Mount Cervati
This experience will take us to discover one of the most beautiful and characteristic corners of our region, the National Park of Cilento, precisely on Mount Cervati it’s highest peak. We will cross a beautiful beech forest, an altitude of 1597 meters, where we will find to wait for us with their proverbial hospitality our friends managers of the Refuge of Cervati. After we’ve checked in, we start towards the summit with a panoramic path that in less than 2 hours will take us to the church of the Madonna della Neve which is located on top of Mount Cervati, at 1,899 meters (highest peak in our region Campania), where we will have a wonderful view of the “National Park of Cilento”. After stopping at the top we will return in an hour and a half to the refuge for a comforting shower waiting for the evening, where we expect an excellent dinner, consisting of local products, all washed down with a good wine, then after the classic chat on the comfortable sofa in front of the fire of the fantastic fireplace in the dining room, we await the warm duvets of which the refuge and provided.
In the morning we will have breakfast and after the coffee we will be ready to return in an hour and a half to the starting point.
N.B. The times and the schedule of this excursion will be decided according to the needs of the customer and the managers of the refuge.
Distance: 14 km
Start > peak > Refuge
Altitude Diff.: +600 m
Total duration: 6 h
Difficulty: “H”
(Moderate)Equipment:
Hiking shoes, walking sticks, hat, sunglasses, water.
Trail suitable for everyone
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DIFFICULTY LEVELS
T = Tourist – Itinerary on small roads, stairs, mule tracks or wide paths. The routes generally do not require specific training other than that typical of the walk; suitable for everyone.
H = Hiking – Routes on paths or obvious traces in various types of terrain (pastures, debris, stones …). They are generally marked with red and white paint or only red They can also take place in snowy environments but only slightly inclined. They require training to walk even for a few hours and stress on the knees for the presence of long stretches of stairs, suitable for all.
EH = Experienced hikers – these routes are generally signposted but with some difficulty: the terrain can be made up of slippery slopes of grass, mixed of rocks and grass, rocks, although paths that do not require special equipment you can present individual rocky passages easy to climb (use of hands in some places). They require surefootedness and absence of vertigo. The physical preparation must be adequate for a day of fairly continuous walking.