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A welcoming place where you can bivouac while respecting nature and in the appropriate areas. This is a stopover point for traversing the Sierra Nevada's three-thousanders and a good place to rest if you're following the route traversing the easternmost three-thousanders in the mountain range.

The trail is pretty easy to find until you get to the waterfalls. To reach Laguna Hondera you must climb up beside the first waterfall. That is between the two waterfalls. There are cairns on the path but it’s quite easy to miss them amongst the other routes up there. It’s a beautiful location. We saw a few ibex but only 2 other hikers!

The area of the Seven Lagoons (and Laguna Hondera in particular) is one of the most beautiful places in the Sierra Nevada National Park. The climb up here next to the waterfall formed by the Chorreras Negras is demanding, but all the pain in your legs is forgotten as soon as you reach the top and see the beauty of the place. Important note: if you plan to spend the night here, do not pitch your tent in the borreguiles (the grasslands). They are home to several species of flora endemic to the Sierra Nevada and it is necessary to protect them.

The Covatillas glacier circus is one of the natural wonders of Sierra Nevada, it bears the popular name of Lavaderos de la Reina because Queen Fabiola of Belgium used to frequent these mountain spots to feel the wild energy that flows from the bowels of the mountains . Everywhere there are springs that form streams, waterfalls, lagoons and high mountain pastures with sheep and peat bogs where it is easy to see snow stars, one of the botanical jewels of the Sierra Nevada National Park. In spring, during the melting season, the show is great.

As a base camp for several tours (Veleta, Alcazaba and other surrounding 3000m), the Laguna Hondera (Siete Lagunas), a natural "campground" located at approx. 3000m, is warmly recommended. Sunset and sunrise are a dream from here. Accessible from Trevelez or Pradollano. In the morning, however, cattle can also frolic there.

Nearby at the waterfall, there are natural refuges

A great place to stay and to take great photos ...

Truly a very nice place to bivouac! In summer there are cows on the pasture up here, so it is better not to camp on the grass, but on the tent sites that have been set up. Beware of the stealing fox! The neighbors were missing a shoe in the morning.