2. Lopatari village is situated in
the northeast of Buzau county,
on the upper slope of Slanic
River, south east of Mount
Penteleu and 56 km away from
the Buzau city, having as
"neighbors" on eastern
side Minzalesti village, on
south Chiliile village.
3. "Living Fire or Alive Fire" is a natural phenomenon,
and as in the same case of mud volcanoes, the
underground gases play the main role in this
"show".As the gases erupt from deep underground
towards the surface, in th contact with sun light (or
sometimes local people light them), the gases start
burning with flame that rises to nearly a meter in
diameter at the base of 20-30 cm. (when is heavy
rain, the flame burn no more and you can see in on
the ground how the gases are muttering on the exi
4. Flames are not visible when the pressure of gas
escaping is small.The phenomenon is
particularly interesting at night. If you are
traveling, be optimistic and do not expect to
find something arranged so that is undeveloped
and completely forgotten by
5. From Buzau: Through Buzau
comes to Maracineni -
Sapoca-Manzalesti-Lopatari-
Terca. You can take it and
through Berca, but the road
Barca-Manzalesti is not
good. On the way towards
Terca village you will pass by
a landslide near, and from
here on the
6. Looking for a place to park your
car, you cannot climb than walk. Is
advisable to leave the car at the
end of the village Lopatari if you
have a car or off road powerfull
vehicle, and from there on foot,
no more than half an hour.
7. From Terca's village
center, you have to
keep walking trail.
Cross the bridge across
the river Slanic and in
front you will see a
tractor road that starts
between two fences. Do
not enter it, take a left
just after you cross
bridges (or up the rive
8. Do not enter it, take a left just after you
cross bridges (or up the river), and right
near last house is a path that starts to
climb. After a few minutes of climbing on
the road you will to find the next
sign:Continue climb up when you reach a
clearing. Here the road splits into 2 At this
intersection you must take the road
ahead (which is actually left road) until
you see a scorched land GPS coordinates
to live - living fire Lopatari Terca Buzau
Romania
9. It s name derives from a legend noted
by Alexandru Vlahuţă in his
work România pitorească. The legend
tells that in spring, eagles come to the
lake to teach their chicks how to fly and
that by drinking the water, the eagles
grew younger.
The lake is also known as the Bottomless
Lake, although its depth does not exceed
2.5 meters.
10. Lacul Vulturilor (Romanian for Eagles' Lake, also
known as Lacul Fără Fund, The Bottomless Lake) is
a periglacial lake located in the Buzău Mountains, at
the Carpathian Mountains south-eastern curvature,
at an altitude of 1420 m.[1] The nearest town is Siriu.
