Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve is a natural reserve in Portugal. It is one of the 30 areas which are officially under protection in the country. The reserve was established to in 1981 to protect the Iberian lynx, the area holds one of the last individuals of this endangered species in Portugal.

Santiago Ribas - 360portugal

Serra da Malcata, Nature Reserve, Aerial view 3

Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve (16.348 ha) is based on a succession of rounded hills of shale extending into Spain through Gata Mountain, grooved by small waterlines hiding from sight. In the north there are traces of oak groves, once dominated b...

Santiago Ribas - 360portugal

Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve, aerial view 2

Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve (16.348 ha) is based on a succession of rounded hills of shale extending into Spain through Gata Mountain, grooved by small waterlines hiding from sight. In the north there are traces of oak groves, once dominated b...

Santiago Ribas - 360portugal

Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve , aerial view1

Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve (16.348 ha) is based on a succession of rounded hills of shale extending into Spain through Gata Mountain, grooved by small waterlines hiding from sight. In the north there are traces of oak groves, once dominated b...