Since 1989, it has been considered a special protection area for birds (ZEPA) and included in the Network of Protected Natural Areas. From Cáceres it can be accessed by the N-521, towards Valencia de Alcántara, 100 km away.
The Sierra de San Pedro includes lands of Badajoz, Villar del Rey, Alburquerque, San Vicente de Alcántara, Valencia de Alcántara, Santiago de Alcántara, Salorino, Herreruela and Aliseda.
We can start the tour in Valencia de Alcántara, along the Route of the Dolmens, large granite constructions from the Chalcolithic period that were used for burial of the deceased and their funerary equipment.
The richness of this area is determined by the meadows of holm oaks and cork oaks that in some cases are accompanied by a dense thicket of different tree species. The abundance of cork oaks makes this area one of the areas with the highest cork production in Spain. Here live the Iberian imperial eagle - in danger of extinction -, the black vulture, the black stork, or the golden eagle. It has a great hunting wealth, among which deer and wild boar stand out.
