I decided , me and my girlfriend , to go out from Bucharest for 2 days.So, we decided about Muddy Volcanoes.What to say? We have experience in travel a lot without car , only by train or...something else.The real problem of this volcanoes is that this country doesn't know to revealed the potential of tourism.To get there, is a real adventure...by train, and then by bus to another bus and then a small bus .A long journey...and when you are there you realize that is not that to attractive.But, is ok if you want an escape in your weekend ... P.S. : If you look for something nice, try to go in Bozioru( it is so quite ) and then to visit Trovantii and some caves in the mountains.
The Muddy Volcanoes are located near Berca commune, in Buzau County. There are four different fields with volcanoes, but the most famous are those at Paclele Mici and Paclele Mari. Those at Paclele Mici can be traced by the red Muddy Volcanoes sighn, where there is a parking lot, a restaurant, a bathroom, showers and a souvenir shop. There is a 500 meters walking path from the parking lot to the volcanoes. You can see how the volcanoes are errupting and the most interresting part, how the relief was formed around them, as it looks like on the Moon. If it's rainy you should bring for sure changing shoes as it can be very muddy and everybody can bring home real souvenirs from there on the shoes. There is a parking fee of 3 lei per car and an entrance fee of 4 lei per person.
There's been a long time since a wanted to see the Muddy Volcanoes and I finally had.The big one turned up to be a small dissapointment since they arent that big...I did enjoy the little mudvolcanoes at Paclele Mici though I have to tell you a small tip: You dont have to leave your car at the parking lot because you will have to climb nearly 2 km by foot. If you go straight on the road you can get there by car... They lack informational panels and the staff doesnt know much.besides that its a really interesting and special place to see.
I have visited the muddy volcanoes with my family, and I am not really sure if this is how the tour should actually be, but we had lots of fun. The volcanoes are not that impressive. These are medium size lifts of mud, they measure a few meters high. And you can climb the so called volcanos really easily and look at the mud that "boils" inside the cones. The mud is cold and the "bolling" effect is due to the gas that comes from inside the earth. The volcanoes are surrounded by channels used by the bursting mud for flowing out towards lower grounds.We loved to climb the volcanoes and discover the ones that had a more powerful burst of gas, we run accrossed this austere landscape, we jumped over the ditches. It was fun and very educational. In Romania there is no active lava volcano so seeing a miniture unnagressive smaller scale muddy volcano was something really interesting.
It is an interesting place to visit, not too far from Bucharest, it can be a one day trip. There are 2 sites, very close one from another. The "volcanoes" are actually small craters bubbling mud and gas.
Beautiful and really unique landscape, a must do in Romania. It's easy to reach by car and there is also a restaurant/pension at Paclele Mari, not awesome facilities but really nice staff and acceptable food. Personally I liked more the ones at Paclele Mici ones.Looking forward for an English version of the site and more varied transportation facilities :D.
Interresting. The roads towards there are pretty poor especially to Paclele Mici which has no tarmac.
A really great, interesting landscape. Great for a geology lesson. Apart from the mudvolcanoes themselves, it's interesting to see how over time rainwater erroded the mud deposits forming canyons, riverbays etc. Unfortunately the place lacks tourist information, apart from a panel at the entrance, there's not really much information provided. TIP: the little mudvolcanoes (Paclele Mici) are far more interesting, there's more activity there, altough they are smaller, and there are less visitors. Downside is that the asphalt is in a worse state on the way there than it is to the Big mus volcanoes (Paclele Mari)
I was there in June 2013, the place looks good quite selenar. I was lucky to be there before a loaded coach of teenagers so I had a few minutes of deserted landscape and peace to explore and photograph.It seems like a different planet, as previous reviews say. Also if it is raining they don't allow visitors inside (or that is what they say).What I didn't like was the fact that there was no little note explaining how they are formed, what are they etc. There was a list of plants that grow in the area, thank you very much, but I didn't see any explanation about how the volcanoes are formed, what are they. where do they come from. In a different country they would have a 8 or10-minute film showing what happens inside the earth, drawings and illustrations, a short history of the place etc. That is why I believe it is undersold. I would have liked to spend more time there (after a 3-hour drive) but there is not much to do. They sell magnets and postcards though and there is a restaurant 20 metres away.The good thing is that you can go very close and even touch the mud if you want, although there is written somewhere that it is not recommended as it contains some harsh substances. In a different country with health and safety gone crazy one wouldn't be allowed to get that close to the mud. So another positive: you have the freedom to explore nature and touch its work at your own dermic risk.
I visit the place at least one time per year for cycling experiences.Children love the place, you need high effort for keeping them away from playing with the mud.Enjoy!