Nacimiento del río Cuervo Natural Monument

A tufa dam

Water, limestone and moss build tufa barriers here, damming the channel. The main one is around 300 metres long and reaches 25 metres high. Water falls over only part of it: the rest is dry, beneath the pine forest. From a viewpoint at the end of a flight of steps, the wet tufa can be seen close up, hanging like a curtain, with the pool formed by the river before it falls. Higher up is a flat open area, the floor of the water once held back by the barrier.

The source

At the end of the trail, the Cuervo emerges from a rock fissure. It is the area’s main spring and supplies the river almost all year. From the open area, a spur of the PR-CU 78, a PR (short-distance trail), leads around 200 metres to the small cave where the barrier ends.

Plan your visit

The SL-CU 14, an SL (local trail), is an easy 2 km circuit with summer shade. The first 500 metres, to the main cascade, have walkways and ramps for wheelchairs and pushchairs. Returning along the short-distance trail passes a peat bog and adds a quarter of an hour. There is free parking beside the CM-2106.

Before you travel

Moss-covered tufa is the most vulnerable feature: walk only on the walkways and paths, without crossing the barriers.

Combine with

The interpretation centre, the Natural Monument and the village of Vega del Codorno.