About Visit Natura

Where we are

Visit Natura is a Bird Watching, Wildlife & Photography company based in Valencia. The enchanting city of Valencia is surrounded by extremely diverse natural environments, with a rich bio-diversity and some amazing protected nature reserves. The autonomous region of the Valencian Community is home to 22 designated Natural Parks. In addition to the natural diversity, the region also boasts an exceptional cultural and historical richness just waiting to be explored.

L’Albufera de Valencia

Who we are

Visit Natura is owned and operated by Yanina Maggiotto a professional, licensed guide. The organisation is accredited by the Department of the Environment and holds the prestigious certificate of the official brand of the Natural Parks, guaranteeing best practice and environmental responsibility. We also hold the “Qualitur” certificate which is awarded by the Department of Tourism to high quality service providers.

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What we offer

We design and provide bird watching, wildlife & photography trips for individuals, couples, groups and families, based on the needs of the client. Our key operating philosophy is to offer tailor made activities and experiences, focussing on the bird & wildlife, the environment, natural history, eco-systems, culture and local history. Rather than simply offering a standard product, we encourage our clients to discuss with us their priorities and budgets, and based upon those, we design and propose specific trips.

Yanina Maggiotto was born in Argentina and has been passionate about wildlife since her childhood. She moved to Spain in 2002 and fell in love with the Albufera de Valencia Natural Park, where she now lives with her family. She is formally qualified in Tourism, is a fully licensed guide and as well as acting as a consultant on eco-tourism, she is also heavily involved in numerous local conservation projects.

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Last days of April and first of May are always exciting for enjoying bird migration through out the coastline of Valencia, Spain. I am lucky enough to be lockdown in Albufera de Valencia, an important wetland beside the Mediterranean Sea and south of Valencia City. My apartment block is surrounded by a Mediterranean Forest, a large fresh water lake (Albufera), a small brackish lagoon, marshes, rice paddies and the Mediterranean Sea, it could be said I am living surrounded by a huge range of different habitats home of a wide diversity of bird species and wildlife. I could say Albufera [read more]

El fin de semana pasado, hemos tenido el placer de organizar una actividad de bird watching (observación de aves) en el Parque Natural de l’Albufera para un grupo de la Universidad de Valencia. El grupo estaba formado por personas de 9 nacionalidades de distintos continentes que habían venido a participar en el congreso internacional de lingüística y desean disfrutar de un día en la naturaleza y descubrir la magnifica biodiversidad y paisajes cercanos a la ciudad de Valencia. El punto de comienzo de la actividad fue en el centro de interpretación Racó de l’Olla, tras la visita explicativa dentro del [read more]

This morning we provided a 3 hour activity at the hostal Ull de Canals for a group of school children from Ibi, Alicante. The day began with a presentation and open discussion about bird migration, and why Spain as a country plays such an important part in this amazing natural phenomena. We then focussed on two species that although common, lead amazing lives and cover huge distances on their migration between Europe and Africa…the Barn Swallow and the Swift. There followed an active question and answer session, many of the children showing a healthy interest and enjoyed sharing their thoughts, stories and [read more]

Esta semana tuve el placer de guiar durante dos días a dos fotógrafos de naturaleza de Madrid. Ambos socios de Seo y especializados en la fotografía de aves, llegaron a Valencia para intentar capturar y conseguir imágenes de aves muy especiales. El primer día, luego de recogerles en el hotel donde se hospedaban, nos dirigimos a una reserva de acceso restringido. El silencio y la soledad, característico que esta reserva, nos puso en primera linea para disfrutar de especies con el flamenco, cigueñuela, avoceta y muchas otras limícolas; sin dejar de fotografiar a la familia de anátidas. De esa reserva, [read more]

El domingo de Pascuas tuvimos el placer de organizar una actividad de Bird watching para familias de Tarragona. Un grupo formado por 11 adultos y 9 niños muy entusiastas dispuestos a recorrer todos los ecosistemas del Parque Natural de l’Albufera para descubrir su biodiversidad. El punto de partida fue el centro de interpretación Racó de l’Olla, a través de los paneles hemos podido recorrer la historia de la formación natural de l’Albufera y su diversas transformaciones por la acción de hombre. Disfrutamos de un vídeo ilustrativo sobre el ciclo del cultivo del arroz y la pesca tradicional en el lago. [read more]