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Cuscionu's plateau, 1000 waterholes'grass : pozzines

Cuscionu's plateau, 1000 waterholes'grass : pozzines

High rocks / Cuscionu's plateau : shepherds huts, animals in freedom and legends meeting at 8.30 am or 12.30 pm or 3.30 pm for half a day hike on the plateau, 9am for the hole day and at 3pm for the sunset : an immersion in a place of exceptional tranquility and serenity: a plateau of estive and transhumance of pigs, sheep, goats, cows, horses, Julie will take you to a panoramic peak from where you can see the sea and the highest peaks of Corsica before going down to caves carved by the wind, the salt, the sun and the water...we will push a little further to a large stretch of grass, lawns with its thousand holes of water, the pozzines, it is an old glacial lake that has little to little recovered. Julie will explain the use of the plants and tell you about local legends. After these 2-3 hours of hiking (about 150 to 200m of positive and as many negative height diffrence) if you have booked the whole day with dinner option, we will then eat in a sheepfold where the sunset is beautiful. Return about 1 hour to 1h30 by a front light if departure is in the afternoon Option : without sunset but the whole day starting at 9 am (including or not a taste of local products or a lunch in an auberge) Other notes come with a backpack containing water, a small pharmacy, your medicine, enough to protect you from the heat, the cold...from the snow depending on the season:) be careful and responsible : from Quenza to the Bucchinera resort, you still have a 20-30 minute drive on a degraded mountain road which is actually private and unmaintained with many holes on which you have to pass on either side, a car that is too low is not recommended

BAVELLA/HIGH ROCKS Among the corsican dolomites

BAVELLA/HIGH ROCKS Among the corsican dolomites

Geological curiosities of Bavella Meeting at 6 am or 6.30 am (in the summer or 7.30 am in the winter, even 9 am) or 1pm or 4 pm pm at the pass where the statue of the Virgin stands for a half a day (9.00am for the whole day or the QI gong Hiking) loop facing the sea at the foot of the impressive Bavella needles also called the corsican dolomites, then hike through these old Bavella shepherd houses and a majestic forest of endemic black pines so high that they were used for boat masts ... to discover the fauna and flora, local legends, its geological curiosities with secret passages off the trail: the arch of Bavella and optional the promontory or the Calanca Murata and after a little snack in front of a sumptuous panorama we will return to the pass ... where everyone can leave or stay to enjoy the places at their ease between a typical local inn or with a picnic taken from their bag. (breakfast or pic nic with local products or lunch/dinner in option after booking) Other remarks 3 hour hike with a few technical passages that can be avoided but there are still irregular steps and rolling stones: have good shoes and for those who are not used to walking in the mountains, poles are recommended. a great utility 5 to 6 hour hike for the full day option have a look to our options half a day with breakfast 280 euros for 1 to 4 persons /300 euros for the whole day (4 to 6 hours hiking) other prices for group of 5-6 persons, 7-8 personns or 9-12 persons

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Cuscionu's plateau, 1000 waterholes'grass : pozzines

Cuscionu's plateau, 1000 waterholes'grass : pozzines

High rocks / Cuscionu's plateau : shepherds huts, animals in freedom and legends meeting at 8.30 am or 12.30 pm or 3.30 pm for half a day hike on the plateau, 9am for the hole day and at 3pm for the sunset : an immersion in a place of exceptional tranquility and serenity: a plateau of estive and transhumance of pigs, sheep, goats, cows, horses, Julie will take you to a panoramic peak from where you can see the sea and the highest peaks of Corsica before going down to caves carved by the wind, the salt, the sun and the water...we will push a little further to a large stretch of grass, lawns with its thousand holes of water, the pozzines, it is an old glacial lake that has little to little recovered. Julie will explain the use of the plants and tell you about local legends. After these 2-3 hours of hiking (about 150 to 200m of positive and as many negative height diffrence) if you have booked the whole day with dinner option, we will then eat in a sheepfold where the sunset is beautiful. Return about 1 hour to 1h30 by a front light if departure is in the afternoon Option : without sunset but the whole day starting at 9 am (including or not a taste of local products or a lunch in an auberge) Other notes come with a backpack containing water, a small pharmacy, your medicine, enough to protect you from the heat, the cold...from the snow depending on the season:) be careful and responsible : from Quenza to the Bucchinera resort, you still have a 20-30 minute drive on a degraded mountain road which is actually private and unmaintained with many holes on which you have to pass on either side, a car that is too low is not recommended

BAVELLA/HIGH ROCKS Among the corsican dolomites

BAVELLA/HIGH ROCKS Among the corsican dolomites

Geological curiosities of Bavella Meeting at 6 am or 6.30 am (in the summer or 7.30 am in the winter, even 9 am) or 1pm or 4 pm pm at the pass where the statue of the Virgin stands for a half a day (9.00am for the whole day or the QI gong Hiking) loop facing the sea at the foot of the impressive Bavella needles also called the corsican dolomites, then hike through these old Bavella shepherd houses and a majestic forest of endemic black pines so high that they were used for boat masts ... to discover the fauna and flora, local legends, its geological curiosities with secret passages off the trail: the arch of Bavella and optional the promontory or the Calanca Murata and after a little snack in front of a sumptuous panorama we will return to the pass ... where everyone can leave or stay to enjoy the places at their ease between a typical local inn or with a picnic taken from their bag. (breakfast or pic nic with local products or lunch/dinner in option after booking) Other remarks 3 hour hike with a few technical passages that can be avoided but there are still irregular steps and rolling stones: have good shoes and for those who are not used to walking in the mountains, poles are recommended. a great utility 5 to 6 hour hike for the full day option have a look to our options half a day with breakfast 280 euros for 1 to 4 persons /300 euros for the whole day (4 to 6 hours hiking) other prices for group of 5-6 persons, 7-8 personns or 9-12 persons

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