Here we would like to offer you a few tips and recommendations if you’d like to experience Romania’s primary forests for yourself.

This is a fully subjective selection – the contacts and offers mentioned here are based primarily on personal connections or friendships and are by no means selected objectively or exhaustive.

So, if you’re planning to travel to the Brasov / Fagaras, Baile Herculane / Domogled regions or to the Semenic – Cheile Carasului National Park and would like to enjoy a guided primary forest experience there, you can get in touch with the people listed below. 

They can help you organise your trip and serve as guides ...

So far, very few international tour operators have included Romania’s primary forests in their itineraries. The Austrian providers of nature, photography and wilderness tours, Experience Wilderness and ARR-Reisen, are pioneers in this field. “Experience Wilderness” is offering a tour of the wild forests and ancient peasant land in Romania’s Domogled National Park in August 2026 – see below.

Claudiu Postelnicu 

Brasov / Fagaras Mountains area 

"My name is Claudiu, and everything I can say about myself is reflected in one word: Oak. I’ve been a photographer since I was strong enough to hold a camera. Over the years, I’ve also become a journalist, a licensed tour guide, a ski instructor, and a sailing skipper. Through my work with NGOs, I actively dedicate myself to environmental conservation, particularly protecting primary forests. I’m also part of the volunteer team of Salvamont Salvaspeo Brașov, a speological rescue unit that handles underground emergencies. I’m a native Romanian speaker, but I can communicate comfortably in intermediate English. 

What do I desire? It’s simple: to live a beautiful, harmonious life with people and nature. To guide you to stunning places, introduce you to authentic and wonderful people, savor local products together, and exchange stories and memories. 
What is my mission? To give you unforgettable experiences, genuine emotions, and pleasant memories—so that at the tour’s end, we can all say in unison: "We’ve had a beautiful day!" 
My faithful companion, Fulger, often joins me on adventures.
Maybe you’ll have the pleasure of meeting him!"

You can reach Claudiu here: https://claudiupostelnicu.eu/contact/ or on Facebook. He speaks Romanian and English. 

Eniko Toth

Fagaras Mountains area

"My name is Eni. I have always felt a deep connection with nature—it is not something separate from us, but an essential part of who we are.
Growing up, the forest was our playground—our wild, green kingdom. It shaped my sense of wonder and my respect for the natural world.
I find joy in the open air: biking, hiking, climbing… wandering through forests, over mountains, across hills and plains. In winter, I enjoy skiing.
I’m a ski instructor, swimming instructor, local guide and national guide, and I also share nature’s magic with children through hikes and camps. I believe there’s no better time to learn respect and care for the Earth than when we are young.

I speak Hungarian and Romanian fluently. In German and English, I am not at such a fluent level, but I am in a continuous learning process to reach the most advanced level possible.

I’m also a wildlife and nature photographer. Through my lens, I try to capture the soul of the wild—to reveal its quiet beauty, its delicate balance, and the deep need to protect it.
I am a member of FORONA, the Organization of Nature Photographers in Romania, and I’m also a volunteer helping to organize the Lynx Festival.

My goal is to create meaningful experiences that connect people with nature. Because in every whisper of the wind, in every footprint on a snowy trail, nature reminds us: we belong to something greater, something alive, something worth protecting."

You can reach Eniko Toth here: eni.mky(at)gmail.com or on Facebook.

„Experience Wilderness“ offers unique journeys to Romania’s forest wilderness: Experience primary forests and ancient cultural landscapes in the „Garden of Eden“.

„Deep in the heart of the Southern Carpathians, where ancient cultural landscapes and wild primeval forests meet, lies one of Romania’s most beautiful and unspoilt national parks. In Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park, wilderness and people have lived in harmony for centuries – here you will find what is surely Europe’s Garden of Eden. Colourful flower meadows full of rare orchids alternate with dense beech forests, whilst the peaks of the Southern Carpathians watch over it all. Brown bears roam the quiet forests, wolves cross the mountain slopes, and in the villages the land is still farmed as it was 100 years ago.“

Bernd Pfleger MSc., founder and CEO of „Experience Wilderness“: “Our wilderness tours aren’t survival camps, but they’re no walk in the park either. They’re an invitation: to discover, to feel, to let go. You’re out in the open, off the beaten track – yet in good company. You’ll need to pitch in, but you won’t have to worry about a thing.You don’t need any prior outdoor experience, just an openness to simplicity, silence and pure nature. Together, we’ll bring your wilderness skills to life. With us, you’ll discover traces that didn’t exist in your imagination before. And hear animal sounds that will take your perception of nature to a whole new level."

Latest news: The tour in August 2026 is already fully booked.

However, Bernd Pfleger would like to offer further tours of Romania’s breathtaking wilderness landscapes. So if you are interested in such a tour into the heart of Romania’s wild land, please contact the team at Experience Wilderness. 
Info: Experience Wilderness - Domogled 2026. Contact via Email. 
The website is in German, but Bernd Pfleger and the team also speak English. 

Guided walks into the heart of the largest primary beech forest in the European Union - the UNESCO-protected “Nera Springs” reserve in the Semenic – Cheile Caraşului National Park:

Nowhere else in the EU can you experience such a vast primary beech forest. The strictly protected “Izvoarele Nerei” reserve (in English: “Nera Springs”) comprises a contiguous beech forest covering more than 4,000 hectares, with no clear-cuts, no forest roads and no settlements. This is unique in Europe.

Seen from the summit of Mount Semenic, the vast primary beech forest stretches as far as the eye can see. A seamless sea of trees.

This gives a sense of what Europe might have looked like 5,000 years ago, when the beech tree repopulated large parts of the continent following the Ice Age.

The European beech is a unique example of how a single tree species can profoundly shape  large landscape complexes: beech forests – alongside wild pastures with large herbivores – dominated the landscapes of southern and central Europe before the advance of humans and large-scale deforestation. 

Today, hardly anything remains of the once vast natural beech forests. The primary forest in the Nera Springs Reserve on the eastern slopes of Mount Semenic is the largest remaining primary beech forest in the EU, surpassed only by the Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh primary forest in western Ukraine. Thankfully, there is no logging in old stands taking place in the strict Nera Springs Reserve, unlike in other parts of the national park.

The outstanding ecological value of these last remaining primeval beech forests is a key reason why scientists, in collaboration with UNESCO, are working to place the most significant surviving primeval and ancient beech forests under the protection of all humanity as a transnational, serial UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site and to inscribe them on the UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites. 

The Nera Springs (“Izvoarele Nerei”) UNESCO component part is one of the most significant treasures among Europe’s natural heritage sites.

National park ranger Günther Loidl is descended from Austrian immigrants who came to Romania 300 years ago. He speaks Romanian, German and English languages and can guide you into the wonderful primary forest. 

A guided walk in Nera Springs forest is truly a unique experience – not least because the forest reserve is strictly protected and the marked paths that once existed are increasingly being overgrown by the wild forest. Without a national park ranger to guide you, it is therefore not possible to explore the forest wilderness. 

You can reach Günther Loidl via the national park administration: pnscc(at)gmail.com or: parc.ranger(at)yahoo.de