Day 1: The tour starts in Poprad, the main town in the area. Overnight in the beautiful medieval square of Spisska Sobota, at Pension SV Juraj.
Day 2: Leave for the mountains after a leisurely breakfast, and drive the length of both the key valleys we explore in the Western Tatras accompanied by a Project Bear guide. Lunch at our ranger cottage in the mountains (unavailable to any other tourists).
Afternoon walk looking for bear prints, and tree markings in the forest, and scouring the hill tops for the animals themselves.
Take an evening drive through the valleys to catch animals still out feeding. Dinner in our cottage, and a chance to talk about Project Bear with your member of the team (b,l,d).
Day 3: Take an early morning drive through the valleys in search of bears. If we spot one not too far away, we will walk to get closer and study its behaviour. Breakfast at the cottage.
After breakfast we will take a walk through breathtaking scenery, accompanied by a park ranger, in areas forbidden to tourists. These are the most wildlife sensitive areas and we hope to find the rare Tatra chamois, and Tatra marmot, as well as deer, foxes and, of course, bears. We will almost certainly find tracks of wolves and lucky participants may see them.
At the end of the walk we will once again explore the valleys by car, and take the chance to check our special movement sensitive camera traps to see animals have been traversing the forest in recent days.
At the end of a long, fruitful (we hope), but strenuous day of walking, we return to our Spisska Sobota and Pension SV Juraj by car for dinner and overnight (b, pl).
Day 4: Tour ends in Spisska Sobota (b).
Price: € 420 per person. Minimum: 2 people. Includes all accommodation, local transport, expert wildlife guide and meals as shown. Price does not include international flights, drinks, meals not highlighted and gratuities.
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Key:
b = Breakfast (p)l = (packed)Lunch d = Dinner
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