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From Almeria: Tabernas Desert 4WD Joyriding Tour
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- Free cancellation available
- 2h
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Multiple languages
Overview
- Explore Europe's only desert landscape
- Follow in the footsteps of the stars
- Learn about the geology and wildlife of the Tabernas Desert
- Discover the history of this landscape, in relation with civiliations
- Awaken your senses and enjoy the nature
Activity location
- Almeria
- Almeria, Andalucía, Spain
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Av. de las Angustias, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain | Meet your guide in front of the information office at Taberna's village, situated at the entrance of the village coming from the Almería direction. Address: Calle de Las Angustias s/n - 04200 Tabernas. In front there is a bar called "EL PORTICHUELO".
- Tabernas, Andalucía, Spain
Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list
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Tabernas Desert 4WD joyriding in English and Spanish
- 2h
- English
What's included, what's not
- Transportation by 4WD vehicle. Our vehicles are al real 4x4. We have different models: Nissan, L. Rover and Toyota. The vehicles are organized according to the number of participants and the languages.
- Insurance: All legal ones in Spain.
- Material for interpretation: pictures and others you will discover during the tour.
- Specialized guide: All our guides talk in Spanish and English. You can also book in French.
- Max. 2 languages / car.
- Food and water
- Western sets villages visit
Know before you book
- Not allowed: Baby strollers, Feeding animals, Intoxication, Smoking, Touching animals, Touching plants
- Not suitable for: Babies under 1 year, People with back problems, People with motion sickness, People with recent surgeries, Wheelchair users
What you can expect
The best definition of a desert is that it's an hostil zone for human, You will discover why along our tour…we will explain why it's like that, how the life finds its way along the centuries, natural life but also human life. You will be able to appreciate beautiful landscapes between grey, beige and brown colors protected today due to their hight geological value. Along its 12,000 hectares, formed by a natural processes the Desert of Tabernas shows its wonderful landscape shaped by tectonic movements and an increasingly arid climate.
This area is also a mythical place in relation with the audiovisual history around the world: a small territory with good access for filming teams, guaranteed sun hours and other advantages, which became the perfect backdrop for great historical filmings such as “Lawrence of Arabia”, “Cleopatra”, Leone's Dollar Trilogy, whose movies prompted the construction of the first Western town set in Almería (MiniHollywood) and the others that followed for dozens of spaghetti Westerns. Characters as Patton, Indiana Jones, trod this land. All of them made Tabernas became the core interest for spanish and foreign productions which came here to find the landscapes of the Middle East, Africa, the American Southwest among others.
These geography has remained in perfect condition for decades and today, it continues offering the perfect natural set in a lot of projects every year, including feature films, short films, fashion photo shoots and documentaries, among others. Audiovisual activity has gradually become part of the local economy, evolving over time, giving rise to good trained professionals. Among the more recent projects which have been developed, we can include ‘Millennium”, ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Manitou’, “800 bullets”, ‘El Zorro,’ ‘Mar de Plástico,’ ‘Exodus” or “Risen”…
The leitmotif of our activity is the contact with Tabernas Desert, a peaceful drive to enjoy this natural area. We use 4x4 vehicles because of the terrain even if the vehicule's experience is not the focus of the activity being the most important the recreational and interpretation aspects and landscapes views: canyons, ramblas, bad lands and others. During the tour, we make numerous stops for explanations and photos, so that all participants can see the same things. You can swap seats in your assigned car along the route.
The activity starts at Tabernas village, in front of information office and finishes also there.
Important: Tabernas Desert is a protected area with restrictions: private motorized vehicles are not allowed and any activity is supervised by Andalusian environmental department and Seprona (official nature police in Spain).
Suggestions:
For people who prefer to discover the Desert of Tabernas walking or by bicycle, there are the following tracks: PR 269 and GR 140. All those activities are a good complement to our tour.
Location
Activity location
- Almeria
- Almeria, Andalucía, Spain
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Av. de las Angustias, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain | Meet your guide in front of the information office at Taberna's village, situated at the entrance of the village coming from the Almería direction. Address: Calle de Las Angustias s/n - 04200 Tabernas. In front there is a bar called "EL PORTICHUELO".
- Tabernas, Andalucía, Spain
- Av. de las Angustias, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain | Meet your guide in front of the information office at Taberna's village, situated at the entrance of the village coming from the Almería direction. Address: Calle de Las Angustias s/n - 04200 Tabernas. In front there is a bar called "EL PORTICHUELO".
- Tabernas, Andalucía, Spain