📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
SVI (International Volunteering Service), is part of the Spanish Institute for Youth (Instituto de la Juventud-Injuve), a Public Institution dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, whose main purpose is to promote international volunteering projects and activities among youth people. The SVI coordinates the international work camps organized by the Autonomous Communities and Autonomous Cities in Spain, and is responsible for managing the exchange of available places between the Work Camps in Spain and the International Organizations.
💼 What the programme involves
Restoration of fossil deposits (Paleontology). The ichnological outcrops of Igea extend over a wide area, being the most interesting for its scientific value: La Cañada, Las Navas, Santa Ana, la Era del Peladillo and La Torre. The icnites of these deposits are mostly tridactyls, belonging to biped dinosaurs both theropod (carnivorous) and ornithopod (herbivorous). In addition, in the site of La Era del Peladillo they emphasize numerous ichnites attributed to two herds of dinosaurs, one of sauropods quadruped and another one of ornithopod bidactyl, all herbivorous.
Work camp in the ichnological outcrops site will be developed, four hours from Monday to Friday, in the morning from 8,00 to 12,00, to avoid the hotter hours at the cost of getting up early. This schedule allows to leave a small space of time before eating to rest, go to the pool ...
1º Superficial Cleaning of the deposit of dinosaur footprints. (fragments rolled allochthonous rocks, vegetation...).
2º Conditioning and cleaning of the infrastructures associated with the deposit.
3º Filling of cracks and waterproofing of fissures.
4º Fixation of fragments of loose rock, characteristic of the deposit.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION: Youth Hostel of Igea (Albergue Juvenil de Igea). http://www.irj.es/igea http://www.albergueigea.comFOOD: Youth Hostel has a chef, who will be the responsible for the realization of lunch and dinner.
📍 About the location
Visit to the Paleontological Interpretation Center of La Rioja and reception by the municipality of Igea. Visit to the Church Our Lady of the Assumption of Igea, and other emblematic places of the town.Day trip to Cornago. Visit to the Castle and the iconic site of Los Cayos (explained by the field monitor). Also, in the middle of the road will stop at the Fossil Trunk of Igea, which will also be discussed.Visit Contrebia Leucade, Celtíberian settlement in Aguilar del Río Alhama. Visit the site of footprints of the Navillas (Rincón de Olivedo). Also at the entrance of the road there is a wine cellar, which would be visited.Visit the sites of Enciso and go to the pools of Arnedillo. Both sites with guided tour by the field monitor.Doing bungee jumping or other mountain activities.