- open canoeing tour 250 km down a slow lowlands river

for those who want to spend fascinating evenings in a rough camp with good company and who feel comfortable in  the outdoors

  * reservations are accepted till 01.06.2010

The price includes:

• canoes (Grabner Adventure for two) and canoeing gear (paddles, life jackets, waterproof containers)
• 2 meals per day
• local transport
• local taxes and insurance
• entrance fees in all nature and national parks
• professional guide
• CD with professional photographs

The price does not include:

• camping gear
• personal sanitary and medical necessities
• drinks

Number of participants: 6 per group.

ITINERARY

Day 1 - Thursday - arrival to the town of Cakovec, meeting on the parking of the Park Hotel, departure to the river Drava, location Legrad. Bird watching in the Veliki Pazut zoological reservation, with its 15 types of habitats.

Day 2 - Friday - early morning trip to the Cep billabong and the oxbow lake of Jeskovo, paddling and bird watching in this serene environment.

Day 3 - Saturday - a visit to Hlebine, cradle of Croatian naive art, then down the river to the natural lake Cambina and the ancient oak forest of Repas.

Day 4 - Sunday - paddling and walking are the activities of this day, where the localities of Jelkusa and Kriznica will be explored. The river Drava is going into intensive meanders in this area, not to be seen anywhere from its spring to its mouth.

Day 5 - Monday - paddling and exploring from Kriznica to Terezino polje 

Day 6 - Tuesday - paddling and exploring from Terezino polje to Budakovec

Day 7 - Wednesday - today's trip is from Budakovec to Podravska Moslavina, with a visit to the ornithological reservation of Podpanj, where 106 nesting species are noted, of which many are rarely nesting in Croatia.

Day 8 - Thursday - paddling from Podravska Moslavina to Donji Miholjac

Day 9 - Friday - paddling from Donji Miholjac to Bistrinci

Day 10 - Saturday - paddling from Bistrinci to Osijek, free time for sightseeing of Osijek and visiting of the local bathing area

Day 11 - Sunday - paddling to the national park of Kopacki Rit, which is a flooded area in which the river Danube creates an inner delta with the river Sava in the middle part of it's flow.

Common Sandpiper, Night Heron, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Little Tern,   Little Egret, Purple Heron, White-tailed Sea Eagle, Black Stork, White Stork, Squacco Heron, Bee-eater, Whiskered Tern, Little Egret, Cormorant, Pygmy Cormorant, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Sand Martin...

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VAL TOURS birding(at)val-tours.hr Trg hrvatskih velikana bb 23210 Biograd n/m Croatia tel: +385 23 386 479 fax: +385 23 386 478 ID CODE HR-AB-23-13060100423