# Guided brown bear watching in Somiedo What to do en Somiedo · Somiedo Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/things-to-do/somiedo-bear-watching · Revisado: 2026-11-13 - Desde: 50 € per person - Duración: 4 h - Temporada: All year; best from April to June and from mid-August to mid-September - Para quién: From age 8 Wildlife · 4 h · €50, children aged 8 to 12 €25 · At dawn or dusk from Pola de Somiedo · Groups of 2 to 8 Somiedo is one of the places in the Cantabrian mountains where you can see the brown bear in the wild, and the way to try without disturbing it is with a local guide authorised by the Natural Park. Somiedo Experience, of Pola de Somiedo, sets out every day at dawn or dusk in groups of two to eight people. Four hours between walking and waiting The outing lasts about four hours and has two parts. One is an interpretive walk of about two hours along paths and tracks in bear habitat, in which the guide explains what it eats (acorns, chestnuts, beechnuts, bilberries and other fruit), how it moves and how the population has recovered, having been critically endangered about ten years ago. The other is the wait: from one hillside you scan the opposite slope with a telescope, at between 300 m and 2 km. There is never any attempt to get close. The route changes each day depending on the weather, the season and the animals' behaviour. The website does not give the distance or the ascent of the walk: it follows mountain paths, so wear hiking boots. At dawn or at dusk: the order changes The chances are the same, but the day is ordered the other way round. In the morning you meet in Pola de Somiedo, next to the pharmacy, at about 7:30; the wait comes first, in the first light, and then the walk. In the afternoon you set out at about 17:30, walk first and wait until dark. The exact time is adjusted to sunrise and sunset in each season. From the Pola you drive in your own car, any car, along paved mountain roads, to the start of the route. In August it is hard to park in the Pola: arrive with time to spare. When you are luckiest From April to June and from mid-August to mid-September the bears spend more time in open areas, with less forest, and are easier to see. They are most active at dawn and dusk, and on very hot summer days they move less. Seeing a bear is never guaranteed: the company publishes a sightings calendar that is worth checking before choosing dates. Price, equipment and booking It costs €50 per person from age 13 and €25 from 8 to 12, VAT included. Children under 8 cannot take part. It includes the guide, with a second guide on high-demand days, binoculars and spotting telescopes, with an explanation of how to use them, and accident insurance. Book by email at somiedoexperience@gmail.com or on 657 081 953, giving the date, whether you prefer morning or afternoon and how many of you there are. Payment is by bank transfer beforehand or in cash on the day. If the forecast is poor, for example with fog, the guide may suggest changing the day; once the outing has started it is not cancelled, and there is no refund for bad weather or for not seeing bears. The rest of the day in Somiedo With the morning outing you are back for lunch in the Pola, at the Casa Miño restaurant. In the afternoon you can go up to the Saliencia lakes on your own, and if you stay the night, the same company offers another day the wolf watching, from age 14. If you come for the day from Oviedo or León, the Lakes and Bears Day in Somiedo plan combines the two. Lo organiza: Somiedo Experience, desde 50 € over 12s (https://www.somiedoexperience.com/actividades-en-somiedo/avistamiento-de-osos/) ## Cómo llegar y contacto - Coordenadas: 43.0931, -6.2573 ## Cerca de aquí - [Casa Miño Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/where-to-eat/restaurante-casa-mino), a 0 m - [Full-day guided hike in the Somiedo mountains](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/things-to-do/somiedo-guided-hike), a 0 m - [Guided Iberian wolf watching on the edge of Somiedo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/things-to-do/somiedo-wolf-watching), a 0 m - [Guided bivouac in Somiedo Natural Park](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/things-to-do/somiedo-guided-bivouac), a 0 m - [Guided reptile and amphibian walk in Somiedo, by day or with a torch](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/things-to-do/somiedo-herping-walk), a 0 m - [Hotel Casa Miño](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/where-to-stay/hotel-casa-mino), a 0 m - [Palacio Álvaro Flórez Estrada rural hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/where-to-stay/palacio-florez-estrada), a 0 m - [Hotel Castillo del Alba](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo/where-to-stay/hotel-castillo-del-alba), a 210 m ## Consejos ### Bring a coat even in August During the wait you are still, first thing or at nightfall, and it gets cold. ### Check the sightings calendar The company publishes it on its website: it gives you an idea of how the weeks are going. ### Bring something to eat It is four hours out, and during the wait you do not move. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Is seeing a bear guaranteed? No. The guides know the areas, but a wild animal is never guaranteed, and there is no refund if none appears. ### From what age can children go? From 8. Ages 8 to 12 pay €25. ### Is it better in the morning or the afternoon? The chances are the same; the order of the walk and the wait changes. ### Do you need a car? Yes, your own: you drive from Pola de Somiedo to the start of the route along paved roads. ### What is the best time of year? From April to June and from mid-August to mid-September. Destino: [Somiedo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/asturias/somiedo.md)