Parco delle cascate di Molina
This week I have made a very special #wednesdaywalk which I want to share with you. We are on holiday in Italy near the Garda lake and apart from relaxing at the pool or the lake we also try to do some sightseeing. That is if the temperatures allow that because it is quite hot at the moment.
Because of the temperatures we decided not to visit a city or village today. My wife found the perfect alternative; a nature reserve with a lot of waterfalls.
Parco delle cascate di Molina
The Waterfall Park of Molina is located in the town Molina which is about 40 minutes by car from Verona.
The last part of the route to Molina is a beautiful winding road between the hills.
The park itself covers an area of about 80.000 sq m.
After we had parked the car we had to walk down to the entrance of the park. It was quite a steep path of about a kilometer long down to the entrance.
The view over the park was beautiful. It is such a green area.
After paying the entrance fee to the we could choose three paths through the park; green, red or black. We chose the red route of 2,3 kilometers long since it lead to most of the waterfalls, but wasn't as long as the black route.
The route was still quite adventurous. It was rocky and had some steep climbs and descents.
The route took us to several small and larger waterfalls. At some spots they had build a bridge over the waterfall to het across.
At one spot there was a stairway attached to the rocks which you had to climb all tbe way up to have a beautiful view from above.
The nature reserve also has a large diversity of wildlife. We have spotted many birds, insects and reptiles.
A cool species we spotted was this salamander.
My kids keep calling the lizards they see here salamanders, so I was happy to show them a real one.
I really like the black and yellow colours it has.
It might look dead on the photo, but when we threw a little pebble in the water it swam away.
A little further on the route my wife spotted a snake on the trail. I've determined it with my Obsidentify app as an aspis viper. I've only seen a snake in nature once before, but that was in South Africa, so this was a really cool encounter for us.
I've even managed to take some close ups with my macro lens.
We finished the trail and got ourselves a well deserved slush at the staring point. We needed that to cool off after the hike since we had to walk all the way up to the car again too.
We really enjoyed the hike and we hope you like it too!
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What a great adventure! We should also watch out for snakes when we are on a mountain hike. The picture of a viper reminds me of a Philippine cobra once I'd seen during a hike in the woods. It's bigger than my elbow in diameter but I wasn't able to take some photos because I don't have a phone with a good lens at those times. Keep safe!š¤ā„ļøš
We do have snakes in the Netherlands too, but hardly any venomous ones. But you always have to be careful with wild animals.
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Here, there are too many species... There are reticulated and Burmese pythons in the forest and banded sea snakes at the rocky beach and some people claimed they even saw the most feared king cobra. Haven't seen sea snakes and king cobras yet. You're welcome, my friend. Looking forward to seeing your next post.š¤ā„ļøš
... is responsible for 90% of all snakebite cases in Italy; in the Italian mountains it is the only venomous snake that can cause fatalities... and I read this here.
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It was a tremendous adventure, yes, and a dangerous one. But it was worth it to see such impressive landscapes.
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It's quite a common snake I read, so that could explain the 90%.
Its venom also hardly kills grown people. But nonetheless it is a dangerous animal and you don't want to be bitten by it.
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I am glad that you have been to this very natural place; I know it very well because I have been there several times. I hope you enjoyed the experience inside this park.
We really liked the park. It's a beautiful area.
That's such a stunning Wednesday
walkhike! :)Full of mixed feelings and great views!
Thanks! It was a real adventure!
What a beautiful, the Garda Lake is beautiful and all the places that are nearby are still all beautiful. Thanks for showing cascate di Molina. Iām italian but I have never been there. !CPT
You should go there if you are in the neighborhood. It's really beautiful.
Italy is one of our favourite holiday destinations.
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It looks like it was an incredible adventure in nature, what a beautiful place
It surely was. Thank you!