Day Trip to Bear’s Cave, Dagan’s Valley and Padis

Their beauty and breathtaking scenery determined  CNN to include the Apuseni Mountains in the top tourist attractions in Europe. Called Peștera Urșilor in Romanian, the Cave is located in the Apuseni Mountains, in the borderlands of Chişcău Village. The cave system was first discovered in 1975 when exploratory mining blasting revealed the caverns. They were then explored by a group of scientists known as Speodava who found a massive amount of bones that once belonged to ancient, extinct cave bears that hadn’t walked the Earth for over 27,000 years.

Itinerary

• Departure from Cluj Napoca at 07.00 in the morning
• The first stop is at Dragan Valley, at Pensiuena Art 1000. From here you can admire the Dragan Lake, unique because of the nature surrounding it.
• The next stop is at the Bear Cave, one of the most important tourist attractions in the Apuseni Nature Reserve. The visit of the cave takes about 45 minutes.
• Lunch break at a local restaurant
• Continue the journey to Boga village and Boga waterfall. 
• Here you will spend about three hours hiking, admiring the Vladeasa Mountains.
• Return to Cluj in the afternoon.

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