La Garganta Activa · El Chorro, south access
You meet at La Garganta in El Chorro, about 100 m from the train station, ride a shuttle to the north gate, and walk back down with a guide to where you started. Pick it if you arrive by train or park in El Chorro and want the shuttle and the guide sorted in one booking.
The Caminito runs one way, from the north access to El Chorro. Most tours start in the north and leave you to sort out the shuttle back. This one flips the logic. You meet at the front desk of La Garganta, a hotel and restaurant in El Chorro, near the south exit and about 100 m from El Chorro-Caminito del Rey station. The shuttle bus to the north is included. You then walk the whole route back down with a guide and end up a short walk from your train or your car.
Guides speak English and Spanish in the regular groups, the listing says, and German, French or Italian in smaller groups. The listing mentions the Escalones del Chocolate, the Tajo de las Palomas, the Puente del Rey, a glass viewpoint, the Gaitanes straits and the new suspension bridge, which opened in June 2026 and is 110 m long. You get a bottle of water. If you want more of the day, an optional adventure pack adds two hours on an e-bike or two hours of climbing in El Chorro.
The catch is the length. The listing gives four to seven hours, and it warns that the order of activities may change. If you're driving and want to be done by lunch, the guided tour from the north access is shorter. If you need no guide at all, the entry ticket and a cash fare on the shuttle do the same route.
Check in at the front desk of La Garganta hotel and restaurant in El Chorro, a short walk from the station.
The included shuttle bus takes the group up to the north side of the gorge.
The access path leads to the control booth, where you get your helmet and the guide does the briefing.
Through the Gaitanejo gorge and the Tajo de las Palomas, across the Valle del Hoyo and through the Gaitanes straits, with the guide in your language.
The new 110 m suspension bridge forms an alternative last stretch before the exit at El Chorro.
With the adventure pack, two more hours on an e-bike or climbing near El Chorro.
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At the front desk of La Garganta hotel and restaurant in El Chorro, near the south access and about 100 m from El Chorro-Caminito del Rey station.
Yes. The shuttle from the south side to the north access is included, so you start and finish in the same place.
English and Spanish in the regular groups. German, French and Italian run as small groups, the listing says.
The listing mentions the new 110 m suspension bridge, which opened in June 2026. Your entry includes the suspension bridges.
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Start and finish by El Chorro station: shuttle to the north gate, guide in your language and water included.
Guided Tour and Entry TicketEntry plus a live guide in English or Spanish, with radio headsets. You make your own way to the north access.★ 4.6 · 2 hours
Caminito del Rey Entry TicketEntry without a guide: walk the boardwalk at your own speed. You reach the north access and pay the shuttle yourself.★ 4.8 · 3 to 4 hours
Accredited Guided Tour, Small Group or PrivateAccredited guide in six languages including Dutch, as a small group or private. Meets inside El Kiosko, north access.★ 4.8 · 3 to 4 hours