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The area's flora is a
true pleasure for everyone. Lots of aromatic pine,
eucalyptus, olive, oak tree, cactus and cypres. Smaller
vegetation as rosemary, thyme, vild roses and different
flowers make small bushes upto 40 cm high. No matter the
time of the year the nature is always covered in the most
beautiful colors and the air is fresh and clean.
In the area around Ardales - one of the
many small white villages - you will find the cave Cueva
Dona Trinidad Grund. Inside the more than 20.000 year old
cave you can see mural paintings of bulls and deers.
A rich bird and animal life is to be found
inside the nature reserve. Here you can meet the Iberian
goat, wild rabbits, fox, dormouse, badger, wild cats and
all kinds of lizards and geckos. But only harmless
animals.
In the air such magnificent birds as the golden
eagle, the kestrel, the vulture and hawkish can be seen
hovering. Horned owl and innumerable smaller birds as
sparrow, reed warbler, thrush, titmouse and chitterlings
are close as the lakes are ground area for many birds of
passage.
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The nature
reserve in The Lake District is called Desfiladero de los
Gaitones and has an area of 2.016 hectares situated
between the municipalities of Ardales, Antequera og
Alora. The area is characterized by it's many funny and
fascinating stone structures which have evolved through
thousands of years by water and wind. A dramatic and lovely tourist attraction is La
Garganta del Chorro; a 3 kilometre long and 400 meter
high gorge, which connect the three lakes; Embalse de
Gaitanejo, Embalse del Conde de Guadalhorce og Embalse
del Guadalteba-guadalhorce by the river Guadlahorce that
runs to the coast of Málaga.
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Desfiladero
de los Gaitones. National park by the
lakes. |
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El
Torcal. National park with 'Flintstone'
rock landscape. |
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Sierra
de las Nieves. National park with
waterfalls. 20 km from The Lake District. |
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El
Chorro. River coming out throgh a gorge
between the rock walls. |
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Embalse
de Guadalhorce. Large artificial lake. |
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Predator
birds, e.g. eagles, voultures, hawks and
wowels |
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Migratory
birds, e.g. the southern nightinggale. |
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Larger
mammols, e.g. iberian mountain goat,
wild cat and genette. |
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