Wolf-watching in Zamora

The other day my uncle invited me to go wolf watching to Zamora as a birthday present. The next day after my kayak training I took the bus to Madrid where my grandfather would collect me. When I arrived I went to have lunch with my grandparents and after lunch my uncle and my cousin came for me. So off we went to Zamora.

We arrived late at night to the little village where we were staying and soon found our hotel. The next morning we got up at half past seven and went outside to wait for our guide.
As soon as we were all ready we started off for the wolves. Our guide went in his car and we went behind with ours. There was a moment in which our guide slowed down a bit and then continued. When we got there he told us he had slowed down because there was a wolf in front of him and he was waiting for it to get of the road. And we had passed by with out even realising !!!

The viewing place was about seven hundred meters from a spot where carrion (a dead donkey) had been set out for the wolves. Some of the people that were already there told us that they had just been watching some wolf cubs in that same place just before we came. We waited in the cold with our telescopes, and suddenly realized that some blokes had parked there cars just in front of the place where the wolves were expected to appear. So our guide went to them and told them off for being so close. After waiting and waiting our guide thought that they wouldn't come out. So we went to try somewhere else.

The new place had views over fields that at the end of a forest. There we waited and waited and still we saw no sign of wolves. The only thing we did hear and see were deer. It was the deer mating season and there were lots around. So the time came to go back to the hotel and have breakfast.

Later on our guide took us for a little walk outside the village and explained a bit about the wolves there: habitat, food, breeding, population, etc. We also saw wolf footprints and droppings.

After the walk we went back to the village and had lunch. Just before we went I played football with my cousin and had a last look around the village.

It was time to go. I had had a lovely time and I wanted to stay longer, but at least I knew I'd be back for more.

These are some of the photographs I took on the walk.