Services, facilities
Guiding
- Qualified mountain guides - English, Hungarian speaking
- Specialized guides (fauna&flora, wildlife watching) - English, Hungarian speaking
- Mountain rescue, with watchpoints during tourism season
Trails
Marked trails are guiding visitors, who have to follow them both for security reasons, but also for conservation reasons. Maps can be bought at the entrance points at Gura Apei/Rotunda, Gura Zlata, Rausor, Carnic, Buta.
Educational trail at Râuşor, with an informational leaflet in Romanian and English.
Tourist Retezat National Park Map can be bought at park entrances and accommodation sites
Publications
- Retezat National Park Newsletter: published on a quarterly basis, addressed to the general public, with parts dedicated to children and local people.
- Retezat National Park Scientist Newsletter: published twice a year in an electronic format, with brief information on park studies' results and planned research projects.
Volunteers
- Students from Hunedoara Faculty, through Ecosilva NGO
- Students from Romanian schools and universities
- Mountain Rescue volunteers
- Retezat Junior Rangers
- International volunteers, students from German universities
Park facilities
Tourists can use only designated camping sites inside Retezat National Park.
Accommodation can be found in mountain cabins, Râuşor motel and local pensions.
Booking in local pensions/cabins - contact: grig@retezat.ro, or fax: 0040 254 218829
Visitor centers
Two visitors centers will be opened in 2005, one in Nucşoara and the other one in Râu de Mori. Beside those there will be two tourism information points: one in the south (close to Câmpu lui Neag village) and the other one on Râu Mare Valley.
Education facilities
The main visitor center in Nucşoara will have a display with information about Retezat National Park and an educational area. |
