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4×4 routes in Gorafe
Guided Tours in 4×4
The surroundings of Gorafe with its ravines, canyons and “Los Coloraos” desert, is a point of interest for 4×4 and adventure lovers. We carry out guided tours in 4×4 for the whole family with routes of different levels of difficulty.
You cannot leave Gorafe without having a 4×4 experience to get to know Gorafe in a different way!
Routes
4x4 cars
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ROUTE
“Los Coloraos” Gorafe Desert
Circular 4×4 route through the Gorafe Desert passing through the “coloraos” with a duration between 4 and 4:30 hours, in the visual tour there are about 10 stops walking a little in some of them to visit chimneys, caves, minerals and approach to points of great panoramic visual interest from where we can take photography of great beauty. We recommend starting the route first thing in the morning.
- Start and end of the route: Cuevas el Torriblanco de Gorafe Granada.
- Recommendations: Bring water, appropriate footwear, hat and camera.
- Driver and guide: During the tour, explanations of geology, botany and ornithology of the area will be given.
Price
€ 50 person / route
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ROUTE
Acequia del Toril, petroglyphs and angular unconformity of Gorafe
Route from the caves through the Gorafe valley visiting the unconformity, a formation of great singularity and geological interest and consisting of vertical folds of the ground under horizontal strata, it is a formation of great geological interest within the Granada geopark.
Then we will arrive at the Acequia del Toril, which will be visited on foot in a circular route of approximately 2 km, it originated millennia ago from the hand of man for irrigation and calcium carbonate sediments deposited from thermal water.
Finished the route of the canal we will approach with the vehicle to the base of the hill of the mine to later walk to the top and be able to see the petroglyphs engraved on sandstone rocks of 4500 years old, representing male and female figures, the petroglyphs were used as a place of celebration of rituals. At 5 meters from these there is a mine from where they extracted almagra that was used as a pigment.
- Start and end of the route: Cuevas el torriblanco de Gorafe Granada.
- Recommendations: Bring water, appropriate footwear, hat and camera.
- Driver and guide: During the tour, explanations of geology, botany and ornithology of the area will be given.
Price
€ 40 person / route
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