Guide · Cañamero
Bird Watching Villuercas
Bird Watching Villuercas works in the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara Geopark, a SPA (special protection area for birds) between the Tagus and the Guadiana, with the Risco de la Villuerca, at 1,601 m, as its roof. It has several bird-watching hides, built of wood with one-way glass and perches designed so that photos come out clean.
The company points out that the district borders the Monfragüe National Park to the north and the Badajoz irrigated lands to the south, where waders, crane roosts, great bustards, little bustards and rollers are seen, so a stay in Cañamero can be combined with outings to those areas. Its website is a single page and does not say who runs the company or since when, nor does it publish a tourism registration number.
What they offer
The vulture hide, of solid wood, accessible and with a toilet, for groups of eight to ten people or four photographers: griffon vulture, black vulture, Egyptian vulture, raven, azure-winged magpie, fox and Egyptian mongoose. Hides for three photographers, of wood, with one-way glass and a toilet: the Bonelli's eagle one, where you also see blue rock thrush, warblers and redstarts; the golden eagle one, and the goshawk one with booted eagle. For kingfisher and dipper there are fabric hides for two photographers. The company announces as coming soon a blue rock thrush hide, another for great spotted woodpecker and another for jay. And a full-day route in a six-seat 4x4 with a driver.
Prices
In the large hides, €130 for one person, €90 per person for two or three and, in the vulture one, €70 per person for four. The kingfisher and dipper ones, €60 per photographer. The 4x4 route, from €130 for one person to €90 per person for three.
How to book
By phone, on 646 951 533, or by email. The website does not publish the meeting point, entry time, session length, minimum age or cancellation conditions: ask everything when booking. For somewhere to sleep, the same page refers to the country house El Taller de Benito, a former carpentry workshop renovated in the very centre of Cañamero.
What they run
- Vulture Hide at Cañamero Vulture hide in the Villuercas Book Full-day 4x4 route through the Villuercas Book
Practical details
- Phone
- +34 646 951 533
- [email protected]
- Website
- birdwatchingvilluercas.com
Frequently asked questions
Where is Bird Watching Villuercas?
In Cañamero, in the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara Geopark, south of Guadalupe.
How much does a hide cost?
From €60 per person in the small hides; the vulture one, from €70 per person in a group of four.
