多南那国家公园

我们想去多南那国家公园看一看那里的自然风光和野生动物(唐纳纳国家公园)。不幸的是,我们在最后一分钟才预定到了座位,在加的斯,靠近桑卢卡尔梅达河畔的南面。这个驾船员以前驾驶过皇家费尔南多船,他会在(2)个码头停船。在第一站,我们看到远处池塘边的鸟飞起来了。在第二个站,我们步行去了一个很糟糕的地方。导游对我们说:"今天我没有把美好的风景展现给你们",然后我们坐船回家了。就像我说的,船票太贵了。千万不要去浪费你的钱!!!

我们星期一到达那里,在埃尔罗西奥的拉阿尔德阿露营地预订了一间木屋,多南那国家公园附近的一个小村庄。我们之前为星期二下午7:30的"探索多南那"预订了一个私人导游。他在下午四点来露营地接我们,开车绕着公园参观。他问我们对什么最感兴趣,是鸟还是风景,我们说是鸟,他带我们去看了所有能看的东西,在路上还经常停下来想我们解释每样东西。我们真的很喜欢这个公园和这些鸟,我们看到了很多的鸟,甚至还看到了一百多只火烈鸟、一些鹿、野牛等等......旅行持续了六个小时,但是时间过得很快。我们很喜欢这个地方,我们决定在这个小屋再呆一晚,相对于价格来说很不错,有两间卧室、浴室、设备齐全的厨房和一个很不错的露台。那天下午,在参观了多南那国家公园之后,我们还参观了里斯托夫·哥伦布旧址,去看了他的三艘轮船。对所有人来说,这真是美好的一天。

06年5月20日,我跟我未婚夫来到了这个国家公园。我们找了家叫Donana Nature的旅行社,他们的网站很不错,估计公司也应该不错吧。我们订的是英语团,结果跟的团是西班牙语团,一无所获,太让人失望了!我们的西班牙语水平实在太有限了,导游说的话基本上没听懂,尤其是党他说到动植物的时候,我们更是一头雾水。不过公园倒是值得去逛逛,游客中心很不错,虽然不算很奢华。很高兴西班牙政府决定对这块特别而重要的生态环境进行了保护,如果想看看西班牙的野生动物,不可错过,记得带上望远镜!!!

There are lots of possibilities for bird watching in the area around the Donana National Park although it can be quite difficult to get good information about where to go and what is where. There are organised tours from El Acebuche and El Rocio into the parts of the park which do not have public access and we made several attempts to join one of these tours but the staff seemed unable to tell us when there would be a tour in English. However, you can visit many worthwhile places on your own. Both the visitors centres of El Acebuche and El Acebron have paths and hides and El Rocio has many possibiliites. A drive from Aznalcazar via Dehesa de Abajo and onto Jose Valverde visitors centre is a good trip. Dehesa de Abajo has the largest nesting colony of white storks in Europe and is especially interesting in the spring when the birds are nesting. Between there and Jose Valverde are large areas of wetland where numerous bird species can be seen although Jose Valverde itself is not that interesting so consider turning round before you get there.

The park is full of wildlife such as wild boar, deer, and birds galore. Take your binoculars and enjoy!

A visit in the national parc with jeep, sounds beautiful right? Think again! After calling several times to get a reservation, with an english guide. We drove there from Seville to get our visit. Without any warning we were put on a bus with a spanish guide, because there was no english one present that day. (That was something they new days before and didn't mention on the phone) So we payed 30 euros each, to not understand a word. The bus was late & needed to pick up passengers at a hotel, we had to be there 30 minutes in advance, after the pick up we had already lost 30 minutes of the safari that's supposed to be 4 hours, but actually is 3 and a half maybe. We learned after our first stop there was one huide who spoke some english, but he was bound bye the contract not to speak any??? And they didn't wanna put us on that bus.. After the tour we went to the office yo make an official complaint. They couldn't accomadate us and even saying sorry for your inconveinience was hard! Overall waist of time and money!

I can imagine that Doñana is beautiful when it is wet. There are plenty of boardwalks and bird hides, but little to see at the end of summer.

We were lured into a guided tour without anybody mentioning beforehand that the tour would not be given with English translation. Not when reserving the tour, not when paying the tour at the local visitor centre in Acebuche and not at the start of the bus drive. The driver never stopped, barely slowed down for photographs of the wildlife and seemed intent on getting back to base asap and before the other two 4WD coaches. He made no attempt at dialogue with the other nationalities on board, only speaking and telling in Spanish. While he did appear to speak English when I confronted him with the fact that nobody warned us that no translation would be given. He responded in English. So is was not a question of being able to translate but more not willing to translate!! In the end we had to follow the tour by the summier English booklet but there appeared to be told much more.

The tour was run by the Cooperativa Andaluza Marismas del Rocio (http://www.donanavisitas.es/) and took us through all the ecosystems in the park. A bit bumpy in places but our first stop was in the middle of the sand dunes - an almost alien landscape. Fascinating animal tracks in the sand..still trying to work out what made them.Next stop was by the river - one word of advice. There were LOTS of hungry mosquitos so be prepared!Unfortunately our guide only spoke Spanish so we missed what sounded like a great running commentary on the trip.We saw red deer, fallow deer and even wild boar on the beach. We all enjoyed the trip immensely, despite the mosquito bites! There is also a good café on site where we had some good cafés con leche. Afterwards take the time to visit Rocio - one of the most surreal towns I've ever seen. The streets are covered in sand and the whole place looks like a set for a spaghetti western.

My group did a horseback riding tour through the park and down to the beach. The workers were professional and we enjoyed talking with them as well as horsing around ... heh, get it? Horsing around? :)Anyway, I would definitely recommend this tour even for people who are inexperienced. It's very important not to be skittish because horses pick up on that and get skittish themselves, but if you're able to be calm and just enjoy the ride, I can promise that you will!! Go in the late afternoon/evening for sunset views and cooler weather!

The tour (3.5-4h) was very enjoyable & interesting. Our guide was Gonzalo who did it in Spanish & very good English. He was very knowledgeable and had a good sense of humour. We saw lots of animals: deer and game with fawns, wild boar with piglets, wild horses and foals, as well as wild cows apart from many types of birds. There were also several wild boar on the beach at low tide, looking for food, which we didn't expect. Please note that it is a bit of a bumpy ride in the dunes.

Of our 7 day holiday around Seville we spent 2 days in the park. This is a magnificent area for bird watching, heard so much about it prior to going and it certainly lived up to its reputation. Our bird count numbered over 80 species and several that we could not ID. Even if your a none birder a visit is worthwhile as there is so much to see in a variety of settings. Great information centres and great coffee and food. Did not see the Lynx but what the heck, we had a great time. If in the area don't miss out--just go.

The chance of seeing Iberian lynx is slim. I was unlucky but met 2 ladies who had seen one ...just the luck of the draw. You have to go on an escorted tour but the tour driver and leader were knowledgeable about flora fauna and birds.. A very good information centre where we were able to buy a drink and eat our picnics at tables whilst viewing birds on a lagoon directly outside.

Birds birds birds but also peaceful good walking ( heavily restricted access to park but don't let that put you off, still worthwhile and you can walk the beach foreshore as far as you like. Don't fake a membership of a brotherhood to be able to walk through the park there are some realky protected species and habitats and the scale these pilgramages is immense, damaging and not particularly spirutual) Take the tour by 4 wheel drive bus not particularly "green" but protects the site and earns to suppirt it. Spanish imperial eagle nesting there when we visited, think we spotted it.

As one of the most important European natural reserves it is a must to visit. You can choose between different tour operators.