Top 9 Caves around La Vall D'En Bas

We were here in April 2026. Unfortunately, the hiking trail is not in good condition. The descent to the waterfall is quite steep but passable. The paths to the stairs of the Riscos de la Perereda are all overgrown, and only a shortened path past an old mill back to the parking lot is passable.

In these Baumas and cavities, a certain number of protected cave-dwelling invertebrates and Bats live. It is advisable not to ENTER some of these Baumas and ensure that our passage through the area causes the least possible impact.🙋

The Baumes de Caixurma are a complex system of labyrinthine galleries and narrow cracks that run between large blocks. Located south of Castellfollit de la Roca, within the municipality of Montagut and Oix. These are blocks of bluish-gray shale marl. According to the cartography of the Geological Institute of Catalonia, they are Eocene materials from the Lutetian. The entrances to the baumes, with an approximate length of 400m, are hidden by the dense vegetation

The Salt del Molí Bernat is one of the most impressive waterfalls in the country with a 50 meter drop, it belongs to the Gorgàs stream, from the Sot de Balà. The whole of the balma, the jump and the remains of the mill make up one of the most attractive and unique places in the region. If you want to see the jump in all its glory, we recommend doing the route after rains, despite the added difficulty because of the mud you can find on the way down, but seeing the water fall from inside the balma is really impressive .

Caves that during the Neolithic and until the Iberian period had been a lookout and hunting settlement (complementary to the town of Pla del Castell). Considered one of the oldest documented stable occupations, dating from the year 3100 to 900 before our era. Although no human remains have been found, the discovery in this lower level of a prehistoric home and a fauna deposit (with the supposed remains of a wild boar half consumed by the ancient settlers) will help to study what life was like in this space six years ago. a thousand years.

The blowers are holes or slits through which a current of air comes out. It is worth the walk through the wonderful place where the holes are located, since its location in the lower part of the Sierra dels Bufadors creates a special microclimate, with large boulders covered in moss and a very particular flora. It is not a very large area, elongated and more or less narrow. We have to look at the holes in the floor. If we approach it we will notice that the air coming out is cold. Sometimes you can hear it whistling inside, hence the name blowers. As we progress we will find more holes. Some of them have been reviewed by speleological experts. Here the ground is unstable and it is not advisable to enter the blowers. It is a place of great beauty that has a magical air.

It is a small oratory 5 meters high, 8 meters deep and 4 meters wide, dug into the rock and closed by a gate. It houses a Baroque alabaster image of the Virgin Mary, about 50 cm. height, a copy of the original, which is preserved in the town's parish church. Next to it and rising above the road are the remains of the building where the objects needed for the worship of the chapel were kept. Its origin can be traced back to the beginning of the 17th century, when, according to traditional references, an image of the Virgin Mary was found in a small depression in the ground, that is, in a "pot", which has given its name to the oratory This hole is a few steps away, on a support of the cliff, which has been retouched in order to be able to put a fence. When the image from this corner was moved to the chapel, one of the Virgin Mary of Núria was placed in its place. pot-shaped cavities found around

very cool