Excursión privada al Parque Nacional de Doñana

Our excursion to Doñana starts from Seville. You will be accompanied by one of our specialised guides and enjoy a wonderful day surrounded by nature.

The first stop will be in the Sevillian town of La Puebla del Rio, where the Doñana marshlands begin. The Guadalquivir River flows through this municipality, where you will find one of the best preserved wild olive groves in the region, the Dehesa de Abajo. This area is home to the largest colony of white storks in Europe, which take advantage of the treetops and the nearby lagoon of La Rianzuela to nest. This pastureland is raised slightly over the marshland making it ideal for observing hundreds of birds in their natural habitat and the flat landscape of the marshland.

Each year the marshlands give shelter to approximately 200,000 individuals of more than 300 different species of birds, which makes this place the most important natural area on the European continent. The area is also the largest rice field in Spain by cultivated area and the one with the highest productivity due to the high summer temperatures and the water available in the surrounding area because of the Guadalquivir River. The unusual geographical features and landscape have made it an ideal location for shooting prize-winning films like "La Isla Mínima" (Marshland). Leaving the rice fields behind, the tour continues as far as the north of the Doñana National Park, and visits the Village of El Rocío, famous throughout the country for its pilgrimage. A village reminding us of older times in Andalusia where a typical Andalusian atmosphere of past centuries is recreated, like travelling back in time, with horses and people strolling along the sandy streets.

The excursion takes you through the village until you reach the renowned Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Rocío, the popular chapel where over a million people gather every year to take part in one of the most important religious pilgrimages in the world-

After visiting the village of El Rocío you will visit the Palacio del Acebrón, next to the Arroyo de la Rocina, where you will discover another of Doñana's ecosystems: the gallery forest. You will make a circular hiking tour on which you will interpret footprints left by animals and learn about some of the endemic species of flora in this natural environment.

After finishing the hike and a short rest to have lunch and enjoy some typical cuisine from the region, you will then move on to the next ecosystem included in the tour: the beach. Over 30 kilometres long, the Playa de Doñana is the longest unspoilt beach in Spain, stretching from the renowned town of Matalascañas to the mouth of the Guadalquivir River opposite the coast of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. There will be a short tour through the mobile dunes where you will observe the flora and fauna that are characteristic in this ecosystem. Weather permitting, you will also be able to take a refreshing dip that you will find very rewarding.

If you are visiting us in the summer, please remember to bring your swimming costume!

It will be late evening when you return to Seville in the 4x4 passing through the wooded area of the Doñana National Park where you can see the great mammals that live there, like deer, foxes and wild boars, and try to catch a glimpse of the park's icon, the Iberian lynx.

We would like to remind you that we also organise two-day trips to the Doñana National Park from Seville with one night's accommodation included and this trip is available for private groups.