THE CLIFF OF VULTURES

The guided visit
Cameras installed on the cliff close to nests, broadcast in direct and on gigantic screen pictures of the fawn vultures and their chicks in nests.
In front of you, a guide pilots cameras from the museum and comments on these fascinating pictures... from the bursting to the first takeoff of youngsters while passing by the feedings and the practice to the flight…

The free visit
Through tales and testimonies of shepherds, you will discover through 372m and twelve rooms what is life like in mountain, in this territory that the man and birds of prey share All along this surprising course, innovantional and play presentations will dive you in the magical universe of these big birds of prey.

The Natural Reserve of Ossau
The Natural Reserve of Ossau, protects two sites of cliffs and chalky debris of the right strand of the Ossau valley, on a total surface of 82, 3 has.
Its creation goes up again to 1974 to the initiative of the protective associations of the Nature, thanks to the support of the common owners of lands: Aste-Béon, Rod, Bilhéres and Castet.
The main objective of the Natural Reserve is to encourage the reproduction of the fawn vulture colony. Its management is assured by the National Park of the Pyrenees that proceeds to surveillance (from December to September) .The law forbids all penetration notably all year round during this period and the skimming including free flight. The success of the Natural Reserve of Ossau is bound to these some numbers: To the creation: 10 couples adults and 7 young to the takeoff
In 2001: 116 couples adults and 97 young to the takeoff.