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CASA MARTINETE Trebujena. Cádiz TWO-NIGHT ACCOMMODATION IN CASA MARTINETE, HALF-DAY VISIT TO DOÑANA AND THE TREBUJENA MARSH, BAJO DE GUÍA, RIVER GUADALQUIVIR BY BARGE, DOÑANA NATURAL PARK This is a private visit to discover the Trebujena marshes, Doñana National Park and the Doñana Natural Park in Cadiz. Up to six people accommodation in a splendid private 7,000sqm cottage surrounded by vineyards, in Trebujena, and only 5 kilometres from Doñana. An oasis of almond, fig, carob, pomegranate, med- lar, apricot and plumb trees as well as oleanders, rosemary, lavender and the unmatchable Doñana sunset. Casa Martinete is a warm 136sqm lodge where to enjoy the best of Andalusia and Cadiz. It consists of a welcoming living and dining room with a firepla- ce, three double bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fully fitted kitchen, a washroom, a solarium, porch and garden. All for you to enjoy. Half-day visit to the Cadiz part of Doñana (Bonanza salt marshes, Algaida pine grove) La Esparraguera and Trebujena marshes. Private visit to Doñana National Park crossing river Guadalquivir. For six people: Two night accommodation, private visit to Doñana National Park and Cadiz Doñana: £150 per person. Two night accommodation, private visit to Doñana National Park or Cadiz Doñana: £130 per person. Two night accommodation, £70 per person. beach, we will cross again by barge to finish at Bajo de Guia, in Sanlucar. It is a 4-hour long tour. Doñana Gaditana and Trebujena Marshes Departing from Casa Martinete we go through the marshes and vineyards in Trebujena and enjoy sce- nery of pin-tailed sandgrouses, thekla larks, red ki- tes, ospreys or marsh harriers. We then cross Codo de La Esparraguera, with its marbled teals, common shelducks and hundreds of mallards, pochards and black storks. And the last part of the tour takes us through Algaida pine grove and Tarelo lagoon with its white-headed ducks as well as the Bonanza and San Carlos marshes where we will see black-tai- led godwits, grey plovers, flamingos and western snowy plovers among other species. Special tour to enjoy the incomparable geese sunrise 6:30 Boarding to cross river Guadalquivir. 07:00 4X4 route through Doñana up to Cerro del Trigo. 07:45 Geese watching from Cerro del Trigo. 10:00 Doñana route. 13:00 River crossing and return to Bajo de Guía. Price: £100 per person. Includes Expert guide. Telescopes, binoculars, maps and guides to observe the wild fauna . Transport in VW Caravelle and insurance. Doñana National Park Setting off from Bajo the Guía, we go onto a barge to cross river Guadalquivir. From the Huelva banks we drive on a Land Rover through the five main ecosystems in Doñana: beaches, dunes, preserve paths and marshes. We come across the little villa- ges where the last guards and shepherds used to live, see the Marismillas palace and learn about the history, nature, culture and traditions of the most emblematic natural space in Europe. Once on the 94 OTWO 07 / FEBRUARY 2020 OTWO 07 / FEBRUARY 2020 95