Time with animals: pick what suits you. Options for beginners, families or groups, in the finest settings there are.
30 minutes – a few hours
Very easy
Farms, smallholdings, animal centres and visitor sites
All year, depending on the place
Time with animals means outings where you can watch them, touch them or join in simple activities alongside them.
The sessions are built around getting close to the animals and seeing how they are looked after.
They suit families, children and anyone fond of animals.
A chance to discover animals and get close to them.
Something parents and children can enjoy together.
People who want to be around animals first-hand.
Part of what country and farm-stay places offer.
Camps, outings or themed activities.
Book activities run by specialist organisers.
Centrul de Echitație Biomar din Pănet, județul Mureș, este o destinație dedicată iubitorilor de cai și activităților ecvestre. Descoperă bucuria echitației și petrece timp într-un cadru relaxant, aproape de natură, alături de aceste animale deosebite.
Descoperă experiența echitației în Eșelnița, județul Mehedinți! Bucură-te de o activitate recreativă în aer liber, în compania cailor, și explorează frumusețea naturală a zonei Clisura Dunării. O experiență potrivită pentru iubitorii de natură, aventură și animale.
Descoperă bucuria echitației la Hanul Cailor, în satul Uila, județul Mureș. Bucură-te de lecții de călărie și plimbări călare pe dealurile transilvănene, alături de instructori, într-un cadru natural deosebit.
Giving them the feed the organiser allows.
Direct contact with gentle animals used to people.
Basic jobs done under supervision.
Seeing how they behave.
Seasonal outings with young animals.
Getting close to the animals and spending time with them.
Helping feed the animals, by the rules.
Simple jobs done with someone showing you how.
Things worth knowing about the animals and how they live.
Photographs where it is allowed.
The participants arrive at the place.
The animals and the rules of contact are explained.
The participants get on with what the programme includes.
Closing the experience.
From 30 minutes to a few hours, depending on the programme.
You need no experience with animals.
Works for children and adults, by the rules of the place.
Worth doing for groups and organised sessions.
The animals must not be stressed or handled roughly.
The animals have to get time to themselves.
The spaces have to be comfortable and safe.
Visitors only feed the animals with the organiser's say-so.
Clothes that work for time spent outdoors.
Comfortable, hard-wearing shoes.
Handy for photographing the day.
Children have to be accompanied, by the rules of the place.
Yes — it is one of the things families ask for most.
Yes, but only where the organiser allows it and provides the right feed.
No — here the weight falls on contact and on doing things with the animals.
No — the activities are put together for the general public.
Yes — it works for school trips, camps and family days out.
