Hiking to the Pozzi (Southern Corsica)

Description

I propose you to come and discover a unique place of the Corsican Southern mountains: the Pozzi, which will enchant young and old.

During this hike, you will discover a valley of soft lawns crossed by a limpid torrent and multiple basins. Indeed, the flat, green landscapes here are in stark contrast to those usually found on the island of beauty. Situated at an altitude of over 1700 meters, this environment is conducive to the development of a remarkable flora, with the presence of numerous species of mountain flowers. It's also one of the few places where you can observe pozzines, peat bogs dotted with waterholes linked by natural channels dug by the flow of melted snow, a legacy of Corsica's ice age.

You will have a picnic lunch in this incredible site, then you will see all the wonders of this place. On the way back down, you will be able to appreciate the ancestral way of life of the Corsican shepherds during a stop at the Pozzi sheepfolds.

 

If this day hike makes you want to discover other beautiful places in the south of Corsica, I also propose various outings:

• a discovery of Bavella's secret spots,
• a beautiful hike to Ospédale,
• a climb to the highest peak in southern Corsica, Monte Renoso
• and a day trip on the Coscione plateau (also available as a snowshoe trek in winter).

Program

• Meet at 8am in the village of Ghisonaccia or at 8.30am in Ghisoni, one hour drive south of Corte.
• Departure of the hike at the Col de Verde at 9.15am.
  4 and a half hours of hiking, positive altitude difference of 500 meters.
• Picnic lunch on the spot.
• Return to vehicles around 5pm.

The price includes

• Supervision by the mountain leader.

The price does not include

• Return transport to Ghisonaccia or Ghisoni.
• Optional Corsican picnic: 10€ per person.
  (bread, Corsican charcuterie, ewe's milk cheese with organic fig jam, canistrelli, coffee, rosé wine, etc.)
• Return tranfer to the start of the hike.
• Snacks.
• Drinks.
• Anything not mentioned in "The price includes".

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