Sanabria Lakes Natural Park

Hiking Tours

LENGTH

4 Days

DIFICULTY

Moderate

START & END

Puebla de Sanabria

DISTANCE

42 Km

GROUP SIZE

from 6 to 12

LODGING

Standard

From 660€ / per person
4.5/5
LENGTH

4 Days

DIFICULTY

Moderate

START & END

Puebla de Sanabria

DISTANCE

42 Km

GROUP SIZE

from 6 to 12

LODGING

Standard

From 660€ / per person
4.5/5

OVERVIEW

Sanabria Lakes natural park is not known out of Spain. These beautiful water surface are of glaciar origin. Deep into the landscape this can be seen. The site was chosen by monks so they could meditate and pray to God. The place is perfect for its beauty and in the past small communities of farmers created villages and populated the area around the monastery.
We are going to explore the rivers, the lad, forrest and find out the way it formed while hiking. Follow the gorges, the glaciar depots and the way people move around and live from the land.
Today this is a Natural Park hat is dedicated to preserve the simbiosis found here.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Mountain Villages.
  • Sanabria’s Lakes Natural Park
  • Scenery.
  • Puebla de Sanabria Town—Historical towns of Spain.
  • Nature.
  • Off the beaten tracks for non Spaniards.
  • Lake area.

ITINERARY

Meeting at Puebla de Sanabria, visit the castle and town. Enjoying this medieval town of Spain. Its center is very well preserved and offer an insight of how important was in the past. Transfer to the lakes of Sanabria.

Accommodation: Standard

Meals:  Lunch Box, Dinner
Starting at the confluence of three valleys with glacial origin, Tera, Cárdenas and Segundera, this route will take us to one of the most open landscapes of the Sanabria lake. Starting at Ribadelago Viejo we will follow up the ancient path that took worker and material up to the dam works in the 40s. of last century. At the same time we can appreciate the marks of the last ice age, marked on the rocks around us … When we almost reach the top, we will make a detour to visit the some ponds, these ones are natural. We will return to Cárdenas and his dam, to soon begin to descend through your valley. Discover huge stone blocks, such monsters pebbled in the landscape … Go-ing through mist recalls the enchanting stories of our childhood.

Accommodation: Standard

Meals:  Lunch Box, Dinner
This day is a softer hike one that passes through the villages of this Sanabria region. We are going to know these ancient bonds be-tween peoples, the surroundings and its rural and millenary archi-tecture. Vigo de Sanabria, Trefácio and Galende are just a few where we will walk….

Accommodation: Standard

Meals:  Lunch Box, Dinner
From Sotillo, we cross the Truchas river to enter a lush forest on the way to the waterfall, the path initially follows forestall tracks little further it becomes a footpath. We go to the Lagoon in first from Sotillo, look out over the plateau and contemplate the river being born before seeing it jump into the void in the jump. We will return to the waterfall by the same path. Here, we continue along another path back to Sotillo. We take the opportunity to take photos and rest. From this point we will always go down towards Sotillo through the forest, hoping to see some roe deer running and hid-ing. Transfer to Puebla de Sanabria – End of Tour

Accommodation: 

Meals:  Lunch Box

INCLUSIONS

INCLUDED
  • Transport: PRIVATE TRANSPORT
  • Guides: BILINGUAL GUIDES.
  • Accomodation: SELECTED ACCOMMODATIONS
  • Meals: DINNER AND LUNCHES AS DESCRIBED
  • Activities: HIKING
  • Insurance & More.
EXCLUDED
  • Personal expenses.
  • Travel to and from Puebla de Sanabria
  • Extra drinks 
OPTIONAL INCLUSIONS
  • Individual Room.
  • Extra nights in Puebla de Sanabria.

DATES & PRICES 2024

On demand

WHAT TO EXPECT

The Natural Park of the Sanabria Lakes is a protected area of Castille & León. Out of the main known areas this mountainuous region is a kind of simbiosis between nature and man. Traditions and old villages going back to the medieval age are scatered around the lake. The lake is of ice age carved glaciar, and today is a beautiful and peaceful place. In summer is like a beach and in autumn is an incredible palet of changing colors. 

The tour is an oportunity to visit and hike in such a away place. Time to slow and reconect with the nature as you walk different trails. it is also a way of discovering places that have not changed and still reflects life at a different pace away from the 21st century bustling.  

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