Marbella commits once again to environmental education with ten routes through protected areas

The City Council, in its commitment to environmental education, has scheduled a total of 10 free routes through protected areas for the 2025/26 edition of the 'Nature Outings' program, in which 500 people will participate. The advisor responsible for Parks and Gardens, Eloy Ortega, presented the initiative today, which will include four family excursions and six hiking days of greater difficulty between October 26 and April 26 of the next term, all framed within the Environmental Education Program.

Ortega, who was accompanied by Jorge Quesada, the manager of the company that organizes the outings, highlighted that "this is an opportunity to value the natural spaces around us and, at the same time, promote healthy leisure habits and respect for the environment." "The program includes activities adapted to different profiles with excursions that pass through areas of high ecological and scenic value such as Sierra de las Nieves National Park, Los Alcornocales Park, the Special Conservation Area of Valle del Genal, and Sierra Blanca," he pointed out.

The municipal official also emphasized that this action will extend over five seasons, which will reach 2,500 people by the end of the contract. The activities include bus transportation from Marbella and San Pedro Alcántara, specialized monitors, and accident insurance. Registrations must be made via email at actividades.medioambiente@marbella.es the Monday before each outing, starting at 10:00 AM and until Friday at 1:00 PM, with subsequent confirmation by the organization.

Routes

For his part, Quesada detailed all the routes of the initiative, which will start on Sunday, October 26, with the 'Igualeja-Parauta-Cartajima' excursion (10.5 kilometers and moderate difficulty), and will continue on November 9 with the family day 'Path of the Dragonflies in Benahavís' (3.6 kilometers and easy difficulty).

They will continue on November 23 with the 'Vereda del Faro' routes (6.4 kilometers and moderate difficulty); 'Estación de Cortes de la Frontera-Estación de Gaucín by the Cañón de Las Buitreras' (January 25, 13.4 kilometers and moderate difficulty); 'Puerta Verde Marbella-Lake of the Turtles (February 8, 5.6 kilometers and easy difficulty); 'Genalguacil-Casares. Great Path of Málaga. Stage 28' (February 22, 18.6 kilometers and moderate/high difficulty); 'Natural Reserve Laguna Fuente de Piedra' (March 8, 6.2 kilometers and easy difficulty; 'Tajo Negro' (March 22, 6.1 kilometers and moderate/high difficulty); 'Caminito del Rey' - where each participant must pay the entrance fee set at 10 euros - (April 12, 8.7 kilometers and easy difficulty), and 'Crossing of Aljibe. Natural Park of Los Alcornocales' (April 26, 10.8 kilometers and moderate/high difficulty).

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