Experiences of Aracena

The last week we decided to go to the Aracena's mountains in order to practice trekking for two days. Now, we are going to describe those path. Before

the left, we had to prepare our backpack. We carried a sleeping-bag, a t-shirt, water, food, a jacket and bath objects. We left from Lepe around at 08:00 and we arrive at Galaroza at 10:00. We decided to eat something before starting the path.

Our first path was between Galaroza and Fuenteheridos. The path is divided in three steps.

In the first step, we crossed around the Galaroza's forest. During the first minutes there were some gradients. You could hear a stream during the step and a lot of birds. When we crossed all the gradients, the road was a little bit flat. However, we could be around an elevation of 200 meters.

Then we stopped in Calvario's fountain to eat and drink water. After that, we continued walking and we arrived at Castaño del Robledo.

Castaño del Robledo is the second and smallest step. It is a village with 216 inhabitants. There is a big church and a lot of rustic houses. We could see some bars too.

The last step was between Castaño del Robledo and Fuenteheridos. We had to walk during two hours in a mount. There were a lot of
gradients. Finally we could see a road. On the left, was a camping and and a path so that we could come back to Galaroza. On the right was Fuenteheridos.

We decided to go to the camping 'El madroñal' because we were going to sleep there. We also visited Fuenteheridos and we visited some cultural aspects: the church, the center of the village, the town hall... That night, in the camping, we played some popular games with our teachers and friends, We went to sleep at 24:00.

The next day we did the other path: Fuenteheridos-Aracena.

This path start in a national road. We have to walk around six hundred metres and then, we found a steam. After that, we have to continue walking during 1’5 km. After that, we go down and we a rrive at Los Marines.

Between walls and ferns, we walk in the path and some metres later we go to the right and then we go up. We have to cross the Guijarra’s stream. In this part, there are a lot of gradients.

If we continue walking, we will see the road between Los Marines y Cortelazor. This part of the path is almost deserted, without trees and some houses. After that, during one kilometre the path is between chestnouts. There are a lot of diversions, but they go to some houses, so there are no problems.

Finally, we have to go up some gradients between plants and we arrive at an industrial estate, where was Aracena.

Jose’s experiences: In my opinion it was a very exiting experience and a nice trip because we usually dont do this type of activities.

Javi's experiences: To me, the experience was stunning. It was very realistic and exciting. The two days when we walked during hours was exhausting, but i liked so much. I want to repeat it some day!

Patron's experiences: The experience was very nice. I feel so tired when I finished but it is worth.