From Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, head towards Sare on the D3. Park in Amotz in the fronton car park.
(S/E) Exit the car park and turn left along the D3 until the first bend.
(1) Take the first left, Chemin de Latxerieta, then left again onto Chemin de Martienea.
(2) At the left-hand bend, turn right onto the path that makes a wide circular loop to the right and returns to a track suitable for vehicles. Along the way, ignore three paths that branch off to the left.
(3) Follow the track to the left. At the T-junction, take the track opposite that turns south-west. Ignore the first turn-off to the right and then the second to the left to reach a three-way junction.
(4) Take the path on the left, leaving the track that descends to the right. Further on, the path bends to the left and arrives at a T-junction.
(5) Take a sharp right turn onto the path that joins a tarmac road.
(6) Turn left, keep left at the next junction and continue for about 300 metres.
(7) Turn left onto a track suitable for vehicles. At the junction with another track, continue straight ahead along the ridge line at the edge of the woods. Ignore the paths branching off on either side and continue to a triangular junction.
(8) Turn left, then make a wide circular loop to the right to return north-east towards Amotz. The path becomes a road as you approach the houses. At the junction, turn left, then make a right turn with the road before taking the first street on the left, which returns to the D3 road.
(9) Turn left onto the pavement along the D3 to return to the car park (S/E).
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