2. Montejaque - Guaduares River - Tambor del Llano
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.15 mi
- Elevation gain
- 554 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 177 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,675 ft
- TrailRank
- 8
- Min elevation
- 2,251 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 225
- Uploaded
- August 21, 2023
- Recorded
- October 2022
near Montejaque, Andalucía (España)
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Waypoints
Waypoint
2,585 ft
Through gate
This is a heavy gate which leans up against a tree trunk, it is usually kept closed to prevent cattle from passing.
Waypoint
2,520 ft
Campobuches dam
This is a small dam in the middle of the woodland, an ideal place to take a break and look out for dragonflies and terrapins during the summer months, and kingfishers all year round. Continue along the footpath keeping the reservoir and later the river on your right (do not cross over the bridge).
Waypoint
2,447 ft
Through gate
The wide track ends here and you pass via a small gate onto a footpath through the woods. You are about to pass from the Málaga province into Cádiz and from the Serranía de Ronda hills into the Cádiz mountains.
Waypoint
2,324 ft
Straight
Note the lovely bridge over the river bed on your right (do NOT cross the bridge).
Waypoint
2,277 ft
Stay left
Cross over the cattle grid and stay on the main track. (Ignore the path which bears right downhill, and a few metres later also ignore the one that breaks off to the left). In one kilometre you'll pass through a gateway and over a cattle grid alongside the 'Cortijo de Los Calabazales' farm buildings. Continue along the track.
Waypoint
2,298 ft
Information board
The track begins by turning off the rural road near the hotel entrance 'Cortijo Fuente Marchal'. After a few metres, there is a large sign for the 'Pantano de Montejaque' sendero (footpath). Set back beyond the olive grove on your left is the impressively abrupt 'El Hacho' limestone mountain.
Waypoint
2,295 ft
Stay left
You'll pass a viewing area (Mirador) looking out across the fields which slope down to an area which can occasionally contain the seasonal Montejaque reservoir, it only holds water after prolonged rainfall. Stay on the main track – ignore the path which bears right downhill.
Waypoint
2,432 ft
Right at fork
There is sometimes a chain strung across this section of the track to limit vehicle access, simply walk around it.
Waypoint
2,591 ft
Right
Fork right here on the lesser used narrow path passing under some oak trees and dropping down to cross through the river bed, here the path becomes more obvious again.
Waypoint
2,588 ft
Bear right
Cross the river here, and bear immediately right keeping close to the river. In this area, you can appreciate the smooth sandstone rock.
Waypoint
2,605 ft
Cross stream
Just after crossing the river bed for the final time, go through the small metal gate on your right, bear right past the stables and continue uphill to reach the rear terrace of the hotel Tambor del Llano.
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