📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Direction for Youth, Participation and Volunteering has among its powers to promote work camps in the region of Galicia. This general direction belongs to the Ministry of Social Policy of the regional government of Galicia (www.xunta.gal)
💼 What the programme involves
Cleaning of the Mills da Torrente. Preparation of the path that links the mills.
Recovery the ethnographic memory.
Study of the local fauna.
Building of proper shelters for amphibians.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation at the Complex O Corgo, in Muíños (Ourense).
http://www.concellomuinos.com/o-corgo
📍 About the location
Nautical activities.
Night fauna watching.
Geocatching within the Natural Reserve.
Recognition of mountain flora and fauna.
Observation of forest ecosystems and landscape interpretation.
Activities for the identification of traces and signs of wildlife.
Environmental, ethnographic and interpretive trails through the National Park and the surrounding villages.
Environmental and recycling workshops.
Video-forum. Role playing games. Games and leisure activities.
Bathing in the hot springs of Maus de Baños.
Visit to the township of Allariz (asses of the association ANDREA, leather museum, environmental centre of O Rexo, market of the Biosphere Reserve, leisure time and bathing in Allariz)
Cultural and leisure visit to the city of Ourense and hot water springs.
⚠️ Requirements
Promoting citizenship in adopting eco-friendly and sustainable attitudes and behaviours.
Enhance training of volunteers for knowledge, assessment, prevention and improvement of the existing problems in our environment, strengthening or creating an environmental awareness.
Environmentally restore forests burned in recent years.
Condition the timber infrastructure damaged by the passage of time.
Promote volunteerism and environmental education.
Maintain and incorporate improvements near Parque Natural Baixa Limia Serra do Xurés that serve as means of raising awareness and educational resources.
ℹ️ Additional information
MEETING POINT: Meet at Complejo Turístico O Corgo in the village of Muíños (Ourense)
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
Airport of Lavacolla in Santiago de Compostela (155 km from Muiños). To make the connection with the Santiago bus station: www.empresafreire.com. To move from Santiago to Muiños you have the option of doing it by bus: Santiago - Ourense (www.alsa.es) and Ourense - Muiños (www.anpian.com).
Another possibility is to travel to Ourense by train (www.renfe.es) and there take the bus to Muiños (www.anpian.com)
Airport of Peinador, in Vigo, (140 km from Santiago). To make the connectrion with Vigo bus station or train station: www.vitrasa.es. To move from Vigo to Muiños you have the option of doing it by bus: Santiago - Xinzo de Limia (www.alsa.es) and Xinzo de Limia - Muiños (www.anpian.com).
You also have the option of traveling to Ourense by train and there take the bus to Muiños.
More information: www.aena.es