Booking the Caminito del Rey (how to buy a ticket)

Instructions – How to make your reservation for the Caminito del Rey

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FREE ACCESS TO THE CAMINITO DEL REY HAS NOW CEASED .

THIS ARTICLE IS NOW REPLACED BY THE NEW BOOKING SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS HERE…

Please click the above link to get updated instructions about tickets for the Caminito del Rey

Although the official website for booking a walk on the Caminito del Rey is in four languages (Spanish, English, German and French), the actual booking system is in Spanish. That said, the booking system is fairly easy to navigate. (though not without some annoying issues – See note at the bottom of these instructions.)

If there are no availabilities for the day you want then an alternative is to stay at the hotel Posada del Conde and the staff there can arrange a permit for you for any day apart from Monday.

  1. Go to www.caminitodelrey.info (This is the English language page.)
  2. At the top left click on “Book your visit”
  3. In the new page select the date that you would like the permit for. (use the buttons to navigate through the calendar) –  The red dates are days where there are no spaces left. Green dates have spaces available.
  4. Once the date is selected on the right hand side select which entry point you want. (Ardales is from the lake side and finishes at El Chorro and Alora is from El Chorro side and finishes at the lakes. From El Chorro the walk is more uphill and takes a bit longer, about 5 hours)
  5. Select the hour you want to enter the Camino del Rey
  6. Fill in the identification details in the form that appears (The ones marked with an asterisk are obligatory). Select from the drop down, passport or DNI. (some people are having trouble with this. I put my British passport number in the DNI box without a problem
  7. Say how many people that are going with you and fill out the details of those people. (You will need their passport details as well.
  8.  Tick the box to say you accept the rules – “Normas Reguladoras de Uso”
  9. Click on the “Reservar” and you are done… You will receive an email with all the details in a PDF document. Check your spam box if you don’t get an email)
  10. IMPORTANT – make sure you print the document and take it with you and also the passport/identification you used for you and any other people (You will be asked for this before you enter)

Note: Try to get all your info right the first time. Sometimes when the page refreshes and you have got something wrong, the information you previously put is lost and you have to start again.

TIP: You can walk back to the place you started from as long as you don’t pass the checkpoint at the other end. (I have walked from the Ardales side as far as the suspension bridge and then back again without problem and it took me 4 hours.)

There are also shuttle buses available – The shuttle buses start at 12:30pm  from each end of the Caminito del Rey and the last bus is at 20:30pm. The buses run every half hour during these times. The cost is under 2 Euros to get you back to the your start point

IMPORTANT! Remember that you have to be at the start point 30 minutes before your allotted time and from either end it takes around 30 minutes to get to the start point. Allow plenty of time to park your car and get to the start checkpoint to show your entry permit.

 

82 thoughts on “Instructions – How to make your reservation for the Caminito del Rey”

  1. I have never seen a moor crap system in my life to find its closed on mondays l have waited10 years to get on the walkway next time l will go through the rail tunnell get it right

    • Dave. And “I” have never seen such a “crap” comment on my website before… You get it right… Go to the official website and just make a reservation like I and 50,000 other people have already done… Your lack of patience and education astounds me. If you have waited 10 years then a few more days or weeks don’t mean much… You can’t spell or express yourself properly so I guess it’s obvious to everybody why you can’t get a permit… Sure, go through the tunnels (you can’t get on the Caminito that way anyway) and pay the 6000 euro trespass fine when you get caught.

  2. Hello, i’m trying to book myself and 2 friends (we are not Spanish, but from EU countries) for september. We do not have passports, only ID’s. however, dialoge box does not recognize or ID nubers, when i enter them under DNI document type. Not sure what to do. Anyone else has had the same problem? Thanks in advance!!! Lina

    • Hi Lina, you need to select “pasaporte” NOT dni from the drop down menu where its says “documento”. You will need passport details of yourself and your friends… remember to take your passports and permission (that you get by email) with you on the day… You won’t get in without them…

      But you don’t have passports? In that case write in English to the email on the website and tell them about the situation… It sounds like another selection needs to be added to the dropdown box…. Try putting your DNI in the passport dropdown…

  3. How far in advance can you book. Looks like it is 60 days, but is this a sliding window or do both months open at the same time. So booking for June/July might both begin on May 1 for example.

    Can’t find any proper information around this and would like to know when to check back for July bookings.

    • I have just spoken on the phone to the people running the reservation website… they say that the reservation system will open again today Friday 10th of April for booking the path in Jul, August and September… Keep checking the booking website because there will be another rush as soon as it opens.

  4. Hello. Just tried to book for the beginning of May and both April and May are completely red on the website. Does that mean that everything is completely booked for both months? Should I try again later on this week? Do you think the status will be updated or that’s the final situation? If yes, is there another way to book?

    Thanks!

    • Yes, the red means that there are no places left and these months are fully booked…. The website has registered 26,000 reservations in just a few weeks…. I suppose that soon June and July will be available on the booking calendar over at http://www.caminitodelrey.info

      • thanks for your answer. what would be the possibility to get in if i just go there in the morning. it’s only me, so maybe someone doesn’t show up and I can get in?!?

        • Hi Madalina… I think that you won’t get in. It is very clear on the website that you have to reserve by the online system…… With all the hype and news about the Caminito del Rey opening the reservations will fill up very quickly as the system opens up each months bookings… As far as I am aware you can only book 60 days in advance which is why only April and May are showing on the booking calendar…

  5. My husband and myself are traveling from Ireland to Malaga to walk the Caminito del rey we can walk either the 31st of March or 1st or 2nd of April. Is this the correct place to book it. If so could you book is for one of those days. Muchas gratias Doreen

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