Romania is home to one of Europe's last great wildernesses. The Carpathian Mountains stretch across much of the country, sheltering the largest population of brown bears in Europe alongside wolves, lynx, and vast tracts of ancient forest largely untouched by modern development.
Multi-activity trips here bring students face to face with this wilderness through hiking across mountain trails and nights spent in remote villages where traditional ways of life continue much as they have for centuries. Days might combine trekking through pine forests and alpine meadows with visits to fortified churches and medieval towns, giving students a genuine sense of Romania's layered history alongside its natural beauty. To the east, the Danube Delta offers an entirely different landscape - Europe's largest and best-preserved wetland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to over 300 species of birds, making it a haven for birdwatching and biodiversity study.
For students studying biology, geography, or environmental science, Romania offers rare, hands-on access to large carnivore conservation and some of the continent's most intact ecosystems - an experience that's increasingly difficult to find anywhere else in Europe.