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Average daily distance: 3-15 Km
Average Ascent/Descent: 0-600 m
Group size: 9 – 15 persons
Language: Spanish, English, Dutch
Price: From 910 €
DESCRIPTION
Wander around in the national park of Cabañeros while observing birds of prey and huge flocks of dear and wild boars. We have selected the most peaceful ecolodges of central Spain where you can enjoy the local gastronomy. This surprisingly divers and intense holiday is full of activity such as trekking, horseback riding and biking but also leads to the dramatic peaks of the Sierra de Gredos. Here we do a mini trekking, sleeping in a mountain refugee near its highest peak the Almanzor. How else could this holiday end than with enjoying a tapas tour in the center of Madrid?
PROGRAM
Day 1: ARRIVAL IN MADRID
Arrival in Spain´s capital Madrid and transfer to Cabañeros National Park. If we have an early time schedule a short visit to the medieval town of Toledo is possible.
Accommodation: Ecolodge Cabañeros, El Bullaque
Day 2: VISIT TO CABAÑEROS NATIONAL PARK
We get up very early to visit the Cabañeros National Park with official park rangers. Our private four-wheel drive shows us the most beautiful corners of the park while we have plenty of opportunities to spot red dear, wild boar and many birds of prey such as Iberian imperial Eagle, White booted Eagle and black vultures. In the afternoon a relaxed walk through the gorge of the Estena River shows us some of the oldest fossils of the Iberian peninsula while possibly spotting otters and fresh water turtles along the trail.
Length: 5 km, climb/descent: 100 +/-, duration: 2 hours
Accommodation: Ecolodge Cabañeros, El Bullaque
Day 3: EL CHORRO CASCADE AND ROCIGALGO SUMMIT (1448 m)
Today we enter into the heart of the Toledo mountain range and start our hike just on the foothills of the Rocigalgo mountain. Following the river Pusa upstream brings us to an impressive cascade of 18 meters high. Here we find relict vegetation of passed iceages trapped in the cascades gorge´s fresh microclimate. For those with lots of energy will continue our way ascending the Rocigalgo Summit and walk back over the same trail.
Length: 7/14 km, climb: 350, descent: 800 +/-, duration: 5-8 hours
Accommodation: Ecolodge El Paraiso del Tiétar
Day 4: KAYAK AND HORSEBACK RIDING AT TIÉTAR RIVER
From our Ecolodge hidden in Mediterranean pine woods we have a multi adventure day with kayaking along the Tiétar river. In the afternoon a horseback tour on the southern flanks of the Sierra the Gredos provides us with great views of this impressive mountain range.
Accommodation: Ecolodge El Paraiso del Tiétar
Day 5: START MINI TREKKING IN SIERRA DE GREDOS
After an easy morning we are driven over the mountain pass of Puerto de Pico towards the north side of the Sierra de Gredos. Were the paved road ends our journey starts, suddenly we find ourselves in an Alpine landscape surrounded by snowcapped peaks. At the feet of the Gredos´ highest peak, the Almanzor (2428 m) we sleep in the mountain refugee of Elola.
Length: 7 km, climb: 600 +, descent: 300 -, duration: 5 hours
Accommodation: Mountain refugee Elola
Day 6: FIVE LAGOONS ROUTE
This long day provides views you will never forget walking to the most Alpine landscape to be found in Central Spain. The trail is stony and steep and only open during summer months. The glacier lakes of the 5 lagoon valley are so beautiful and pristine you will not easily forget this day.
Length: 17 km; climb: 600 +, descent: 1200 +, duration: 9 hours
Accommodation: Hostal Almanzor, Navarredonda
Day 7: FREE MORNING AND BIKE TOUR MADRID
First we will enjoy a free morning, maybe having a coffee in the official Parador the Gredos nearby our accommodation before taking off with our transfer to Madrid, Spain’s busy capital. Here we will meet our English-speaking tour guides that will show us he main attractions of the city, ending on a terrace with typical Spanish tapas!
Accommodation: 3.star hotel downtown Madrid
Day 8: Departure from Madrid
Transfer to the Airport of Barajas
WHAT´S INCLUDED?
• Guide EspírituNATURE, from 9 persons 2 guides
• All activities according to the program
• All transfers according to the program
• Full board
• Maps of Castilla la Macha/Madrid and Sierra de Gredos
• Wildlife observation equipment (binoculars and telescope)
• Accident insurance
WHAT´S NOT INCLUDED?
• Personal costs
• Transport to and from Madrid
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