Eastern Europe / Hungary

Hungary is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains that hold many attractive mountain species while within the Carpathian Basin you can find an amazing variety of different habitats ranging from special wet meadows, alkaline marshes, steppes through to extensive oak, beech, evergreen woods, limestone slopes and volcanic hills. No wonder that Hungary is one of the richest countries in the Old Continent in terms of butterfly and dragonfly species. The country hosts almost 200 butterfly and about 3400 moth species including Hungarian Glider, Southern Festoon, Lesser Clouded Yellow, Large Blue, Iolas Blue, Zephyr Blue, Large Copper, Freyer's Purple Emperor, Poplar Admiral, Scarce Fritillary and many more.
On our tours we visit the finest butterfly habitats of the country and in case of relevant weather our target list may cover more than 120 species. Dragonflies, birds, other animals, culture and history will always be in focus, too.
Ecotours is a corporate member of the Butterfly Conservation in the UK, and we organised a joint monitoring project in Hungary in 2006 in cooperation with Aggtelek and Őrség National Parks. We are also supporters of the Szalkai Hungarian Lepidopterist Society.

Tours to Hungary

Central European Butterfly Tour

Hungarian Butterfly and Dragonfly Tour

Butterflies in Western Hungary

Butterfies in Eastern Hungary