Route: Porumbacu de Sus – Negoiu Chalet – Şaua Cleopatrei

Porumbacu de Sus – Negoiu Chalet – Şaua Cleopatrei

Marking: Blue triangle on a white background

Full route name: Porumbacu de Jos Railway Station - Porumbacu de Sus – Porumbacu Big Valley (Valea Mare a Porumbacului) - Negoiu Chalet - Căldarea Sărăţii - Şaua Cleopatrei

Starting from Porumbacu, the route leads hikers to the main ridge along a forest road, toward Negoiu Chalet. From the altitude of more than 1,546 meters, where the chalet is located, hikers will cross nine small bridges and, upon exiting the forest at an altitude of 1,730 metres, they will find the large stone block called Piatra Caprei and the place where the Southern and Eastern Sărății streams are joined together. Surrounded by waterfalls, the road from Negoiu Chalet to Piatra Caprei was built specifically for tourism and it was named Cărarea Zmeilor (the Dragons’ Path). Following the path along the saddle, from Piatra Prînzulu, over the boulders and through large stone slabs with strange shapes, hikers will reach Acul Cleopatrei, and then, in a few minutes, the ridge in the small saddle of Cleopatra at 2355 m, west of the Negoiu Peak.