Hiking Route Huelga Utrera - Cave of Agua - Poandotello

It is a beautiful route that has also been very well conditioned and marked. If it is addressed from bottom to top, the route begins at the detour by the cart that leads to Utrera Strike from the JF-7038, by asphalt track in just 900 meters. The route is described starting from here. From above it starts in Poyotello. At the entrance to this village, on the left, there is an era (steep platform) from which it starts our path.

From below, it begins near the quiet village of Huberga Utrera and goes back to the Segura River next to gardens and large nogueras, in the midst of a beautiful landscape of larice pine, of which powerful limestone canteens emerge. Next to the path are the hazelnut, the wild rosewood and the agribusiness, the maple, the sabina and the complaint are frequent, as well as terraces of gardens already abandoned with large nogueras,

The road is narrow becoming a horseshoe road that continues to ascend along the left bank of the Segura River. The valley is narrow and we walk flanked by impressive vertical walls, baked with numerous caves and abrupt hillsides covered by oak trees. From kilometer 2.4 we find a strong upward slope for 300-400 meters and then descend another 300 meters and we go up to km 4, where we find the signposted detour to the Charco del Humo, to the right, where the river is cleared with force in transparent poches in the midst of a dense vegetation of hazelnuts, willows and mountain olms. In spring we will be able to observe endemic species in flower such as the Cazola violet (Viola cazorlensis) and the grasilla or trapamosque (Pinguicola valisneriifolia)

Displacement to the Charco del Humo: the route is in the valley and we go through it from time to time On our right the valley begins to open, as the Arroyo Patas brings its waters to the Segura, and at this point we can turn to the right just 100 m, pass an old bridge and, under it, contemplate the impressive Charco del Humo, where the river is cleared with force in transparent poches in the midst of a dense vegetation of hazelnuts, willows and mountain olms.

We return through our steps to our route to continue to climb the Segura valley and reach after 4.7 km to the Cueva del Agua, one of the most attractive of this tour, which is a prominent exponent of the Karstico Segureño landscape. From this wide cavity, through which water usually circulates, good views are enjoyed over the Segura canyon.

If we continue the ascending route, leaving the valley behind, and now walking a more demanding path in effort, we can reach the village of Poyotello at the end of the route, at 6.056 km from the beginning, it is located on a natural balcony on the top of the Segura canyon at 1,440 m altitude. From here, already in a typical livestock landscape, you can see a wide range of views of the area.