Italian Apennines: Walks & Wildlife



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- Join experts from conservation group Rewilding Apennines to see their crucial work in action
- Combine hiking and wildlife tracking with walks in the Abruzzo mountains
- Visit bear corridors to see how they have dramatically reduced animal-human conflict
- Rise before the sun to track wolves and other wildlife in the valley
- Stargaze and feast on local cuisine during our stay in a remote mountain refuge
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- All breakfasts, four lunches, and five dinners
- All accommodation
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- All transport and listed activities
- Group arrival and departure transfers available
Itinerary

After arriving in Rome, transfer (three hours) to Pescasseroli, a quaint mountain town in the Abruzzo mountains. Here is our home for the adventure: the four-star Villino Quintiliani Hotel. After settling into our rooms, enjoy a special presentation on rewilding in t...
Today is dedicated to an icon of the Abruzzo mountains: the critically endangered Marsican brown bear. It’s thought there are only around 60 left in the wild, and today we learn about the vital work Rewilding Apennines is doing here to protect their numbers. Our adve...
Before sunrise (and after a coffee), we head onto the mountain slopes with our Nature Guide to search for wolves and other wildlife. This particularly scenic part of the Apennines is also home to wild boar, red deer and chamois, plus there are plenty of opportunities ...
Wake up surrounded by the rugged peaks of the Apennines and enjoy an early morning mountain experience: hiking and wildlife tracking. We have breakfast back at the refuge before we leave for a midday hike and remote picnic lunch. There are always beautiful views and i...
After breakfast, we go on a hike that offers sensational national park landscapes, with rocky walls, deep glacial valleys and beech forests. Walking silently and respectfully, we are likely to see one of the most important populations of Apennine chamois grazing betwe...
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, and perhaps one last Italian coffee at the village square in Pescasseroli, before we transfer back to Rome. We have two drop-off points today. If you have time before your flight, you can get out at Roma Termini rail station, where you ca...
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