点评:We booked a 5 day trip to seek and photograph lynxes and other wildlife which included 4 days accommodation. We relied on reviews on TripAdvisor and the Iberian Lynxland website but found both somewhat misleading.
We were told that the accommodation would be a 'charming rural hotel' and assumed from this that we would be staying at the Caracola reviewed very highly here on TripAdvisor; in fact we were billeted at the Los Pinos Apartments which were somewhat basic. There was no housekeeping, a shower which flooded the apartment every time we used it and a breakfast which was essentially a slab of toasted bread plus coffee and juice.
We did have a sighting of the lynx, 3 of them on one day though they were at a distance of 400-500m. Iberian Lynxland's website recommends camera lenses of 300-600mm which proved completely ineffective in photographing an animal at this range. The website also promises the use of telescope and binoculars and while there was a good telescope available there were no binoculars. José lent me his binoculars several times but Felix just offered me a chair, presumably for me to sit and wait while others who had their own binoculars searched for wildlife! The website also promises the use of their lynx hide which does not appear to exist. While I consider myself fortunate to have seen the elusive lynx at all, and we also saw otters and several different birds, I think all of us on our trip felt slightly deflated by the mismatch between our expectations based on reviews etc and what we actually experienced.
翻译:我们预订了 5 天的行程,寻找和拍摄猞猁和其他野生动物,其中包括 4 天的住宿。我们依靠 TripAdvisor 和 Iberian Lynxland 网站上的评论,但发现两者都有些误导。
我们被告知住宿将是一家“迷人的乡村酒店”,并由此假设我们将住在 TripAdvisor 上评价很高的 Caracola 酒店;事实上,我们住在 Los Pinos 公寓,那里有些简陋。没有客房服务,每次使用公寓时,淋浴都会淹没公寓,早餐基本上是一块烤面包加咖啡和果汁。
我们确实看到了猞猁,一天看到了 3 只,尽管它们距离我们 400-500 米。Iberian Lynxland 网站建议使用 300-600 毫米的相机镜头,但事实证明,在这个范围内拍摄动物是完全无效的。该网站还承诺可以使用望远镜和双筒望远镜,但虽然有一台好望远镜可用,但没有双筒望远镜。José 多次借给我他的双筒望远镜,但 Felix 只是给我一把椅子,大概是让我坐着等,而其他带着双筒望远镜的人则去寻找野生动物!该网站还承诺可以使用他们的猞猁皮,但似乎并不存在。虽然我很幸运能看到难以捉摸的猞猁,我们还看到了水獭和几种不同的鸟类,但我认为我们旅行中的所有人都对基于评论等的期望与我们实际体验的不匹配感到有些沮丧。