Arquivo de Nature Tourism - Wildlife Portugal

The Greater Côa Valley
22 Oct 2025

Increasingly rare, it is a challenge to find ancient trees in our landscapes. Trees that are several hundred years old, but above all large in size, authentic natural monuments. They support a great biodiversity, forming a small ecosystem where countless organisms survive. They are home to various species of fungi, lichens, invertebrates, birds, bats and [...]

Sorraia horses in the Greater Côa Valley

The Greater Côa Valley
12 Aug 2025

Tour in the Greater Côa Valley

These days, we organised a tour in the Greater Côa Valley, where our clients were able to visit the several rewilding areas. The benefits of wild herbivory in the landscape, provided by the Sorraia horses, were proven. Despite the time of year not being the best, we managed to spot some interesting species of fauna. [...]

Birdwatching
15 Nov 2024

Birdwatching in the Centre of Portugal

In the latest issue of the German birdwatching magazine Vögel, an article by journalist Sylvia Koch reflects five days at the beginning of May, exploring the ornithological potential of the Centre of Portugal, from the Ria de Aveiro to the Douro International Natural Park, as well as the rewilding areas of the Côa Valley. Promoted [...]

The Greater Côa Valley
29 Nov 2023

Vale Carapito vídeo

We've just published a new video on our youtube channel about the Vale Carapito rewilding area in the Greater Côa Valley. One of Rewilding Portugal's management areas.

Côa Valley
26 May 2023

Documentary on the Côa Valley

Last 14th May, an episode of the show 3 op Reis, from the Dutch TV channel NPO 3, premiered. This episode is dedicated to Rewilding Portugal and the work that this association has been developing in the Greater Coa Valley. Filmed last year, Wildlife Portugal was also in the spotlight, for the development of its […]

Wildlife Portugal
20 Jan 2021

Rewilding training and certification

Rewilding training for tourism In November 2020, taking advantage of a period of limited activity and preparing for the post-Covid future, we took part in an exclusive online training course promoted by Rewilding Europe in partnership with the European Safari Company and Nature Tourism Development to train guides on the rewilding philosophy in its [...]

Wildlife Portugal
04 Dec 2020

Rewilding Portugal and Wildlife Portugal

In the course of a partnership between Rewilding Portugal (RP) and Wildlife Portugal (WP), RP recently published a video about their work in the area, with a special focus on the conservation of the Iberian Wolf. WP has participated in this documentary by exemplifying how nature related business, in this case nature tourism, can be […]

Estrela Mountain
31 Jul 2018

Zêzere Glacier Valley

Summer image of the Zêzere Glacier Valley About 30,000 years ago, the appearance of this location was considerably different. Provided by the strict Wurm climate, Estrela Mountain reached its glacier peak in the highest altitudes. The mass of ice that carved and covered the Zêzere Valley surpassed 300 meters thickness. This one was fed by [...]

Autumn
05 Dec 2017

Mediterranean scrub

Colors of Autumn in the Mediterranean scrub The slopes along the valley of Douro Internacional Nature Park, in some parts covered by Mediterranean scrub, are now colorful due to the season and the plants that compose this vegetation formation. It is mostly Turpentine Tree (Pistacia terebinthus), that acquires orange and red colors and make an [...]

Birds
20 Oct 2016

Red-backed Shrike at Estrela Mountain

Somewhat rare and located in Portugal, the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) occurs mainly in the north of the country, in the highlands, occupying meadows and pastures with hedges, wooded landscapes or thickets. It was considered a population at Montemuro as reference nesting further south, but the sporadic observation of one or another individual in Estrela [...]