Wednesday, 31 August 2016

We're Off - Itinerary

Thursday Sep 1 -  Friday September 16,  Bulgaria



Wizzair
We fly from Luton at 5.30 a.m. on Sep 1st (leave home at 00.15 a.m.) and will be home early evening on the 16th.

Itinerary

Sep 1      Arrive Varna and drive north to coastal Dobrudzha  for 3 nights.

Sep 4      Drive south to Burgas following the coastline - forest birds and raptor migration. 
              Burgas for 5 nights.
              Focus on Burgas wetlands and raptor migration.

Sep 8     Visit the Strandzha Mountains.

Sep 9      Sakar Hills. Topolovgrad for 1 night.

Sep 10    Eastern Rhodopes for 2 nights. 

Sep 12     Western Rhodopes  mountains, 2 nights in Trigrad area.

Sep 13    Trigard Gorge - Wallcreeper hunt.

Sep 14     Transfer to Sofia for 2 nights with several stops en route

Sep 15    Vitosha Mountains south of Sofia  - Black Woodpecker ! ??

Sep 16     Fly home to Luton, dep  2.15 p.m.