We saw that on the map Cabo Ogoño was indicated as a great viewpoint so
we thought it would be worth checking out. So far we were always able to drive
up to the viewpoints and we thought this will be the case here, too. How wrong
we were!
First we had to drive to the other side of the Oko delta, through
villages with strange and weird Basque names full of x´s and t´s and k´s that
you wouldn´t be able to pronounce even if your life depended on it. The two
closest villages to Cabe Ogoño were called Elantxobe and Ibarrangelua.
We managed to find Elantxobe that is the closest to the cape and left the
car in a car park in front of the cemetery. A sign said it´s still a 2km walk.
We thought it´s ok, we´ll be there and back in 40min so we continued walking
through the narrow road along the cliff. All the houses here were well
maintained and had the most amazing view over the coast you can imagine.
After leaving the last house we came across a sign that said ‘Cabo Ogoño
1km’. We looked at each other and thought if we had got this far we might as
well continue, 1km is not that far. The path soon continued in the forest, then
it started going up while getting more and more stony. Wearing flip-flops and skirt
is not advisable… We almost turned back as I couldn’t really hike in my chosen
footwear and Paul’s ankle wasn’t healed properly for this but at the end we
managed to climb to the top.
It was worth it. Really worth it.
Look at the water of this beach, Playa de Laga! It’s impossibly beautiful, its colours were changing constantly with every wave.
Later I learnt that Cabo Ogoño actually is a famous hiking trail, this
explains the difficulty of the terrain for us. I don´t mind that we did it but
next time I´ll wear proper hiking shoes.
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