Salinas do Samouco, Fundação para protecção e Gestão Ambiental — Attraction in Alcochete

We had a walking tour organized by Caminhando and, of course, wanted to see Flamingos. Our guide, Luis, is part of this Sanilas do Samouco wildlife reserve. He was amazing, passionate about the environment, and birds and made our visit memorable. There are tree routes you can take green, being longest and yellow the shortest. Walking was easy. We made frequent stops to see all kinds of birds. We were given binoculars, which was amazing. Unfortunately, the weather was horrible, very cold with strong wind gusts, which, of course, made this experience different. I am also not a big fan of birds, but visit to the salt production facilities as well as very cute and sociable donkeys made my day. This time of the year (end of November), we only saw a handful of flamingos, and they...

I was not let in when I visited the place at 4pm, even though 1 hour might be enough to walk around a bit considering that the longest route is ~4.5km. The staff was NOT friendly at all… I felt like being forced out. As a person who have worked/volunteered at several bird observatories, I expected to be introduced to the birds of the observatory, at least by pictures or somewhat.

I was not disappointed just because I actually did not visit this area for the bird observatory and because I watched greater flamingos, stilts, gulls, and sandpipers at a marsh nearby. Wish I brought my binoculars so that I could identify all the cute sandpipers.

Hope they make it clear when the last...

I was in luck and saw many Flamingos close up in flight, as well as many other "rare"birds. The routes are well signed and the lamdscape is very unique. Also Public transport is close by, which isn't the standard for hiking areas arround Lisbon. Considering the size of the area, the price seems fair, the employee at the counter was also very helpful/friendly and the additional material (bird watching guide) is well done. If you are a tourist, you can easily combine the visit with a trip to the close Outlet Center. Together a contrasting daytrip and a nice...