WHAT TO SEE AND DO IN SELVA IRATI (NAVARRA)

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Irabia Reservoir in the Irati Forest of the Pyrenees of Navarra

Yes in your tourist trip to Navarra you are looking for beautiful and leafy landscapes of the Pyrenees, the Irati Jungle It is a must.

Navarre offers you a wide range of different landscapes, from the semi-desert Bardenas Reales park, to the Pyrenees.

But it is in the Irati Jungle and its surroundings where you find the greatest exponent of Pyrenean landscapes in Navarra.

Irabia Reservoir in the Irati Forest of the Pyrenees of Navarra

I detail below what to see and do on your visit to the Irati Forest, place that I met many years ago and to which I have returned in my most recent trip to Navarra.

What to see and do in Selva Irati

The first thing you should know is that the Irat Junglei is the second largest beech tree in Europe, after the Black forest from Germany.

But in the Irati Jungle Beech forests combine with those of fir trees, forming a large forest mass of 17,000 hectares.

It is, in short, a very lush forest, ideal to enjoy if you like nature.

Irati jungle in Navarra

Nature reserves in Selva de Irati

In this area the natural reserves of Mendilatz Y Tristuibartea and the integral reserve of Lizardoia.

Also, the Irati Forest also has the qualification ofspecial bird protection zone.

The Irati Jungle It is located between valleys of Aezkoa and of Salazar, in full Pyrenees of Navarra.

In my first visit to the Irati Forest, many years ago, driving my own car, I crossed the forest track that crosses said enclave from side to side.

Of course, I remember that the track in many sections was the unfortunate state.

Mount Aezkoa in Irati of the Pyrenees of Navarra

How to visit the Irati Forest

But for a long time it is not allowed to drive with private motor vehicles inside the Irati Jungle, so you can only visit it by hiking or mountain biking.

And if you want to know these landscapes in depth, you also have the option to sign up for a 4 × 4 excursion through the Irati Forest,

This option allows you not only to visit the interior of the forest, but also to visit the mountains and the surrounding natural areas, as I had the opportunity to do in my last trip to Navarra.

For visit the Irati Jungle, you can access through the east, through the Salazar Valley, from the beautiful town ofOchagavia.

Pyrenean cows in Irati in the Pyrenees of Navarra

Or on the contrary, by the west, by the Aezkoa Valley, since Orbaizeta, where can you visit the old weapons factory, and where is the Interpretation Center of the Irati Forest.

This tour penetrates very lush forests and surrounds the Irabia Reservoir, one of the landscape highlights of the Irati Forest.

But in your visit to this area of Navarre Pyrenees, not only can you enjoy landscapes of beech and fir forests, but you can also see mountainous landscapes, such as the nature reserve of Lizardoiain the bush The question.

Or in one 4 × 4 excursion you can also tour others mountains of the Aezkoa Valley, cross to France through the forest tracks, and enter Navarra again, even reaching Roncesvalles.

In sum, my advice is that it is one of the visits that you cannot leave out on a trip holiday in Navarra, where you will find the most lush Pyrenean landscapes of this community.