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Andalucia for seniors, families, geocaching, navigation, birdwatching, photograhy courses

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Special Interest Activity Holidays in wonderful Andalucia

We offer a wide range of holidays and courses as an essential part of your stay here in Andalucia or as a part of your holiday here. Both day and multi day trips and courses for the active and interested minds!

Geocaching

The Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada are especially suited to geocaching adventures. From lazy rural towns to high mountains, there is terrain for all. The area is well served with geocaches (see below), especially the Lecrin valley, Lanjaron and the Sierra Nevada. We can assist you with your trip, plan transport and accommodation.

We also will guide you through the whole process should you wish, including supplying you with GPS and starter pack, maps etc to introduce you to this fascinating new and novel way to have fun in the outdoors! The information below will introduce you to the idea of geocaching and show you specific location in this area of southern Spain.

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Birdwatching in the Alpujarras

Join us for Birdwatching Tours and excursions in the beautiful southern foothills of the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada mountains. Andalucia offers some of Spain's most spectacular birdlife. Based in the village of Lanjaron in the heart of the Alpujarras, we can show you the rich variety of birding highlights the region has available.

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Navigation and Team Building courses

GET LOST........and find yourself! Survival, Navigation and Adventure courses with a difference......we really do try to get you lost! Based in southern Spain within easy reach of mountains, forests and deserts.Any start date, any duration. No minimum numbers. Singles and groups welcome. Corporate Leadership and Team Building training. Professional instruction and guiding.

These courses are intended for anyone who is interested in leading groups in the hills, or improving their own knowledge and confidence. During the course participants will be given an understanding of navigation techniques and hazard awareness amongst other things.

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Outdoor Photography Courses

From the high Sierra Nevada mountains to the rolling hills and lower regions of the Alpujarras. From the baking hot sub-tropical summers to the arctic-like tundra of the winter mountains. Accompany that with whitewashed sleepy villages and the colourful and friendy people, you are not lost for subjects with which to learn, practice and develop your skills as a photographer.

Spanish Highs Mountain Guides have teamed up with award winning professional photographer, Chiz Dakin, to bring you a selection of outdoor and landscape photography courses and workshops, that will bring out the photographer in you.

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Family Friendly holidays

Activity Holidays for all the family with the emphasis on "fun"! Airport transfers, accommodation, daily choice of activity.

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Seniors - walking itineraries for the "young at heart"

You're never too old to enjoy the delights of the outdoors. There are hills for all. From the man who started his hillwalking career at 50 to the woman who climbed Kilimanjaro at 82, there is something for everybody, whatever the age.

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