Arrival at Varna Airport (it should be an early flight to provide birding time in the afternoon). In the afternoon we will be birdwatching along the Northern seaside. There we will see coastal cliffs and steppe areas, which are part of Via Pontica and a habitat of the following bird species - Mediterranean Shag, Stone Curlew, Spotted Cuckoo, Alpine Swift, Calandra and Short-toed Larks, Olive-tree Warbler, Pied Wheatear, Tawny Pipit, Rosy Starling, Common and Demoiselle Crane, Black-headed Bunting). Overnight in Kavarna town.

Our day will be dedicated to birding along the coastal line and the vast marshlands around Shabla and Durankulak – the farthest point of the North Black Sea coast. This region is an important part of Via Pontica, where the following bird species can be seen - Levant Sparrowhawk, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-winged Stilt, Marsh Sandpiper, Bee-eater, Golden Oriole, Lesser Grey Shrike, Black-headed Bunting, Rose-coloured Starlings, Black-necked Grebe, Bitterns, Purple Heron, Whiskered and White-winged Terns, Red-footed Falcon, White-Tailed Eagle, Osprey, Ferruginous Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Tawny Pipit, Paddyfield Warbler and Bluethroat. After finishing our bird watching tour, we will go back to Kavarna for overnight.

After early morning birdwatching around Northern coastal cliffs, we will continue to the Southern seaside, with stopovers at the Dyulino Pass / a mid-altitude Balkan Mountain pass very close to the sea/, where we will explore the habitat of Lesser Spotted Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Wryneck, Cirl Bunting, Sombre Tit and Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler. Overnight near city of Burgas.

Today will be an intensive birdwatching day around the lakes of Burgas and Pomorie. The lakes of Burgas (Southern Black Sea coast) are the wetlands of Mandra-Poda, Atanasovsko and Pomoriysko lakes containing fresh, brackish and sea hipper saline waters. All of them are very important part of Via Pontica with the following bird species: Greater Flamingo, White and Dalmatian Pelicans, Pygmy Cormorant, Goosander, Red-breasted merganser, Curlew and Whimbrel, Night, Squacco and Purple Herons, Little Egret, Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, Mediterranean Gulls; Little, Whiskered and Gull-Billed Terns, Collared Pratincole, Avocet, Black-winged Stilts, Great Snipe, Kentish Plover, Curlew Sandpipers, Stints, Godwits, Penduline Tit, Savi’s and Paddy field Warblers, Bearded Tit and ducks. We will spend the night near city of Burgas.

Today we will head up to the Eastern Rhodope Mountain - the realm of the birds of prey in Eastern Europe. During our trip we will make stops in the mountains of Strandzha and Sakar. The mountains of Strandzha (South East) and Sakar (Central) are low altitude, lowly populated mountain areas with the basins of the rivers Maritza and Tundzha. The mountain Strandzha is a part of Via Pontica and mountain Sakar is a part of Via Aristotelis - a project for conservation of the Lesser Kestrel, Imperial, Lesser Spotted, Booted Eagle, Spotted Eagle Long-legged Buzzard, Pallid and Montagu`s Harrier, Saker Falcon, Levant Sparrowhawk, Tawny Pipit, Calandra and Short-toed Lark, Masked Shrike, Stone Curlew, Olive-tree Warbler, Grey-headed, Middle Spotted and White-backed Woodpecker, Red-Backed Shrike, Corncrake, Pygmy Cormorant, Dalmatian Pelican, Ferroginous Duck and Great Snipe. Our  overnight will be at the town of Madzharovo.

It will be an active day with birdwatching along Arda River and the adjacent cliffs around Madzharovo – a desolated ornithologically important place (OIP) including low-altitude mountain areas with the cliffs over the meanders of Arda River near Madzharovo (copper and zinc mining center in the past), Krumovitza River and the Studen Kladenetz and Ivaylovgrad reservoirs. The following bird species can be seen - Black Stork, Griffon and Egyptian Vultures, Short-toed, White-tailed, Golden, Booted Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Scops Owl, Nightjar, Rufus-tailed and Blue Rock Thrush, Barred, Orphean, Sardinian and Subalpine Warblers, Cirl and Rock Buntings, Red-rumped Swallows, Black-eared Wheatears, Rock Nuthatch, Grey-headed, Green and Black Woodpecker. At the end of the day, we will have a short journey to Krumovgrad where we will stay for an overnight.

Today we will start our birdwatching along Krumovitza River and the adjacent cliffs, where we can discover Black Stork, Griffon and Egyptian Vultures, Short-toed, White-tailed, Golden, Booted Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Lanner Falcon, Scops Owl, Nightjar, Rufus-tailed and Blue Rock Thrush, Barred, Orphean, Sardinian and Subalpine Warblers, Cirl and Rock Buntings, Red-rumped Swallows, Black-eared Wheatears, Rock Nuthatch, Grey-headed, Green and Black Woodpecker. In the afternoon we will continue our journey to Sofia, where we will have an overnight at the foot of Vitosha Mountain.

Early-morning birdwatching in the mountain of Vitosha / 2100 m high/ very close to the capital Sofia, part of the Via Aristotelis project where the following bird species can be seen: Corncrake, Tengmalm`s and Scops Owl, Ring Ouzel, Pygmy Owl, Nightjar, Black, White-backed and Three-toed Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, Ortolan Bunting and Nutcracker. Transfer to airport for departure.