SPAIN DAY TOURS

All Year Round Day Trips in SPAIN

Different options to discover the amazing wildlife of La Mancha & Sierra Morena. Departing and ending in Almagro city, a world of possibilities for all nature lovers.

Private guide services where the traveller can enjoy an amazing plethora of wildlife in just an hour from Almagro. Send us an e-mail explaining your nature/birding requeriments and we’ll reply you with a proposal itinerary.

Almagro is based in the middle of the region known as La Mancha & Sierra Morena (South Castile-La Mancha and North of Andalusia), without any doubt one of the main areas in Western Europe where naturalists can enjoy unspoilt landscapes and the most sought after fauna of the Iberian Peninsula.

Hotspots:

- Cabaneros National Park

- Tablas de Daimiel National Park

- Valle de Alcudia & Sierra Madrona Natural Park

- Sierra de Andujar Natural Park (home of the Iberian Lynx)

- Sierras de Cardena & Montoro Natural Park

- SPA La Mancha Wetlands (Biosphere Reserve)

- SPA Calatrava Steppes

- SCA Calatrava Volcanic Fields

- SPA Campo de Montiel

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Key Mammals:

Iberian Lynx, Iberian Ibex, Fallow Deer, Red Deer, Roe Deer, Mouflon, Wild Boar, Wild Cat, Red Fox, Egyptian Mongoose, Otter, Red Squirrel, Rabbit, Hare.

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Key Reptiles & Amphibians:

Spanish Ribbed Newt, Ladder Snake, Water Snake, European Pond Tortoise, Spanish Terrapin, Ocellated Lizard.

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Key Birds:

Black Neck Grebe, Little Bittern, Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Great Egret, Purple Heron, Black Stork, Spoonbill, Greater Flamingo, Marbled Teal, White-Headed Duck, Black Vulture, Spanish Imperial, Golden Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Red Kite, Black-Shouldered Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, Goshawk, Lesser Kestrel, Red-Knobed Coot, Common Crane, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew, Collared Pratincole, Gull-Billed Tern, Black Tern, Whiskered Tern, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Black-Belied Sandgrouse, Turtle Dove, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Tawny Owl, Eagle-Owl, Red-Necked Nightjar, Roller, Pallid Swift, Alpine Swift, White-Rumped Swift, Thekla Lark, Wood Lark, Calandra Lark, Red-Rumped Swallow, Bluethroat, Black Eared-Wheatear, Black Wheatear, Blue-Rock Thrush, Sardinian Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Western Orphean Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Savi’s Warbler, Iberian Chiff-Chaff, Western Bonelli’s Warbler, Bearded Reedling, Penduline Tit, Short-Toed Treecreeper, Woodchat Shrike, Southern Grey Shrike, Golden Oriole, Red-Billed Chough, Azur-Winged Magpie, Spotless Starling, Spanish Sparrow, Rock Petronia, Serin, Hawfinch, Reed Bunting, Cirl Bunting, Rock Bunting, Corn Bunting.

Expect to watch (Birds): Depending your birding requeriments, up to 90-100 different species in one day.

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MOST POPULAR BIRDWATCHING & NATURE TOURS:

Half Day Trips:

- S.P.A. Calatrava Steppes:

Highlights: Golden Eagle, Montagu’s Harrier, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew, Black-Beiled Sandgrouse, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Calandra Lark.

- Campo de Calatrava (Almagro Sector):

Highlights: Black Stork, Golden Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Bee-Eater, Black Wheatear, Blue-Rock Thrush, Subalpine Warbler, Golden Oriole, Spanish Sparrow, Hawfinch, Rock Bunting.

- Tablas de Daimiel National Park:

Highlights: Black-Neck Grebe, Greater Flamingo, Squacco Heron, Purple Heron, Lesser Kestrel, Garganey, Marbled Teal, Red-Crested Pochard, White-Headed Duck, Red-Knob Coot, Collared Pratincole, Kigfisher, Bee-Eater, Roller, Moustached Warbler, Reed Bunting.

Wild Boar, Red Fox, Rabbit, Iberian Hare.

- Valle de Alcudia Natural Park (Eastern Sector):

Highlights: Black Stork, Griffon Vulture, Black Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Golden Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Short-Toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Alpine Swift, White-Rumped Swift, Kingfisher, Black Wheatear, Blue-Rock Thrush, Rock Bunting, Cirl Bunting.

