Hiking in Romania: Lord of The Rings scenery

A long hike in a fantastic weather with scenery reminding of The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.

I woke up early that morning and while I was getting up-to-date with the recent news, I stumbled upon this post on Facebook:

Who would want to experience the nature of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit without all those bad creatures?S. J.

That day we had planned to go for a long hike in the mystical Bucegi Mountains of Romania and I thought it would be funny if we met some wargs and goblins along the way.

We were especially excited about this hiking trip because we would walk on trails we hadn’t been on before and discover the side of mountain that was yet unknown to us.

We started our hike at the Bolboci lake and hiked to Saua Strunga and then headed down to Moieciu de Sus and from there to Gutanu and finally to the village of Simon, near the Bran Castle.

All in all, it ended up being an incredible hiking trip that would make any Tolkien fan jealous.

We lost the trail several times, had some incredible views, interesting weather, winter and summer on the same day and yes, we also met some beasts and dragons along the way.

It was a great hike, but let’s leave the photos to tell the story.

Hiking in the mist of morning in the Bucegi Mountains

Nice view over the Bolboci Lake

We lost the trail and found the Dragon’s layer

Bolboci lake

Thick fog after we exited the forest

More fog

Fresh bear prints

Thick fog and more snow

Finally the sky started to clear

The weather started to look more and promising as we started our descent

We crossed a few creeks

The last traces of snow

Moieciu de Sus, Romania

We lost the trail again and had to walk through the people’s yards

Steep climb but nice views

A look back to the mountains we hiked a few hours before

Completely different scenery than the one in the morning

Walking on the hills near Moieciu de Sus

We lost the trail again…

Excellent weather and views over the Piatra Craiului Mountains

Bucegi Mountains

Clearing the path

Yey! Horses!

Piatra Craiului Mountains in the distance

Tall pine trees

Going up into the Bucegi Mountains again

There’s a bear in this photo

The bear

Short break to share the encounter with the bear on social media

The sun was starting to set

The Eye of Sauron

This was a training session a week before the Transylvania 100K, a trail running race through the mountains of Transylvania, which takes place in Romania in the second half of May.