Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, Hobby, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Long-eared Owl, Little Owl, Green Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Crested Lark, Tawny pipit, Black-headed Yellow Wagtail, Nightingale, Black Redstart, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Savi’s Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Penduline Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper, Red-backed Shrike, Golden Oriole, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Serin, Hawfinch, Corn Bunting. Lunch. Departure to Fruška Gora mountain, and birdwatching - Imperial Eagle, Goshawk, Honey Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Saker Falcon, Wood Lark, Crested Lark, Black, Grey-headed, Syrian and Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole, European Bee-eater, Short-toed Treecreeper, Collared Flycatcher, Hawfinch, Ortolan Bunting, Black-headed Bunting. Departure to Sremski Karlovci – short sightseeing and wine tasting in a vine cellar. Dinner on the Danube coast. Return to hotel. Overnight.

Day 3. NOVI SAD – BEČEJ FISH POND – CARSKA SWAMP (B, D) Breakfast. Early departure to fish pond Bečej. This is the area with artificial lakes (around 50km), surrounded with stepes. Lakes are used for commercial production of carps and as a natural sanctuary for migrating watter birds. Birds that can be seen here - Bittern, Little Bittern, Great White Egret, Squacco Heron, Spoonbill, Ferruginous Duck, Garganey, White-tailed Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Corn Crake, Little Crake, Whiskered and Black Terns, Lesser spotted, Middle-spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers, Wryneck, Red-backed Shrike, Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit, Great Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, River Warbler, Savi's Warbler. Departure to Carska Swamp. Boat cruise on Carska Swamp. Departure to hotel. Accommodation. Dinner. Overnight.

Day 4. CARSKA SWAMP – DELIBLATO SANDS – BELA CRKVA (B, D) Breakfast. Departure to Carska swamp. Boat cruise in Carska Swamp and birdwatching - Bittern, Little Bittern, Great White Egret, Squacco Heron, Spoonbill, Ferruginous Duck, Garganey, White-tailed Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Corn Crake, Little Crake, Whiskered and Black Terns, Lesser spotted, Middle-spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers, Wryneck, Red-backed Shrike, Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit, Great Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, River Warbler, Savi's Warbler. Departure to Deliblato sands. Dinner on salas farm on the Danube coast (specialties of mangulica – old pig sort whose meat is non cholesterol). Departure to Bela Crkva. Accommodation in apartments. Overnight.

Day 5. BELA CRKVA – DJERDAP CANYON – DONJI MILANOVAC (B, D) Breakfast. Departure to the place where will start the boat cruise (max 6 pax per boat). Boat cruise through boglands of Danube that is extremely wide on this place. Crossing over the Danube by scow, and departure through the Djerdap canyon. Traditional dinner and gathering with the naive sculptor, the host. The ambient will be filled with the sounds of flute and with the sunset with the view on the Danube and surounding mountains. Departure to hotel in Donji Milanovac. Overnight.

Day 6. DJERDAP NATIONAL PARK – IRON GATE (B,L) Breakfast. Transfer and walking tour through the most interesting part of the national Park. Optional - visit to the Lepenski vir- archaeological location, that was a center of prehistoric culture in period between 7000 and 6000 years BC. Djerdap canyon is very important for vultures reproduction and for the hibernate of the watter birds. This is day is reserved for walking and enjoying in birds and natural beauties. You will have a chance to see - Cormorants, Bald coot, Llittle egret, Predators, Grey heron, Snipes, White stork, Doves, Black stork, Pigeons, Mallard, Owls, Teal, Woodpeckers, Wigeon, Warblers, Diving ducks, Passerines, Smew, Tits. Lunch – picnic with traditional specialties, in the nature. Optional dinner in fish restaurant in Donji Milanovac. Return to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 7. DONJI MILANOVAC – NORTH KUCAJ MOUNTAINS – BELGRADE (BL) Breakfast. Departure to Kucaj Mountain. Walking to one of the peaks of the Northern Kucaj with beautifull lookouts. Departure to a cave - short walk through this cave. Lunch in the nature, near the cave. Departure to Belgrade. Accommodation in a hotel. Optional dinner in a national restaurant. Overnight.

Day 8. BELGRADE (B,D)

Day 9. BELGRADE (B) Breakfast. Transfer to airport. The end of the program.

Price per person in a double room: 730 €
The price is based on 15 persons
Supplement for single room: 90 €

Prices include:

  • transfers according to the program
  • Accommodation according to the program
  • 3 x lunch (day 2, day 6, day 7)
  • 5 x dinner (day 1, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 8)
  • Wine tasting (day 2)
  • Boat cruise (day 2, day 3, day 5)
  • English speaking guide, expert for birdwatching and botanica
  • Entrance tickets (cave, scow)

The price does not include:

  • Airplain tickets
  • 6 x Lunch ( day 1, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 8, day 9)
  • 3 x Dinner (day 2, day 6, day 7)
  • Entrance tickets (Lepenski vir) (day 8)