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LENGHT:

3 days / 2 night
Any modification or extension of the programme is available

WHERE:

Ceresole Reale (Turin, Orco Valley - Italy)

Level: 

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intermediate / Escursionistic (E)

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PERIODS:

June- September

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MAJOR POINTS​:

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• The system of the mule tracks and the royal hunting lodges was built by the will of Vittorio Emanuele II, king of Italy, passionate about hunting and the territory in which the Gran Paradiso National Park will then be established. It was thanks to the limitations on hunting activities imposed by King Vittorio Emanuele II that the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) was able to save itself from extinction (it had in fact disappeared from the entire Alpine arc). Today the Royal House of Hunting houses an unmanaged but very comfortable hiking refuge: we will reach it with the help of the mule and spend the night there, just as the kings of the Savoy house did with their retinue.

• Experiential alpine activities (milking, transfer and care of the mule, management of grazing animals) and visit to Alpe Gran Prà, with tasting of typical products. The practice of the mountain pasture, that is the movement of the herds of animals at high altitude during the summer, is a typical millennial heritage of the Alpine chain which still repeats itself almost unchanged on the Alpe Gran Prà.

• Close encounters with the typical wildlife of the Gran Paradiso National Park (ibex, chamois, eagles, bearded vultures, marmots, etc)

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PROGRAMME:

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• Day 1: meeting at Noasca (TO) with excursion guide, excursion to Alpe Gran Prà and the Gran Piano refuge with mule; lunch, visit and mountain activities, with the possibility of tasting and buying typical products; dinner and overnight at the Gran Piano refuge.

• Day 2: wildlife excursion to the Bocchetta del Ges and the central lake of Ciamosseretto; overnight at the Gran Piano refuge

• Day 3: experiential excursion (management of the animals to pasture), lunch in the pasture and return to Noasca (TO) The package is fully customizable, based on customer needs and proposals. Possibility to make the excursion with professional photographer in tow (extra)

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