Red Deer, Roe Deer, Red Fox.

- Nocturnal Route:

Highlights: Eagle Owl, Little Owl, Short-Eared Owl, Red-Necked Nightjar.

Red Fox, Rabbit, Iberian Hare.

- Campo de Calatrava (Central Sector):

- Highlights: White-Headed Duck, Red-Crested Pochard, Purple Heron, Griffon Vulture, Black Vulture, Golden Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Black-Shouldered Kite.

Otter, Rabbit.

Full Day Trips:

- S.P.A. Calatrava Steppes & Campo de Calatrava:

Highlights: Black Stork, Golden Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Montagu’s Harrier, Lesser Kestrel, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew, Black-Beiled Sandgrouse, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Calandra Lark, Black Wheatear, Blue-Rock Thrush, Subalpine Warbler, Golden Oriole, Spanish Sparrow, Hawfinch, Rock Bunting.

- Tablas de Daimiel & Cabaneros National Park:

Highlights: Black-Neck Grebe, Black Stork, Greater Flamingo, Squacco Heron, Purple Heron, Black Vulture, Golden Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Short-Toed Eagle, Red-Kite, Black-Shouldered Kite, Lesser Kestrel, Garganey, Marbled Teal, Red-Crested Pochard, White-Headed Duck, Red-Knob Coot, Collared Pratincole, Little Bustard, Calandra Lark, Wood Lark, Kigfisher, Bee-Eater, Roller, Moustached Warbler, Reed Bunting.

Red Deer, Roe Deer, Wild Boar, Red Fox, Otter.

- Sierra de Andujar Natural Park & Campo de Calatrava (Almagro Sector):

Highlights: Black Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Golden Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Short-Toed Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Kingfisher, Bee-Eater, Black Wheatear, Blue-Rock Thrush, Rock Bunting.

Iberian Lynx, Red Deer, Fallow Deer, Muflon, Red Fox.

- Valle de Alcudia Natural Park & Campo de Calatrava:

Highlights: Black Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Golden Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Sardinian Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Nuthatch, Short-Toed Treecreeper.

Red Deer (Sierra Morena endemic), Iberian Ibex (Sierra Morena endemic), Red Fox, Red Squirrel, Wild Cat.

Drosophylum lusitanicum (endemic), Limodorum Abortivum.

Prices per person:

Full Day (up to 12 hours): 130 € (1 person), 75 € (2 persons), 60 € (3 persons), 50 € (4 persons)

Half Day (up to 6 hours): 80 € (1 person), 45 € (2 persons), 40 € (3 persons), 35 € (4 persons)

Maximun Group Size: 4 people. Ask budgets for more travellers.

The price needs to be paid in Euros once the trip ends. Not advance deposit required (unless Cabaneros National Park visit)

Prices includes: Travel to and from Ciudad Real AVE High Speed Train Station. Travel to and from your hotel in Almagro. All ground transport in comfortable and big 4×4 vehicle. Fuel. Packed lunch (only Full Day trips). Mineral water, tea and Spanish red wine for all the travel. Insurance. Bird guiding services fluent in English. Use of spotting scope and binoculars (one per traveller). Birds, Flora, Reptiles, Butterflies and Mammals check-list. VAT 8%.

Prices excludes: Personal equipment, expenditure on drinks not mentioned, any other activities not mentioned, accommodation and meals. Flights or Train Tickets. Cabaneros National Park entrance fees not included (20 € per person extra, plus guide).

In Almagro you can find a wide range of lodgings, prices from 35 € to 85 € for a double room with private facilities and breakfast. Meals prices from 12 €. We’ll be pleased to help you to find the best lodgings for you.

Almagro can be reached easily from Madrid:

- By car in just two hours following the A4 Highway to Andalusia. When reached the Manzanares Exit, follow the signals to Bolanos de Calatrava and then to Almagro.

- By AVE High Speed Train. Take the AVE Train in Atocha Station and go directly to Ciudad Real Station. It’s only 50 minutes from Atocha Station. We’ll pick you up and transfer to Almagro or start birding.

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Itinerary could change depending on requirements of customers, destiny selected or weather conditions. Please let us know if you book a tour for a particular place or bird species.

Plans may change depending on the flights/trains schedule.

If you have any dietary needs please inform us.

Ensure to arrange your tour in advance.

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