Channels
Through the reeds.
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The Danube Delta is a vast world of channels, lakes, reeds and flooded forest where the Danube flows into the Black Sea. Calm water is walled by green reeds and willows, with thatched fishing villages and flocks of birds everywhere. It is Europe's second largest river delta after the Volga's and the best preserved. It covers about 4,152 square kilometres, most of it in Romania, and began forming after 4000 BC. Together with the Razim–Sinoe lagoons it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is home to many birds, including white and Dalmatian pelicans and cormorants. You take a boat from Tulcea or from villages deep in the delta, wind through channels and lakes watching birds, and stay in a guesthouse in a fishing village. Its mapped point is about 45 km in a straight line east of Tulcea. Bring mosquito repellent; spring and early summer are best for birds.
Through the reeds.
In spring.
Thatched.
Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Tulcea County
By boat from Tulcea.
May to September.