Year: 2026

Bears in Snow Photography Tour

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Yet another NEW PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR! We are happy to announce another new photography tour to Transylvania. Our first and number one target is to photograph Brown Bears in snowy conditions! This is yet again a hide based photography tour which is short and dedicated to bear photography. In recent years we were getting more and more interest to photograph bears from our hides in winter and in snowy conditions. Now we listened to these requests and will try the first tour in 2027. You can read more about this new tour HERE.

Brown Bear in snowy conditons. We have a dedicated tour to photograph these wonderful mammals in snow. Image by Ferenc Alpár Gothárd
Carpathian Brown Bear in snow. In late winter or early spring there is chance to photograph bears in snow. Image by János Oláh
Snowy bear at our pool hide in Transylvania. Image by Janos Olah
Face to face with a Carpathian Brown Bear. Image by Janos Olah

Late Winter in Transylvania Photography Tour

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We have crafted a new tour for our photographer friends and clients! This hide based photography tour is targeting wildlife in Transylvania in March! Conditions can be variable from year to year but early and mid March still can be cold and wintry. We will hope to capture Pine Marten in winter coat, Brown Bears in snowy conditions, various woodpeckers at our feeders, stalking the fantastic Ural Owl and our clients could even try to connect with Eurasian Lynx when our expert guide will take them to our hides! This is a full adventure in late winter which is normally a rather dull month for European photography tours. So come and try this new tour! Unfortunately due to special targets this tour can only be run once a year! You can read more about Late Winter in Transylvania Photograph Tour HERE.

Carpathian Brown Bear in Transylvania. It was mid April when we had 2 days of intensive snowing. In March there is more chance for snow! Image by Janos Olah
A fantastic male Eurasian Lynx photographed on our 2025 Lynx Photography tour. Image by Ferenc Alpár-Gothárd
Pine Marten is a regular visitor to one of our hide. Image by Janos Olah
Ural Owl female in Transylvania. Image by Janos Olah
Crested Tit is a regular visitor at some of our hides. Such a charismatic little bird! Image by Janos Olah
Male White-backed Woodpecker in Transylvania. Image by Janos Olah

Danube Delta in winter Photography Tour

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Danube Delta in winter Photography Tour is an amazing experience! Weather is changeable nowadays so you need a bit of luck, but that is true generally for photographing nature! All our target subjects were available in 2026 but opportunities are different and changing throughout. It is important to bring enough winter clothing as the night sessions can be cold! We had temperature down to -9C on some occasions in late Januaryof and early February in 2026. Our comfortable base has nice warm rooms and excellent local cusine! Subjects are plentyful but Golden Jackals in winter coat, Dalmatian Pelicans in breeding dress, fishing White-tailed Eagles, Pallas’s Gulls and Wildcats are amongst our top targets. Indeed we had as many as 9 sightings of Wildcats this winter and an amazing 4 sightings of European Mink! If you looking for an unusual tour out of the beaten track, the winter Danube Delta is certainly one! Come and join us next year, places are limited as the timeframe for such a tours are short! All the images below are taken in 2026!

Golden Jackal in the Danube Delta. Image by Janos Olah
Face to face with a Dalmatian Pelican while the yellow pouch of a White Pelican is visible in the background. Image by Janos Olah.
Winter feeling in the Danube Delta with breeding plumaged Great Cormorants. Image by Janos Olah
White Pelican ready to eat a fish. Amazing to see the bill of these huge birds from an unusual angle. Image by Janos Olah.
A drake Smew in the Danube Delta. It is a scarce species and the best chance to connect with one when the lagoons are frozen, especially in February. Image by Janos Olah
Tawny Owl along the channels of the delta in winter. Most probably looking for Little Grebes to eat. Image by Janos Olah
Golden Jackal in winter coat. Image by Janos Olah
One of the rarest Euroepan mammal: European Mink. It is regularly seen on some of our tours! You can see its webbed feet on this image. Image by Janos Olah
Pallas’s Gull in action! On our winter tours to the Danube Delta we often get great action by these large and amazing gulls. Image by Janos Olah
Golden Jackas offer great photo opportunities when they chasing each other or all birds while defending food. Especially winter they are attractive with their winter coat on. Image by Janos Olah.
Pallas’s Gull is an iconic species of the Danube Delta as they breed nowehere else in Europe! In winter we see them in full breeding dress. Image by Janos Olah

Janos on the Mammalwatching podcast with Jon Hall and Charles Foley

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If you have a spare hour you can listen to Janos chating with Jon and Charles in the latest mammalwatching PODCAST also about our Romania Mammal Tour.

Classic view of a mole-rat looking out from its tunnel. This is a Nannospalax leucodon from Dobrudja. Image by Janos Olah
Romanian Hamster is a localised mammal species and one of the main targets on our annual Romania Mammal Tour. Image by János Oláh
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