Day 2 - Walking time 7h, level 700 m (going up and down), medium difficulty.
Full breakfast and departure for Polo, first on a flowery path walking down to the river Cortico (300 m), then going up to the small village of Auta. All along the way magnificent views will drive you on another hillside of the Sierra Bahoruco, until La Mina (old silica mine). Small pause in the house of a Montea Nueva's family (1000 m).
This eco adventure of 3 days (2 nighs) will bring you inside the wild forest of the Sierra de Bahoruco, with its great variety of flora and fauna..
You will camp in the cloud forest of the National park of Cachote, and you will share the lunch of the local population.
We will continue the trek downhill towards Polo, passing before the sinister prison built by Trujillo, dictator from 1930 to 1961. At the end, we will arrive on the road to the only city of the Sierra Bahoruco. Sitting at the bus stop, you only have to wait for the vehicle that takes you up Polo. The reception will be provided at Mama Gueda who leads the cooperative associations of village. The diner is served at Mama Gueda, before going on where you spend the night, in a house, an hotel or a common bedroom.
Day 1 - Walking time 6h, level 1100 m (going up), high difficulty.
Departure from the hotel in Ecotour vehicule to Paraiso, village nestled betwen the mountains and the Caribbean sea.
Day 3 - Walking time 5h, level 900 m (going down), low difficulty
Breakfast and rise of "Caña Brava" (200 m) overlooking the valley that will back us to Paraíso. Walk down to the basin of "Mata de Maíz" (700m), source of Rio "Nizaito" that we will walk along much of the day.
We will start the trek by the “Café de las Mujeres” trail, across agricultural and coffee cultivations. At the top, meeting with the small community of Charco Blanco (900m), a little pause for lunch, and then the way continues towards Cachote, in the cloud forest (1100m), in an enclave of the Bahoruco National Park (biosphere Reserve). Here you will visit the botanical path and the fish-pond. At the end of the day, we will share a dinner prepared by the community, and will appreciate the freshness of the unique climate in the region, before going to sleep lulled by the sounds of the mountain. Night in refuge or tent.
