7. - 15. August 2026

Bulgaria is one of these countries, which is not typically on the list of your first 5 choices when it comes to thinking about holidays. But let me tell you, it should be Number One !

What can you expect in these 9 days:

- Wild, pristine, untouched nature

- Long hikes to reconnect with yourself and nature

- Experiencing delicious local food, visiting local producers and great vineyards

- Home cooking of great soulful vegan and raw food in our unique mountain accomodations

- Managing long hikes on simple, yet powerful raw food supplies

- Meeting local Bulgarians and experience local culture and food

- Visiting some of the most stunning natural and cultural inheritage sights without the regular tourism

This trip is not about all or nothing, it's a combination of everything beautiful, this country has to offer. We will have long days of hiking in solitude, eating detoxing simple raw food like the freshest ripest fruits and vegetables in season, locally produced raw food bread, tahini, olives etc. and going to places of stunning natural beauty as well outside for your eyes as well as inside in yourself.

On some days, we will prepare simple, yet delicious meals together, working with what we have, partly raw, partly cooked, always full of nutrients and taste. This will mostly happen in during the 3 nights center piece of this trip at the Raw Vega Cottage in the Rhodopi Mountains.

On other days, we will break up this journey and mingle into the local culture, visiting local vegetable farms, great wine producers, small Bulgarian towns and meet locals, have slow food meals prepared by locals. Every trip is very different and we have many people that joined already several times because of the variety and beauty each trip brings about.

This trip is truly unique. You will learn about raw & vegan food, food culture, natural wines, Bulgarian culture and be immersed in one of the few remaining worlds centers of superior nature energy, comparably found in places like Machu Pichu in Peru, but without the masses of tourists. 

Prices:

Full package (8 nights, 9 days all inclusive)

2500,- € 

Early bird Offer: ONLY 2000,-€

Book and pay until 28th of February 2026 and save 500,-€ for the full trip!! 

What is included?

- All accomodations

- All meals (usually 2 full meals and hiking snacks like raw energy bars, crackers etc)

- All hikes including local hiking guides

- All drinks during meals including wine

- Entrance fees of cultural sites

What is not included?

- Drinks or food outside meal times (except the hiking supplies we are taking care of)

- Personal items, cosmetics, sunscreen, personal needed equipment etc 

Interested? Please inquire now. 

Tentative Itinerary, we are still in finalizing the planning (you can find impressions from 2021/22 trip in the saved Highlights on my instagram @borislauser)

6th of August (optional)

Meeting with Boris at one of his favorite retaurants in Sofia for dinner. (Accomodation self organized)

This is optional and not included in the price. The actual tour starts with the activities of the 7th. 

Day 1 & 2 (7-8 August) 

Departure from Sofia. Drive to the Northwet Corner of Bulgaria, where we explore Borovitsa, an amazing area, very underrated. We will stay a night in my favorite vineyard where they produce rare natural wines and have traditional Bulgarian dinner. Furthermore explore the natural wonders of the area, which remind more of a scene on the Ewok Planet in Star Wars. Places like Devatashka Cave and the Borovitza Rocks are certainly on our list, possibly also the Tsarevets Fortress. There are other stunning caves to visit and smaller hikes. A nice gentle and very unexpected start of our trip.

Day 3 (9 August) 

We end our time in the North of Bulgaria and make our way to Plovdiv, the oldest city in Europe, where there is much history to explore and we also get to visit Elysium, a cultural center that Sofia has founded in Sofia in an Ancient historical landmark site. We will do our shopping for the Rhodopi mountain cottage and continue on to Sitovo from where we hike up pto the Raw Vega Cottage, our home for the next 3 nights. 

Day 4 & Day 5 (10/11 August)

Daily hikes in Rhodopi Mountains. We will prepare delicious breakfasts and dinners in the cottage. 

Day 6 (12 August)

Morning breakfast in the cottage and checkout. Continue our drive towards Zaara Wine Estate where a Guided Wine Tasting and Dinner expects us.

Day 7-9 (13-15 August)

After a nice breakfast, we get ready for the biggest of our hikes and continue to the Pirin Mountains, where we will spend the last 2 nights of our trip with gorgeous hikes during Lord of the Rings like landscapes. It is my favorite mountain range in Bulgaria and also the highest.

15 August

Departure. We will drive back to Sofia from which you can continue your trip on your own if to wish to spend more time in Bulgaria or you can take your flights back.

Mein Wort für diese Reise ist: Dankbarkeit!

Dankbar, dass ich an dieser unglaublich wunderschönen, atemberaubenden und ereignisreichen Reise teilnehmen konnte.

Ich bin mit wenigen Erwartungen nach Bulgarien gekommen und wurde mit so tollen Dingen beschenkt. Die tolle Reisegruppe, die schönen und lustigen und auch tiefgründigen Gespräche am Abend, das leckere Essen, die vorzüglichen Weine und die Wanderungen zu den schönsten Flecken von Bulgarien.

DANKBARKEIT passt hier echt gut. Danke an Sofia, Boris, Jivko und die wunderbaren und liebevollen Teilnehmer der Reise!

Maik Hausmann, August 2019

Bulgarien – eine Reise der besonderen Wahrnehmung

Traumhafte Bergwelten, unberührte Natur und duftende Wälder, die man über teilasphaltierte Pisten erreicht, die nur entfernt mit Straßen verwandt sein können.

Unternehmerische Einzel-Initiativen, die prosperieren und in krassem Gegensatz zu zerfallenden Anwesen in fast leerstehenden Dörfern angesiedelt sind.

Eindrucksvolle sakrale Kunst der Orthodoxie und die üppigen Bürgerhäuser von Plovdiv aus dem 19. Jahrhundert in mittelbarer Nachbarschaft zu den Plattenbauten der Nachkriegszeit.

Warmherzige Gastfreundschaft, konterkariert durch politische Hoffnungslosigkeit.

All dies sind die wahrgenommenen Gegensätze unserer Reise durch den Südwesten Bulgariens, dasRila-Gebirge, die Rhodopen, Sofia, Plovdiv und das beeindruckende Weingut Santa Yustina.

Eine empfehlenswerte Reise, auf der wir neue Freunde gewonnen haben!

Reinhard und Sabine im August 2019