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"Cheile Cibinului" (Cibinului Gorge) Tourist Resort (A)

Located in Gura Raului http://www.cheilecibinului.ro/. Where is this?
At the mountain feet, towards the springs of Cibin River, after the lake in Gura Raului.

Immediately before Cibin Gorge is this wonderful tourist resort with chalets and little houses of pine wood, with a trout lake and welcoming people. The access to the “Cheile Cibinului” Tourist Resort is made from Sibiu, Cristian and then through Gura Raului, or from Sibiu/Sebes, Alba, Sacel, Orlat through Gura Raului. The access to this complex is on road until the lake from Gura Raului, then following the lake’s contour and then Raul Mare along a forest road open for public circulation. It’s a very good location for a Jeep Club Romania event, like many other beautiful places and less traveled in our country.

The hosts promise to spoil us with delicious food based on a menu that we will agree on and that we will enjoy either outside, in a roomy tent specially arranged for us (in case the weather is on our side) or in the rustic restaurant overlooking the Cibin Gorge and the trout lake. The complex benefits from an extremely beautiful location and not only us, but also our Jeeps will feel freely within it. 

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The coordinates of this special place are GPS N 45.67985 E 23.93993.

The hosts have promised that if the weather is good we would have warm water in the outdoor pool. Who knows, maybe not only the plum brandy but also the weather will be on our side to keep us warm?!

As for  Rasinari what I can say is that it rhymes on the one side with  Octavian Goga, Emil Cioran, Andrei Saguna, Eugen Brote, Ilarie Mitrea, and on the other side with the idea of freedom, of transhumance and, why not, with Sibiu ewe`s milk cheese (telemea) and green cheese, all produced either in the village or in the villagers’ huts spread on the mountains in the immediate vicinity and which we invite you to explore at the wheel of your Jeep. 

It makes no sense no write more, because it is worth to be lived on spot. 


 

Located in the small saxon village, near Sibiu, Cisnadioara http://apfelhaussibiu.ro/. Don’t be scared, we will not see each other when the apples ripen, next year, but we hope that at least the apple trees will bloom and the earth will be steamy from the sun heat when we meet in 2012. The guest house is sought by Sibiu residents, but also by many tourists from abroad came at the recommendation of the Saxons who gladly return home or who have simply found out about this place. We can only recommend you to try the cuisine and to let you decide if our host is worth to be further recommended or not. The access is also easier on road both from Sibiu and from the new ring road of Sibiu, exit/entrance from Selimbar. The access is easier along  the aspalt road boh from Sibiu 

and from the new ring road (A1) exit/entrance Selimbar.

We wanted that all the above mentioned locations to be close both to the moutain paths & trails that we would cross together, and to the tourist objectives nearby which those interested can visit. Also, the city of Sibiu is only 20 minutes away by car… this only if you choose a more comfortable route, on road. So, on road you can reach the above mentioned guest houses very easily along the maps provided. Nevertheless, we are waiting for your questions on our forum with complete/detailed offers for accommodation and meals including of course trails schedules, etc for all the three guest houses.
GPS coordinates of the guest houses, as well as an additional map for access can be found also on our forum at: www.clubjeepromania.ro/forum.
 

Trails

Discover the Outskirts of Sibiu with your Jeep
 

The trails will be chosen so that your Jeep, regardless if stock or trail rated or beautiful modded, will be able to meet the challenges on route and that you can benefit from the guidance of our more experienced members (Travel Guides). After the breakfast and before approaching the trails we will make for all the participants a brief presentation of the trail to be crossed, as well as the corresponding schedule.

We will make everything possible when we choose the trails to have in mind a natural environment, pictoresque  scenaries that we can all enjoy so that our meeting to be not only a purely technical one, but one in which the skill to be gained in an enjoyable framework. Considering that we will still be in a cold season and close the moutains areas (altitudes may climb to 1400 m), please have your Jeep equipped at least with winter tires, in order to avoid any inconvenience in the field, where we may encounter portions of ice and/or snow.

We want to discuss with the representatives of Off-Road Club Sibiu and with the Rescue & Rangers Teams (Salvamont Romania) to advise us which would be the most beautiful and interesting trails we could cross together in the mountains sorrounding the Outskirts of Sibiu. As benchmarks, considering the distance from the guest house (Base Camp), we have chosen the following destinations: Rasinari, Paltinis, Gatul Berbecului, Oasa Lake and then Gura Raului, the Barrier Lake, Cibin Gorge, then Orlat, Sibiel, Rod, Saliste, Poiana Sibiului, Jina, Sugag and, why not, Sadu, Valea Sadului and a slight climb towards the Lotru mountains (Prejba).