Trek 5 - Buenavista - Orange Route
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Management Summary
Management Summary
- Departure Point: Balcony of Axarquía (Plaza Balcón de la Axarqía), Comares
- Return: Balcony of Axarquía (Plaza Balcón de la Axarqía), Comares
- Distance: 26 km
- Ascent: 650 m
- Descent: 525 m
- Type: Circular
- Suitable For: Walking, Mountain Bikes, Horse Riding
- Estimated Time: 10 hrs on foot, 5 hrs on mountain bikes (recommended).
- Degree of Difficulty: Hard, long and steep
- Season: All Year – but avoid hot days
- Footwear and Clothing: Appropriate for mountain trekking
- Water: Definitely needed
- Map: Military Map of Spain, Scale 1/50,000, Colmenar, Sheet 1039
Route
Route
A challenging walk over a considerable distance through areas of great natural beauty including the river beds of the Solano and Cuevas which afford spectacular views of the surrounding cliffs and rocky mountains.
Leave the Balcón by the old road towards Los Ventorros, continuing to Concas at the north end of the Mazmullar plateau, then the Breña Cross, taking the road to Los Chamizos and crossing the Solano dam towards Romo, immediately turning right to follow the riverbed east in the direction of Llano de Almendras.
Leave the river below Cabracerril in the direction of Eznite and the cross of Los Hijanos, a steep climb to the top where there are impressive views of the Peña de Hiero (Peak of Iron) and the Sierra Tejada.
Continue down towards Eznite using the tarmac road between Vélez-Málaga and Comares, up to the village, passing el Tajo, Haza Grande and on to the Lavadero (Green Route) signed at the crossroads. Return to the point of departure, Plaza Balcón de la Axarquía, tired but happy.
This trek is, because of its characteristics and length, most suitable for mountain bikes, and strong legs.
Flora & Fauna (Spanish Names)
Flora & Fauna (Spanish Names)
There is a wide variety of species, typical of a Mediterranean climate at this level. The plant life includes:
- Agaves (pitas)
- Annual Daisy (margaritas*)
- Bermuda Buttercup (vinagretas)
- Birthwort or Pipe Vine (siemprejunto aristologuía**)
- Buckthorn (aladiernos)
- Carob Tree (algarrobo)
- Common Horehound (marrubios)
- Common Mallow (malvas)
- Cotton Thistle (yergueros**)
- Dyer's Broom (retama)
- Fennel (hinojos)
- Field Bindweed (carregüella*)
- Field Eryngo (espino*)
- Fleabane (altabacas*)
- Giant Reed (cañas)
- Greater Plantain (llantén)
- Holm Oak (encina)
- Ivy (hiedra)
- Kermes Oak (coscojas)
- Mastic Tree (lentisco)
- Mediterranean Fan Palm (palmitos)
- Oleander (carretón adelfas**)
- Prickly Pear (chumberas)
- Santolina (bolina)
- Sarsaparilla, Common Smilax (zarzaparilla)
- Spanish broom (gayumba)
- Spurge Olive (revientacabras)
- Thyme (aulagas*)
- Turpentine Tree (cornicabras)
- Violets or Pansies (violetas)
- White Asparagus (espárragos blancos)
Amphibians
- Frog (rana común)
- Toad (sapo común)
Reptiles
- Chameleon (camaleón)
- Horseshoe Whip Snake (culebra de herradura)
- Ladder Snake (culebra de escalera)
- Montpellier Snake (culebra bastarda)
- Moorish Gecko (salamanquesa)
- Ocelated Lizard (lagarto ocelado)
- Red-tailed Spiny-foot Lizard (lagartija colirroja)
- Worm Lizard (culebrilla ciega)
Birds
- Barn Swallow (golondrina)
- Black Redstart (colirrojo tizón)
- Blue Rock Thrush (roquero solitaro)
- Bonelli’s Eagle (águila perdicera)
- Cetti’s Warbler (ruiseñor bastardo)
- Collared Dove (tórtola turca)
- Common House Martin (avión común)
- Common Kestrel (cernícalo vulgar)
- Common Redstart (colirrojo real)
- Crested Lark (cogujada)
- Cuckoo (cuco)
- Eurasian Eagle Owl (búho real)
- Goldfinch (jilguero)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (pico picapino)
- Great Tit (carbonero)
- Greenfinch (verderón)
- Grey Partidge (perdiz)
- Grey Wagtail (lavandera cascadeña)
- Jackdaw (grajilla)
- Mistle Thrush (zorzal charlo)
- Orphean Warbler (curruca mirlona)
- Spectacled Warbler (curruca tomillera)
- Spotless Starling (estornino negro)
- Turtle Dove (tórtola)
- White Wagtail (lavandera blanca)
- Whitethroat (curruca zarcera)
- Wood Pigeon (paloma torcaz)
Mammals
- Badger (tejón)
- Brown Hare (liebre)
- Fox (zorro)
- Genet (gineta)
- Hedgehog (erizo común)
- Pipistrelle Bat (murciélago común)
- Weasel (comadreja)
- For a comprehensive li
For a comprehensive list of flora and fauna, including Spanish and Latin names and links to Wikipedia pages, click here.
Geology
Geology
The terrain is mountainous, consisting of limestone and dolomite outcrops. There are also areas of clayey loam, slate and shale.
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