Watching for Wolves Tour....Prize Draw!
Stop Press...John and I are offering one standard 5 night/6 day Watching for Wolves tour as a major prize in the December Draw organized by Rewilding Europe. Details are below, but please visit www.rewildingeurope.com for further details.
“Watching for Wolves tour.
We could provide you with a 5 night/6 day holiday in this area of Spain As well as focusing on the Iberian Grey Wolf, we also will be actively looking for red deer, roe deer, red fox, wild boar, otter, possibly wildcat, Iberian hare ,pine marten and depending on the weather a variety of reptiles and amphibians.eg Schreiber’s green lizard, oscillated lizard, fire salamander, tree frog . There is a wealth of birdlife in the area with up to 14 species of raptor. The tour also includes a visit to Lagunas de Villafafila, a vast area famed for holding the largest population of Great Bustards outside Russia. Other specialities of the reserve are black-bellied sandgrouse and large numbers of raptors. The surrounding hills and forests of our village base hold interesting species such as , crested tit, firecrest, black redstart, short-toed treecreeper, rock bunting, cirl bunting, serin, crossbill, Dartford warbler, Iberian grey shrike, griffon and black vulture, golden eagle, to name but a few!
The hotel is set in a small village in the heart
of the forest from where you can walk straight out along numerous trails and
tracks. As well as wolf watching, we visit local traditional villages and
sample the culture of this unique backwater of rural Spain. On one day, we
cross the border into Portugal and visit the mighty Douro gorge. a haven
for vultures and eagles.
We work around your preferred times so we do not
have set tour dates; this means that that each tour is arranged to best
fit your personal arrangements. John and I pride ourselves on providing
individually tailored tours, and we are your contacts and guides
throughout all your arrangements and your tour. We are not merely acting
as agents, using hired guides.
The tour on offer includes all land travel in
fully air-conditioned vehicle, pick-up and drop-off at Puebla de Sanabria
railway station which runs direct trains from Madrid Chamartin station every
day, en-suite accommodation in a rural hotel , breakfast, light
lunch and 3 course evening meal with drinks, morning and
evening watches at the most promising locations, days tracking and
searching the area for signs of our target species, day trips to places of
local birding and wildlife interest , plus the services of John and myself
as your guides throughout the whole tour(s). There are no
hidden “extras!”.
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