Day experience
Deliblato Sands & the Danube Wetlands: Birding Day
A private day of birding from Belgrade with a specialist guide: the Danube and marshes at Dubovac in the Labudovo okno wetland, and the dunes and steppe of Deliblato Sands, with birds that change with the seasons
- No payment now
- Private, on your dates
- Planned by our own team
- Duration
- 10 hours
- Travel style
- Private
- Pace
- Classic
- Starts and ends
- Belgrade
- Guiding
- EnglishAll languages on request
- Group
- 1–6 guests
- Price
- On requestWritten offer first, no payment now
What you’ll see
Highlights of the day
The day
Your day, step by step
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10 hours The Danube wetlands and Deliblato Sands
Leave Belgrade early and drive east through Pančevo and Kovin to the Danube. Spend the morning on the Danube at Dubovac, inside the Labudovo okno wetland, which reaches downstream past the mouths of the Karaš and the Nera to the Romanian border: walk the dyke and the marsh edges and scan the wide river with the telescope. After a picnic or a riverside lunch, continue into Deliblato Sands for the afternoon: open steppe, sandy tracks and forest edges. What you look for depends on the season: in winter, geese, smew, pygmy cormorants and white-tailed eagles on the river; from April to June, bee-eaters, sand martins, herons and terns by the water, and rollers, hoopoes and booted eagles in the sands; from late August to mid-September, birds on migration. Return to Belgrade in the evening.
- Belgrade
- Dubovac & the Dubovac Marshes
- Deliblato Sands
Included: Private vehicle with driver; specialist bird guide with a spotting scope; reserve fees.
Total planning time for the day: about 1¾ hours each way, plus about 45 minutes between the sites; about 4½ hours in all. Flat dykes, sandy and dirt tracks; muddy after rain.
Easier or optional: Lunch of Danube fish by the river.
Driving times are approximate and don’t include stops. Every day can be adjusted: tell us what you’d change when you enquire.
What’s included
Included and not included
Included
- Specialist bird guide (ornithologist) for the whole day, with a spotting scope
- Private car or minivan with driver, hotel pick-up and drop-off in Belgrade
- Deliblato Sands and Labudovo okno reserve fees, where charged
Guiding in all languages available on request, subject to availability.
Not included
- Lunch and drinks
- Binoculars (please bring your own; a pair can be arranged on request)
- Tips
Why this day
Why you’ll love it
- The Danube at Labudovo okno, a Ramsar wetland reaching to the Romanian border
- In winter: wild geese, smew and pygmy cormorants on the river, and white-tailed eagles overhead
- In spring and summer: bee-eaters and sand martins nesting in the banks, herons and terns in the Dubovac marshes
- The dunes and steppe of Deliblato Sands, with rollers, hoopoes and booted eagles from late spring
- A specialist guide, a spotting scope and a list of the day's birds
Signature moments
A river that changes with the seasons
In winter the Danube below Deliblato holds thousands of ducks and geese; by May the same banks are busy with nesting bee-eaters and sand martins.
Sand in the middle of the plain
The dunes of Deliblato formed from wind-blown sand after the Pannonian Sea withdrew, and are now held in place by grass and forest.
Before you choose
Is this day for you?
A good fit if
Birdwatchers and photographers with a free day in Belgrade, naturalists curious about the Pannonian plain, and travellers who would like a day outdoors with an expert.
Maybe not if
Travellers who want a sightseeing day, or a guaranteed species list: what you see depends on the season and the weather.
Pace and effort
About 10 hours, with about 1¾ hours' drive each way and about 45 minutes between the sites (about 4½ hours on the road in all). Walks of 3–4 hours in all on flat dykes and sandy tracks, with long stops at the telescope.
Make it yours
Change anything
Lunch of Danube fish in a riverside village · The small ferry from Stara Palanka to Ram fortress (when running) · In winter, see the owls of Kikinda on our six-day journey Owls, Raptors & Pannonian Wetlands.
Customise this dayHow booking and payment work
From enquiry to voucher
We never ask for card details by email or on this website. Bank details are only sent in your personal offer or invoice.
- 1 You send an enquiry Free, with no obligation.
- 2 We send a written offer Availability and your final price, confirmed.
- 3 You accept the offer
- 4 You pay securely Card payment link (Visa, Mastercard, Maestro) or bank transfer.
- 5 We confirm your payment
- 6 You receive your confirmation and voucher
Booking terms for this journey: Price on request. This is a private programme, arranged on request for your dates; there are no fixed departures. The final offer, price and availability depend on confirmation of the services (accommodation, guides, transport and activities) after your enquiry. Nothing is booked and no payment is taken until you accept the written offer.
Deliblato Sands & the Danube Wetlands: Birding Day
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We’ll check availability for your dates with our local partners and guides, then send you a written offer with the confirmed price. Asking is free.
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- office@love2travel.rs
- +381 60 40 80 510
- We send your first proposal within 2 working days.
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