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 .

We’ll check the territory

between Granada and Malaga provinces, where inhabit this , the

subspecie 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 , 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 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.