Rila Lakes, Bulgaria Guided Snowshoe Tour
4.3
(3)
Enjoy a full day snowshoe tour in the fascinating seven lakes in the Rila Mountains of Bulgaria with a UIMLA guide.
Rila Mountains
1 Day
Jan - Apr
High
Beginner
Description
Come and join me on this fantastic snowshoe tour in one of Europe’s most fascinating landscapes, the Rila lakes in Bulgaria. At the lakes you will get to spend a whole day hiking across a splendid landscape that will leave you speechless.
The Rila Mountains is the highest mountain range in Bulgaria, as well as and the Balkans. It is without a doubt, an incredible place to enjoy winter activities. Some of those activities include climbing, ski touring, hiking and snowshoeing, which will be the focus of this trip.
While walking on the snow around the incredible lakes, you will get to gaze at Bulgaria's natural landscape from a great height. Thus giving you the perfect perspective to appreciate its beauty.
This snowshoeing trip will take place in the Rila National Park. Inside of the park's boundaries, you will see the Northwestern Rila as well as all seven of the Rila Lakes.
We will start our hiking trip from the city of Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital. After that, we will drive for 1.5 hours to Panichishte or Malyovitsa, the principal starting points of our excursion.
Another great advantage of this trip is that it not extremely challenging. Hence making it accessible to almost anybody.
Join us and get ready to leave the chaos and noise of the city behind. By traversing on snowshoes around the Rila lakes you will you and enjoy the calm, whiteness and purity of the mountains. If that sounds like the kind of adventure you want to enjoy, just send me a request.
Are you looking for a more extensive adventure in Bulgaria? If so, I can also guide you on this 7 day snowshoe tour through the Rila and Vitosha mountains.
Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Transport during the trip
- Lifts tickets
Meeting point
About the guide
Lyuben
5.0
(11)
Mountain Leader
I work as a mountain leader since 2006, both with individuals and larger organized groups, mainly English speaking.
Together with a group of colleagues we offer a wide-range of activities: hiking, trekking, rock climbing and mountain biking, snowshoeing, ice climbing, ski touring and off-piste skiing.
All our guides are certified, experienced and passionate about their job and will guide you with a smile and care through the wild beauty of the Bulgarian and the Balkan mountains.
Languages
Russian | English | Bulgarian
Certificates
UIMLA
What people are saying about this trip
John
Lyuben was a very friendly and competent guide. We unfortunately had to change our tour completely due to excessive winds as the 7 Lakes chairlift was closed. We hiked instead up the mountain and Lyuben did a nice job of navigating us on snowshoes through attractive snowy routes in the forest as the snow level improved. The wind was too harsh without visibility once we got up to the top so unfortunately it was not safe (and it would have been miserable) to attempt hiking further within the 7 Lakes region. As an alternative, Lyuben offered to take us on a snowshoe tour to visit a frozen waterfall before heading back down. He also refunded the money that would have been used for the chairlift. Before starting the trip, he was proactive and helpful with his communication. We appreciate it also that he modified the price given that we were already in the region and did not need transport to/from Sophia.
Greta
Greta
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