Itinerary

1. Day 1 :
   

   Brasov - Start point

   
   

2. Day 1 :
   

   Transfer Brasov - Sambata de Sus area (approx.1 hour).On the way we make a stop to buy the food.
   Complex Sambata (670 m) – Sambata Valley – Valea Sambetei Mountain Hut (1401 m) – Fereastra Mare a Sambetei (2188 m) – Fereastra Mica a Sambetei (2191 m) – approx.6 hours.From the saddle Fereastra Mare a Sambetei we climb strongly to the west-south-west over the peak Slanina (2268 m), than we descend in Fereastra Mica a Sambetei, where we camp.

   
   

3. Day 2 :
   

   Fereastra Mica a Sambetei - Moldoveanu Peak - Lake Iezerul Podul Giurgiului

   
   

4. Day 2 :
   

   Fereastra Mica a Sambetei (2191 m) – Portita Vistei (2380 m) – Vistea Mare Peak (2527 m) – Moldoveanu Peak, the highest peak of Romanian Carpathian chain (2544 m) – Vistea Mare Peak (2527 m) – Podragu Saddle (2307 m) – Lake Iezerul Podul Giurgiului (2264 m) - approx.7 hours.Camping.
   From Portita Vistei we climb steadily on the peak Vistea Mare, the third highest peak in the Fagaras Mountains and in the Romanian Carpathians.From this peak, on the highest sharp edge in the country, we reach, in about 30 minutes, the Moldoveanu Peak, the highest peak in Romania!

   
   

5. Day 3 :
   

   Lake Iezerul Podul Giurgiului - Capra Lake

   
   

6. Day 3 :
   

   Lake Iezerul Podul Giurgiului (2264 m) – Mircii Peak (2461 m) – Nerlinger Memorial (2287 m) – Fereastra Zmeilor – Fereastra Mica a Portitei Arpasului (2175 m) – Capra Saddle ( 2315m) – approx.7 hours.Camping.
   Nerlinger Memorial - dating from 1934; Richard Nerlinger and Herta Ruzicka died on 30 of June 1934.

   
   

7. Day 4 :
   

   Capra Saddle - Caltun Lake

   
   

8. Day 4 :
   

   Capra Saddle (2315 m) – Laitel Peak (2390 m) – Caltun Lake (2135 m) – approx.4 hours.Camping.Today we have time to enjoy the view of Transfagarasan Highway as know as "the Road to the Sky", "the Road to the Clouds", "the Best Driving Road in the World" and even "A spectacular Monument to Earth-Moving Megalomania" and to do a short hike (approx.1 hour) on the Vanatoarea lui Buteanu Peak (2507 m).

   
   

9. Day 5 :
   

   Caltun Lake - Avrig Lake

   
   

10. Day 5 :
    

    Caltun Lake (2135 m) – Strunga Doamnei (2342 m) – Negoiu Peak (2538 m) – Cleopatra Saddle (2355 m) – Serbota Peak (2331 m) – Scara Saddle (2146 m) – Scara Peak (2306 m) – Avrig Lake (2007 m) – approx.8 hours.Camping.
    From Negoiu Peak (which offers us a magnificent view in all directions), the second peak of Romania, after Moldoveanu we descend to the north-west and after we pass the peak Negoiu Mic (2485 m), we reach Cleopatra Saddle - Saua Cleopatrei (2355 m).Between Saua Cleopatrei and the peak Serbota (2311 m) there is the most difficult marked section of the main ridge of the Fagaras Mountains, Custura Saratii; this section is recommended only to experienced tourists.The guide decides if we follow this route or a secondary one, not so exposed!

    
    

11. Day 6 :
    

    Avrig Lake - Sebesu de Sus village - Brasov

    
    

12. Day 6 :
    

    Avrig Lake (2007 m) – Portita Avrigului (2178 m) – Suru Saddle (2133 m) – Suru Mountain Hut (1450 m) – Sebesu de Sus village – approx.6 hours.Transfer to Brasov (approx.2 hours).