Landscapes of Danube Delta

Here is another slideshow with pictures by Leonard Butusina. I don't know Leonard yet, but I'd like to meet him and have a chat.

Just watch the pictures and you'll understand why we love Danube Delta, why we consider it as one of the most beautiful places in Europe and why when someone asks me what to see in Romania I always recommend Danube Delta as a must-see.

Birds of Danube Delta

The birds and the main treasure of Danube Delta. 325 species of birds shelter and nest here, out of which some are very rare. Like the Curly Pelican (Pelecanus Dalmatus) or the pigmy cormorant. Lucian Butusina has a very nice slideshow surprising the pelicans (Pelecanus Onocrotalus), the take-off of the swans (Cygnus Olor), the Black-winged Stilt, (Himantopus himantopus), the Pochard (Aythya Ferina), a tern (Sterna Hirundo), the Squacco heron , a falcon (which I would idetntify as Falco Subbuteo), an Ibis (Glossy Ibis), the Spoonbill (Platalea Leucordia), the Little Egret (Egretta Garzetta), the Black Headed Gull

People of Danube Delta

A slide show with lovely pictures by Leonard Butusina. While other similar slide-shows concentrate on the landscape or the birds, this time Leonard's pictures are about people living in Danube Delta, them households and the lifestyle:

Birds of danube delta

Yet another slideshow, on a daring music.
Nice pictures by Romeo Huidu, presenting many of Danube Delta's birds:

Passenger boat in Danube Delta

The transfer by the passenger boat in Danube Delta is a nice trip in itself, we we can see in this video. There are two types of boats: a slow one and a fast catamaran. The slow passenger boat, called by the locals simply "Pasagerul" (the passenger) is the one I recommend. The catamaran is faster, you cannot stay outside and you don't see that many birds as from the slow one.
That's why, whenever possible Outdoor Holidays' excursion in Danube Delta feature transfer by the slow passenger boat and the guide will stay with you outside showing the birds and explaining the local traditions.