Orbela Beintza

Orbela Beintza is a Navarran company that organizes multi-adventure plans in a natural environment for families or groups of friends. We have the best options to let you know the most unspoilt part of Navarra .

They have three activities within their provincial community:

• Hiking plans . You will get to know the wildest side of Navarra, its most hidden trails and the most beautiful and sought-after routes. They have a multitude of options and schedules.
• Caving routes . The activity takes place in the Cueva de Lezealde, going through a section on foot before and after. All the necessary material will be provided to you.
• Multi-adventure camps . Camps entirely in Euskera in which children will develop their love for nature while practicing sports, spelunking, hiking or climbing mountains. A healthy and safe plan designed for children to learn Basque in a fun and happy environment. The camps last one week and the level of Basque will be taken into account to organize the groups.

If you don't know Navarra, Orbela Beintza is the best option!

hiking is one of the best experiences that Navarra can offer you. Orbela-Beintza wants to show you the impressive landscapes and trails of Navarra with the help of their mountain guide Mikel Albisu .

The hiking and trekking routes offered by Orbela-Beintza are for all types of public, that is, you do not need experience or great physical preparation. The activities take place in mixed deciduous forests full of beech, oak and precious chestnut trees, also in mountain pastures and in small rocky areas, where you will get to know different ecosystems with an oceanic climate. In Bidasoa there is a very wide cultural wealth, its historical rural hamlets, its charming villages and the most careful landscape that you can find in Spain stand out.

These are your three hiking and trekking options, each with different routes:

• Interpretive walks . A way to get to know the green pyrenees in two hours. They have a walk through the Castañar de Sarasola area, and another different route through Leurtza, known as the pleasant forest.
• Half day . These are four-hour walks that are very worthwhile and in which you travel up to eight kilometers. You can choose between doing part of the Camino de Santiago, getting to know Leutza and its inhabited forest, appreciating the popular beliefs of San Juan Xar, or taking a witch and smuggling route in Akelarre.
• Full day . Walk through the beautiful forest of the Señorío de Beritz, visit the Beintza-Labaien circus, stroll through Askoli, Atxuria or Mendaur and Ekaitza. Long walks of 15 to 18 kilometers lasting eight hours. Maximum fifteen people. Mountain boots Comfortable clothes and something warm.

Orbela Beintza is a company that organizes caving in the Lezealde Cave, one of the great treasures of Navarra. To know it, what better than a guide specialized in caving to show you its corners. In this cave you can perfectly appreciate the karstification process that the limestone rock follows. There you will appreciate live that mystery that nature hides in each of its caves.

The speology excursion begins in Beintza , they will give you the necessary material and a short explanation about karstification. On the way to the cave, you will pass by the Sarasola waterfall, and you will be able to appreciate the water filtration process. Once in the cave, you will overcome three steps that involve some difficulty: a small somewhat slippery descent, a rather narrow passage and a small rope climb. When you reach the end you will find the main room of the cave about twelve meters high. In the most important room of the cave there are original rock formations such as stalactites, huge curtains, large columns and some bathtubs, among other things. At the end we return back to Beintza.

The material used during the visit, and that they will provide you before starting, is made up of a helmet with a flashlight. It is necessary to bring clothes that can be damaged and dirty. The minimum age to be able to carry out this caving activity is twelve years , with the consent of their parents.

The Orbela Beintza multi-adventure camps were created with the function of promoting the use of Euskera or Basque. The groups are organized in different shifts and the children are distributed according to their linguistic level. All the Orbela Beintza camps are made in Navarra , in the town of Beintza and its surroundings.

• The camps are seven days long, with six nights. Children will enjoy full board at the Beintza Lodge, where they will stay throughout the camp.
• The camp program is full of outdoor activities, nature excursions, caving and many workshops. Basque will be spoken in all activities and it is intended to encourage its use.
• Those in charge of designing and developing the camp program have been professional monitors who know the Beintza area in depth.
• Everything is included. The round trip transfers, the meals during the week, the service of the monitors and the material for each activity.

Let your children come to Navarra to learn Basque and get to know a different culture!