Our fourth walk starts at the entrance to Guajar Alto where you turn left up the concrete lane off the main road. Following this track will lead you up through the avocado and olive orchards, the ruins of Cortijo de la Viña del Monte and the pine forests.
After about 2 hours and 15 minutes, you will reach a T junction at an altitude of about 1,000 metres. The left track will take you down to the village of Lentegi. We turned right along the track which follows the ridge of the Sierra de Entresierras. For a while, there are spectacular views of the coast and the resort of Almuñecar, while to the right you can see the snow clad peaks of the Sierra Nevada.
The track then moves away from the coast and continues through a forest of large flowered, white cistus bushes, and through an avenue of pines. Eventually, it passes the flat summit of Cerro del Fuerte, the craggy mountain that dominates Guajar Alto. The views from here are superb and a camera is essential. Towering, fantastic rock formations loom above the track and below are precipitous drops. Eagles circle overhead and mountain goats perch on the ridges, ready to flee.
Gradually, the path descends until it joins the road that runs alongside the Rio Toba, about 7km upstream from Guajar Alto. A right turn here takes you back to the village.
This walk, which we did this morning, is about 20km and should take between 6 and 7 hours.
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