The Spanish Serengeti
Two ways to explore the park: by off-road vehicle with a guide across the raña and the woodland, or on foot along its signposted paths.
Guided off-road visit
With a guide and by off-road vehicle, across the raña and the Mediterranean woodland, with stops to interpret the landscape and watch wildlife. It is the most comfortable way to see a wide area of the park.
Paid service from Visitacabañeros, the company that organises the visits: timetables, prices and places directly with them.
The trace fossils of a giant marine worm between quartzite walls.
6.5 km2 h 30 minLow difficulty
A 15-metre waterfall a stone's throw from Horcajo de los Montes.
2.5 km2 hLow difficulty
Two 18-metre waterfalls and the highest summit of the Montes de Toledo.
4.2–9.6 km one way2–4 h one wayMedium difficulty
A centuries-old Pyrenean oak wood under the flight of vultures and imperial eagles.
13 km3–3 h 30 minMedium difficulty
Three paths among cork oak woods, Pyrenean oak woods and the Estena river.
5–10 km2 h 30 min – 4 hLow or medium difficulty
Mediterranean scrub and, on cold mornings, seas of cloud at your feet.
3.8 km1 h 30 minMedium–low difficulty
Flat beside the Estena, from the Boquerón walkway to the Fuente de las Chinas.
3 km1 h 15 minLow difficulty
A cork oak wood half way up the slope with the olive groves of Horcajo below.
5 km2 h 15 minLow difficulty
A drove road between two visitor centres, across the Bullaque floodplain.
9.5 km one way3 hLow difficulty
Along the road of the transhumant flocks, to a cork oak several centuries old.
4.6 km1 h 15 minMedium difficulty
A short walk to a holm oak hundreds of years old at Los Navalucillos.
2 km1 hLow difficulty
Three half-hour walks, without slopes, at the Torre de Abraham and Casa Palillos.
0.6–0.9 km30–45 minLow difficulty
Vultures and eagles in the wild, a few metres from the observatory.
By bookingWildlife photography
This month in Cabañeros
Cranes on the raña and winter light.
This month in Cabañeros
The cinereous vulture lays its single egg.
This month in Cabañeros
The summer birds arrive.
Cinereous vulture breedingWhite storksBee-eater and short-toed snake eagleThe raña in flower
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The rockrose flowers and the butterflies fly.
Cinereous vulture breedingWhite storksBee-eater and short-toed snake eagleThe raña in flowerGum rockrose in flowerButterflies
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The hinds come back to the raña with their calves.
Hinds with their calvesCinereous vulture breedingWhite storksBee-eater and short-toed snake eagleThe raña in flowerGum rockrose in flowerButterfliesPeat bogs at their best
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The roe deer barks and more butterflies fly than ever.
Roe deer rut (the «bark»)Cinereous vulture breedingWhite storksBee-eater and short-toed snake eagleGum rockrose in flowerButterfliesPeat bogs at their bestMilky Way
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The hottest month: get up early.
Cinereous vulture breedingWhite storksBee-eater and short-toed snake eagleButterfliesMilky Way
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Countdown to the rut.
Cinereous vulture breedingWhite storksBee-eater and short-toed snake eagleButterfliesMilky WayPerseids
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The rut starts with the first rains.
Red deer rutWhite storksBee-eater and short-toed snake eagleButterfliesMilky Way
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Rut, first cranes and autumn colours.
Red deer rutLarge herds on the rañaCranesWhite storksAutumn colours and fungiAutumn fruit and flowers
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Herds of hundreds of deer eating acorns.
Large herds on the rañaCranesAutumn colours and fungiAutumn fruit and flowers
This month in Cabañeros
The coldest month, with the raña still full of deer.
Make the walk longer, wait for sunset and wake up next to the park. Five places to stay in Horcajo de los Montes, at the gates of Cabañeros.
57 shaded pitches and equipped bungalows with a terrace.
Six double rooms with bathroom, for groups of up to 12 people.
Whole-house rental in an old olive grove, with a fireplace, sauna and swimming pool.
Stone house in a secluded spot, 2.5 km from the village. Pets welcome.
Eleven rooms and a family welcome in the centre of the village.
Where two streams meet, at the foot of the sierra and a step from the raña.
798 inhabitants2 h 00 min from Madrid
The municipality that gave the park the most land: the raña starts here.
558 inhabitants2 h 10 min from Madrid
Among meadows and slates from a sea more than 400 million years old, at the entrance to the Boquerón.
269 inhabitants1 h 50 min from Madrid
Where the Bullaque turns, between the Retuerta raña and Torre de Abraham.
854 inhabitants1 h 40 min from Madrid
At the foot of Rocigalgo, the highest point of the Montes de Toledo, «where nobody is a stranger».
1,889 inhabitants1 h 30 min from Madrid
A valley surrounded by sierras, four springs and the ruins of Malamoneda.
139 inhabitants1 h 25 min from Madrid
Sometimes it shows itself. Other times, a footprint, a song or a movement among the leaves is enough.
From the great birds of prey to the small woodland birds: pages to recognise each bird, hear its song, see how it flies and know in which months to look for it.
204 birds with their own page, with filters by habitat, size, flight and season
Listen to the European Bee-eaterCall, Merops apiaster
Listen to the European RollerCall, Coracias garrulus
Listen to the Eurasian Golden OrioleSong, Oriolus oriolus
Listen to the Common NightingaleSong, Luscinia megarhynchos
Listen to the White-throated DipperSong, Cinclus cinclus
Listen to the Common CuckooSong, Cuculus canorus
Listen to the Eurasian Eagle-OwlMale territorial call, Bubo bubo
Listen to the Common CraneTrumpeting, Grus grus
Listen to the Great Spotted WoodpeckerCall, Dendrocopos major
Listen to the Spanish Imperial EagleBarking calls, Aquila adalberti
Listen to the European RobinSong, Erithacus rubecula
Listen to the Eurasian Scops OwlSong, Otus scops
Listen to the Dartford WarblerSong, Sylvia undata
Listen to the Eurasian NuthatchSong, Sitta europaea
The birds by habitat, in the order of the landscape: from the open plain to the woodland and the water.
The open grassy plains
Little bustard, calandra lark and meadow pipit
20 birds with their own page
Scattered holm oaks over grassland
Bee-eater, roller and hoopoe
15 birds with their own page
Rockrose, heather and strawberry tree scrub
Dartford, subalpine and Sardinian warblers
10 birds with their own page
Holm oak and cork oak woods
Spanish imperial eagle, cinereous vulture and golden eagle
27 birds with their own page
Pyrenean oak, Portuguese oak and ash woods
Great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch and blue tit
10 birds with their own page
The Estena, the Bullaque and their streams
White-throated dipper, grey wagtail and black stork
7 birds with their own page
Ponds and waterlogged ground
Common snipe, lapwing and golden plover
7 birds with their own page
From the ground to the canopy: three layers of vegetation that explain the park's landscape.
Herb layer
Grasslands, flowers and small plants that also tell the story of the landscape.
DiscoverShrub layer
Rockrose, heather and strawberry tree scrub that gives the hills their scent and colour.
DiscoverTree layer
Holm oak, cork oak and Portugal laurel woods: the shade of the Mediterranean forest.
DiscoverThe latest from the park: its wildlife, its seasons and what to know before you go.
What the red deer rut is, when it is usually heard and how to plan a visit to enjoy the deer and the autumn landscape of Cabañeros.
Read the storyA home-made website, made during the pandemic, with the park's books on the table. And with the wish to share everything that makes this place special.
About the projectAnd the park's own story, from the Montes de Toledo to the firing range that never was: history of Cabañeros.
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