Algar Waterfalls with Transfer from Alicante and Benidorm

About this tour

Beat the coastal heat with a half-day escape to Les Fonts d'Algar, a protected wetland reserve inland from Alicante and Benidorm. Your driver collects you from your accommodation and ferries you through mountain scenery (30–60 minutes each way) to this crystalline river system. Walk 1.5 kilometres along the Algar River past cascades, an historic weir, natural springs, and pools deep enough for swimming in cold, clean water. The whole outing takes three and a half hours.

Highlights

• Thirty to sixty minute scenic drive through mountain foothills
• 1.5-kilometre riverside walk past multiple waterfalls
• Natural pools fed by mountain springs
• Historic stone dam and wetland ecology
• Swimming in glacial-clear water
• Protected nature reserve with high biodiversity

What to expect

Your guide picks you up from central Alicante or Benidorm and drives inland toward the Serra de Aitana foothills. The landscape shifts from urban sprawl to olive groves and pine forest. At the reserve, you'll follow a well-trodden path that hugs the Algar River downstream. The walk is gentle and flat—no scrambling required—but wear proper shoes because rocks are slippery and algae-covered. You'll pass several drop pools where water pools into cool basins. Most visitors swim in at least one. The water runs cold year-round, even in summer.

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