A quiet reservoir hidden in one of the Alentejo's greatest cork-oak forests — rolling montado, warm water, birdsong and nobody around.
Best Time
Late afternoon swim into a warm dusk
Use Type
Swim · Bivouac · Walk · Scout
Sleep
Bivouac — cork-oak montado & lakeside, discreet; no trace
Heads Up
Dirt tracks wind through the cork oaks to quiet shores. Freshwater to swim; carry drinking water. Discreet & no-trace; fire risk very high in the montado — no flames.
Hang the hammock between two cork oaks, swim as the light goes gold, and sleep to owls instead of surf.