3-Day Birdwatching Tour in La Mancha and Cabañeros National Park

• Arrive at Madrid airport and meet your English-speaking Spanish tour guide.

• Visit the Lagunas of Alcazar for an ideal introduction to the wetlands of La Mancha. Witness plenty of birdlife here, such as flamingos, White-Headed Ducks, Marbled Ducks, Pochards, Marsh Harriers, and a wide variety of waders.

Drop-off at the predecided accommodation.

• Behold the steppes of La Mancha, the realm of the Great Bustards, nobles of the plains.

• Explore the areas south of Ciudad Real, where vast cereal fields, rough ground, and gently rolling countryside define the Manchegan steppe habitat.

• Drive along dirt roads frequented by Great and Little Bustards, Stone Curlews, Golden Plovers, Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Calandra Larks, and a whole host of raptors such as Black-shouldered Kites, Buzzards, and Common and Lesser Kestrels.

• Discover Cabañeros National Park. Famed for its mountainous terrain, Mediterranean forests, and raña, also known as the Spanish Serengeti, this park is home to Red Deer, Wild Boars, Spanish Imperial Eagles, and the second-largest breeding colony of Black Vultures in the world.

Return to the hotel for the day.

• Marvel at the Tablas of Daimiel, the second of the two national parks within Ciudad Real. It consists of roughly 2000 ha of marsh and wetland, unique in Europe. A favourite stopover for migrants, summer and winter visitors, the Tablas provide a veritable feast of passerines, waders, and raptors.

• Drop-off at a predecided destination.