Safari through the Greater Côa Valley, dedicated exclusively to nature photography.
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Country🇵🇹 Portugal
Approved by Rewilding Europe and member of a rewilding businesses network?Yes, and member of the Wild Côa Network - Portugal
Programme
We will explore the characteristic landscape, the native flowers and fauna. This territory is characterized by a microclimate marked by low rainfall, low winter temperatures and high summer temperatures. Here we find a Mediterranean vegetation consisting mainly of holm oaks (Quercus rotundifolia) and cork oaks (Quercus suber). Also noteworthy is the formation of pyrenean oaks (Quercus pyrenaica) and narrow-leaved ash (Fraxinus angustifolia).
It is a territory with low human occupation, which has long been able to shape this landscape through traditional farming practices and which provided a mosaic of habitats highly important for biodiversity. It is this ruralized landscape among with the wild ones, that makes the Greater Côa Valley area a very scenic one.
What's Included?
The price of the activity includes specialized and certified guide, local transport, fee for nature conservation, insurance.
Type of activity: visit on vehicle, but including several stops for short walks or landscape interpretation.
How your experience helps rewilding efforts
Our activities seek to publicise the natural heritage of the rewilding areas and the actions that have been carried out in favour of restoring the landscape and the ecosystems of the Greater Côa Valley.
A percentage of our profits is donated to support rewilding initiatives in the Greater Côa Valley, through our partner Rewilding Portugal.
Seasonal Availability
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Languages spoken
English
Portuguese
Group size
Maximum of 4 participants.
For other conditions please contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Meeting point: place to be agreed
Duration: full day (half day is also possible)
Recommended period: from January to June / September to December
The activity may include a picnic, at an extra cost.
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About the listing author
Hello, I'm Wildlife Portugal.
WILDLIFE PORTUGAL is a small travel agency and tourism operator company based in the central interior of Portugal, specialising in the promotion and implementation of nature tourism activities.
With in-depth knowledge of Portugal’s natural values, we seek to publicise and promote this wealth through nature tourism activities, arousing our clients’ curiosity about these aspects and making them aware of the importance of conserving this heritage. Our specific nature observation, photography and interpretation activities are often combined with the walking routes we take, making them an enriching experience from a physical, psychological and cognitive point of view.
Operating in Portugal, we organise specific tours for nature observation and interpretation (birds and mammals, insects, botany, reptiles and amphibians, geology, etc.).
We are trained and properly accredited to organise visits to the rewilding areas of the Greater Côa Valley.
We also organise a number of wildlife photography tours. In this sense, through a collaborative partnership with Rewilding Portugal, we are managing a series of wildlife photographic hides in the rewilding areas of the Greater Côa Valley.
In addition to the natural heritage, we try to highlight the cultural, historical and gastronomic values that differentiate the territories where we operate.
WILDLIFE PORTUGAL is a member of the Wild Côa Network and is helping to make the Greater Côa Valley a more natural and wilder place, valuing and promoting the coexistence of natural values with local communities and traditional practices.
WILDLIFE PORTUGAL has the support and backing of the Rewilding Europe Foundation, a Europe-wide initiative whose mission is to promote the creation of more spaces for wildlife and to develop nature tourism in these areas.
Licensed by Turismo de Portugal, with RNAVT 12577 and RNAAT 369/2025 registrations, WILDLIFE PORTUGAL also has a Nature Tourism certificate and is a NATURAL.PT member, as we have chosen the National Network of Protected Areas for most of our activities, as it is in these natural spaces that we find the most significant values of our natural heritage.
WILDLIFE PORTUGAL is a small travel agency and tourism operator company based in the central interior of Portugal, specialising in the promotion and implementation of nature tourism activities.
With in-depth knowledge of Portugal’s natural values, we seek to publicise and promote this wealth through nature tourism activities, arousing our clients’ curiosity about these aspects and making them aware of the importance of conserving this heritage. Our specific nature observation, photography and interpretation activities are often combined with the walking routes we take, making them an enriching experience from a physical, psychological and cognitive point of view.
Operating in Portugal, we organise specific tours for nature observation and interpretation (birds and mammals, insects, botany, reptiles and amphibians, geology, etc.).
We are trained and properly accredited to organise visits to the rewilding areas of the Greater Côa Valley.
We also organise a number of wildlife photography tours. In this sense, through a collaborative partnership with Rewilding Portugal, we are managing a series of wildlife photographic hides in the rewilding areas of the Greater Côa Valley.
In addition to the natural heritage, we try to highlight the cultural, historical and gastronomic values that differentiate the territories where we operate.
WILDLIFE PORTUGAL is a member of the Wild Côa Network and is helping to make the Greater Côa Valley a more natural and wilder place, valuing and promoting the coexistence of natural values with local communities and traditional practices.
WILDLIFE PORTUGAL has the support and backing of the Rewilding Europe Foundation, a Europe-wide initiative whose mission is to promote the creation of more spaces for wildlife and to develop nature tourism in these areas.
Licensed by Turismo de Portugal, with RNAVT 12577 and RNAAT 369/2025 registrations, WILDLIFE PORTUGAL also has a Nature Tourism certificate and is a NATURAL.PT member, as we have chosen the National Network of Protected Areas for most of our activities, as it is in these natural spaces that we find the most significant values of our natural heritage.