Around Basaburu

Published by the Basque Country Tourist Office under the name Ezkandrai, this route is a pretty circular route above Espelette on the slopes of the Ezcondray.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.64 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 322 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 321 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 387 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 88 m

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Description of the walk

The walk starts at the school in the Basaburu neighbourhood. On Wednesdays or during school holidays, you can park there without inconveniencing other users.

(S/E) From the school, continue along the road for 70 metres, then turn left onto a track that runs under the trees for about 100 metres.

(1) Cross a concrete footbridge and immediately turn left, ignoring the red and white marked path.
Walk along the Latsa stream for 200 metres, then cross it and turn right until you reach a group of trees.

(2) Before reaching a road, turn right uphill between two fences until you arrive near the Kukulu farm. Go around the farm on the right, staying on a wide track.

(3) The route joins the small access road to the farm, which you should follow to the right for 550 m.

(4) Turn right onto a path that climbs between fences. After 450 m of steep climbing, you will come to the Col de Legarre road. 2 m before the road, climb up to the right onto the path and 120 m further on, join a wider track which you should follow to the right. The climb remains steep until you reach the plateau dominated by the Pic d'Ezcondray. Continue for 100 metres after the cattle enclosure.

(5) Descend to the right onto a wide path that descends rapidly towards the north-west in the direction of the Kukulu farm until you reach an elevation of 275 metres and a T-junction.

(6) Turn left, then, before crossing the stream, turn right onto a pretty forest path that descends to the right bank of the stream. At the T-junction, continue north-west, passing through a gate on the right to stay on theGR®8and return to the footbridge over the Latsa stream.

(1) Return along the same path to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 106 m - Parking at the Basaburu neighbourhood school
  2. 1 : km 0.15 - alt. 92 m - Footbridge
  3. 2 : km 0.61 - alt. 114 m - Group of trees
  4. 3 : km 1.2 - alt. 156 m - Kukulu Road
  5. 4 : km 1.66 - alt. 161 m - Path between the fences
  6. 5 : km 3.09 - alt. 387 m - Wide path
  7. 6 : km 3.63 - alt. 275 m - T-junction
  8. S/E : km 5.64 - alt. 106 m - Parking at the Basaburu neighbourhood school

Notes

As already mentioned, there is no public car park at the starting point, so please be considerate of others at all times.

The area is pastoral, so keep your animals on a leash or, even better, avoid bringing them along.

Remember to close the gates that mark the boundaries of the pastoral areas.

Worth a visit

The Kukulu farm sells its products directly.
The name Eescondray has a number of variations:
Ezcondray on IGN.
Ezkondiaraï on OpenStreet rando.
Ezkandrai on the town hall website.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.9 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
vinorando
vinorando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello.
Don't hesitate to push on to the summit of Escondray (an extra 30 minutes) before heading back down.
During the descent, be careful not to "forget" to turn right (there's a cable across the path, as if to block it?).
As a result, we ended up going all the way to the road... Too bad...

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Micas
Micas

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Completed on 15/09/24, a Sunday. A lovely, peaceful hike. We met two families with children. The signposting was discreet, but there were very good explanations on Visorando. Thank you.
We completed it with a (short) climb to Pic Escondray, opposite Mondarain, which offers a beautiful view. Not many people.

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hilaire.vachon
hilaire.vachon

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 07, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Second short mountain hike this week. Fairly easy route. Beautiful scenery and sunshine.

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MVac44
MVac44

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful views of Espelette and the coast

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Scheppler
Scheppler

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful route accompanied by vultures in the sky and watching from the rocks of the Escondray peak!

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