The Pyrenees

National Park in the Pyrenees and Posets Maladeta

  15.08.2011 - 28.08.2011

Price: 900 euro

The price includes:

the coach transfer, a tour guide, a mountain guide, accomodation for 11 nights (hotels, boarding houses*/**, 2,3,4 person rooms) 11 breakfasts, 11 evening diners.

The price doesn t include:

local transport and cable cars (around 15 euro).

PROGRAM

Day 1.  Departure from Poland (or other countries) according to the time schedule.

Day 2.  Transit journey through Italy along the coast of the Mediterranean. Accomodation in Italy.

Day 3.  Checking out. Driving along the coast of the Mediterranean in the direction of France, and towards the Pyrenees. Accomodation near Argeles Gazost.

Day 4.  Setting off to the mountains: Route 1: Gavarnie (1374 meters above sea level) - Cirque de Gavarnie (1750 ms. above sea level), la Grande Cascade. Descent to Gavarnie through Plateau de Pailla - hiking time: around 4 hours. Route 2: Gavarnie (1374 ms. above sea level) - Cirque de Gavarnie (1750 ms. above sea level), la Grande Cascade - Plateau de Pailla - Hourquette d Alans (2430 ms. above sea level) - Gavarnie (in case of good weather conditions there is a possibility to go down to Cirque d Estaube at the Gloriettes Lake). Hiking time around 8 hours.

Day 5. Setting off to the mountains: Route 1: Col de Tentes (2208 ms. above sea level) -  Roland s Gate (2807 ms. above sea level). Desent to Cirque de Gavarnie or to Col de Tentes. Hiking time: around 7 hours. A shorter option takes around 5 hours.

Day 6. Setting off to the mountains: Route 1: Gedre - Cirque de Troumouse. Arrival at the lakes Lacs des Alres (2355 ms. above sea level) - Lac de Gloriettes (1667 ms. above sea level). Desent to Gedre. Hiking time is around 6 hours. Route 2: around 4 hours.

Day 7. Setting off to the mountains: Route 1: Cauterets - Pont d Espagne (1498 ms. above sea level). Getting by cable car up to the Gaube Lake. Trekking from the Vallee de Gaube valley to the Vallee de Lutour valley through one of the chosen passes (Col d Arraille 2583 ms. above sea level or Col de Gentianes 2600 ms. above sea level). Hiking time: around 7-10 hours. Route 2: Cauterets - Pont d Espagne (1498 ms. above sea leve) Lac de Goube (1725 ms above sea level) - Cauteret. Hiking time: around 4,5 or 6 hours depending on the choice of the option.

Day 8. Setting off to the mountains: Route 1: Cauterets - Pont d Espagne - Vallee du Marcadau valley - Ref. Wallon-Lac Nere - Lac de Pourtet (2420 ms above sea level) - Vallee du Marcadau - Cauteret. Hiking time: around 8 hours. Route 2: The same as in the previous route - Vallee du Marcadau valley - Ref. Wallon and return to Cauteret - around 4 - 5 hours.

Day 9. Setting off to the mountains: Route 1: Bareges (Botanical Garden) (1538 ms. above sea level) - passage through Col de Madamete (2509 ms. above sea level) to Reserve Naturellede Neouvielle. Desent to Lac d Oredon  (1856 ms. above sea level). Hiking time: around  6 - 8 hours.

Moving on by bus to Spain near Aneto.

Day 10. A day off. Leisure time.

Day 11. Route 1: Ascent to Aneto (3404 ms. above sea level). A tourist route in the region of the highest peak in the Pyreneeys Aneto (3404 ms. above sea level) - Parque Posets Maladeta. A difficult route - around 12 hours. It doesn t require high mountain equipment.

Route 2. - Park Posets Maladeta - tourist tracks in the region of Aneto - 4-5 hours

Day 12. Checking out. Transit trip through France to Italy. Accomodation in Italy.

Day 13. Checking out. A trip to Genoa - visiting of the city (the port, the house of Christopher Columbus, Santa Maria - reconstruction, oceanarium - one of the biggest in Europe, cathedral, leisure time on the beach). Leaving Genoa in the evening.

Day 14. Arriving in Poland in the afternoon.