IBERIAN IBEX.
PHOTOGRAPHY IN SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK
Juan Carlos Poveda Vera www.natureda.com [email protected]
Tfno: 0034 666 70 50 00
Photography Iberian Ibex on a big diversity of landscapes in the South of Spain.
We’ll check the territory
between Granada and Malaga provinces, where inhabit this animal, the
subspecie Capra pyrenaica subsp. hispanica.
SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK We’ll visit six different places in three protected PROTECTED LANDSCAPE TORCAL DE Natural areas, with changes ANTEQUERA; PROTECTED LANDSCAPE in the landscape and MARO-CERRO GORDO altitude, in order to take different pictures.
On Winter, we’ll found the Technical Details: wild goats with a thick coat, which will vary according to Length the altitude of residence, at sea level or at high Five days, four nights. altitude.
Dates It will depend on the date, November to February but it will possible to observe the behaviour of the mating season. Participants: A group of 2 to 4 people. The environments and backgrounds will be striking rocky landscape of the Budget: 690 € / person (4 participants); Torcal de Antequera, the 730 € three; 884 € two. blue sea in Maro-Cerro Gordo and the snow in Includes: Full board and lodging, specialized Sierra Nevada National guide, insurance, transfers between locations. Park.
DAY 1: PROTECTED LANDSCAPE CLIFFS OF MARO-CERRO GORDO From airport of Malaga we’ll arrive at
Maro-Cerro Gordo, an interesting place to take pictures of Iberian Ibex to sea level.
In this population, the winter coat is shorter than in Sierra Nevada and seascapes allow us to create very different images than other days.
We’ll move to Alpujarra in Sierra Nevada, at the Hotel de Mecina , in
Mecina Fondales.
DAY 2: SIERRA NEVADA, LA ALPUJARRA
Will visit the valley in search of ibex
populations in the mid-mountain, in the south
face. Here we’ll go through waterways,
cottages and threshing
grounds.
DAY 3: HIGH MOUNTAIN We’ll move to the north face of the
mountain, over 2.500 m. of altitude, in
order to take pictures of Ibex on the snow.
They spend the time just under
the snow level. That is the area
where will be possible to be near of
the animals, because are more
confident with the human presence The two next nights we’ll sleep in cave houses, “Las Cuevas del Tio Tobas”, in the region of Guadix.
DAY 4: SIERRA NEVADA, PUERTO DE LA RAGUA, HOYA DE GUADIX
In the morning we will ascend the Port of Ragua. The
predominant vegetation is mountain pine. During the
winter season, it is not difficult to observe the
behaviour of the mountain goat in rut, but in this
area they aren’t so habituated to the human
presence.
For sunset, we’ll look for another incredible territory, the Natural Monument of Cárcavas de Marchal, in the base of
Sierra Nevada.
DAY 5: PROTECTED LANDSCAPE TORCAL DE ANTEQUERA In the morning, we’ll travel to El Torcal, with a special beauty and the appearance of a petrified city. It is a great place to really enjoy our cameras, being full of picturesque sights.
A place in which to take shots of mountain
goats perched among amazing formations
Return to airport of Malaga, and end of
our trip.