The Commonwealth of Soria Highlands Together with the Oncala town halls Y Villagers and the company Soria Holidays offer the possibility of living the experience of become a pastor and guide the sheep on their return to the pastoral regions of the Highlands of Soria. June 19-21, this route begins in which the gastronomy pastoral, the exhibits of shearing and yarn and you can even sleep in the open.
We are Transhumant It is the motto applied to know and present this tourist experience in which you can see the sheep that return during the month of June to the highland regions after having spent the harsh winter in Extremadura. On the pilgrimage road they are doing guided by the shepherds They do a fundamental job to reach their destination. The Mayor of Oncala, Martín Las Heras, explains that the goal is to invite visitors to "accompany us, to walk with us to the rhythm of cattle, to the shepherd's ear, to the smell of thyme and rosemary, while Mother Nature offers us. To make the way with the transhumant shepherds is to know the true mountain character of the people of this Soriana land ”.
Y Soria Holidays has prepared various tourist packages They offer from three days for 155 euros or two days for 78 euros. The three days include the road from Soria to Oncala, passing through the place of Zarranzano or Gabalüeta acebal, if it is the two-day route the route will be from Garagüeta to Oncala. The price includes one night in the open and another in the hostel and all the pastoral lunches and dinners.
He Saturday, June 21 it will be the main festival of Transhumance and, after the arrival of the herd to the town of Oncala received by the neighbors and following the tradition, the sheep count and the separation of them. Tourists will be met with Transhumant dances and songs and you can enjoy great exhibitions of traditions linked to transhumance such as shearing or spinning, crumb tasting, caldereta demonstration, sheep cheese from Oncala and sausages from the Sorian Highlands, very typical and valued in the area. Y many activities designed for More smalls.
I think it is a good initiative for children and families to know about these types of activities related to grazing and transhumance. It is also important that new generations know this trade while enjoying the nature and attractiveness of one of the most unknown areas of the province of Soria.
