Puerto de Orduña & Salto del Nervión — Spain's HighestWaterfall.
Distance
50 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
900 m
Puerto de Orduña & Salto del Nervión — Spain's Highest Waterfall.
One of the most dramatic escarpment roads in northern Spain. From the Biscayan exclave of Orduña, marooned on a plain below a wall of cliffs, the road switchbacks up the Peña de Orduña to the Monte Santiago plateau. A short walk from the top reaches the mirador over the Salto del Nervión — at 222m the highest waterfall on the Iberian peninsula, plunging into the Délica canyon (spectacular after rain or snowmelt, dry in high summer). Beech forest and vulture-filled skies.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance50 km
Days1
Total climb900 m
DifficultyModerate
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The route.
OrduñaStart · A pocket of Bizkaia stranded amid Álava and Burgos, on the plain at the foot of the Sierra Salvada. Fuel up for the climb.
Puerto de OrduñaMountain Pass · The old road hairpins up the sheer face of the escarpment — a wall of tight switchbacks with the plain dropping away behind.
BerberanaScenic Point · Small Burgos village at the top of the climb and the turn-off into the Monte Santiago natural monument.
Salto del Nervión MiradorPhoto Spot · A short walk through beech woods to the viewpoint over the 222m falls dropping into the Délica canyon — the highest waterfall in Spain. Best after rain; often dry in summer.
OrduñaEnd · Descend the escarpment back to Orduña to finish.
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