Self guided hiking vacation in Catalonia

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CARBON REDUCTION

This self-guided walking tour in Catalonia starts and ends in Amposta, focusing on Ebro Delta Natural Park. It is, by its very nature, slow and sustainable, with guests walking between 12-25km per day through canalside paths, rice fields, lagoons, beaches and riverside landscapes.
With all of our tours, we encourage our guests to travel to and around Spain using buses and trains whenever possible. This itinerary is reachable by rail, and daily luggage transfers are provided by a local provider, while guests complete most of the route itself on foot. One taxi transfer is included on day four between Deltebre and L’Eucaliptus.


ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

This walking tour takes guests through Ebro Delta Natural Park, the largest and most important wetland in Catalonia. The route passes through rice fields, canals, lagoons, beaches, river paths and natural springs, including La Tancada and Encanyissada lagoons, Platja del Trabucador, Illa de Buda, Fangar beach and the Ullals de Baltasar.
The Ebro Delta is also an important birding area, with the tour page highlighting opportunities to spot flamingos, stilts and marsh harriers around the lagoons and wetlands.
We remind guests to practise Leave No Trace throughout their trip, especially when walking through wetland areas, beaches, rice fields and around lagoons.
With regards to drinking water, we ask guests to bring refillable water bottles as well as a reusable shopping bag to avoid single-use plastic during their trip. We also ask guests to take any packaging away with them and be mindful of not dropping litter.
We have an in-house responsible tourism expert, who shares tips and advice with our guests in trip notes, blogs and newsletters. For example, on how to reduce their impact on the environment and wildlife, support responsible travel practices and respect the places and communities they pass through.

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LOCAL ECONOMY

Accommodation on this tour includes a mix of mostly small, locally-owned hotels and B&Bs. They have been carefully selected based on a variety of criteria including their location, warm hospitality, good local food and connection to the area.
The itinerary takes guests through places such as Amposta, Deltebre, Riumar, El Poble Nou del Delta and La Ràpita, helping tourism spend reach local businesses, hosts and families along the route. Breakfast is included every day, and guests are encouraged to buy lunches and snacks in local shops, pre-order packed lunches from some hotels where needed, and dine in restaurants in the local area.


EMPLOYMENT, INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY

All of our partners in Spain are locally employed and play an important role in contributing to the local economy. At home, we have a strict policy to pay all our own employees and team members a living wage and fair wage, with vacation entitlement. In the hiring process, we prioritise experience, qualifications and passion, emphasising that race, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality are not factors of consideration. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace based on skills and expertise. We also endeavour to support any guests with visible and non-visible disabilities or any special requirements, when possible.