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Carrusel de imágenes presentando Navarra

The Navarrese Pyrenees

Quad Bikes

Quad bikes are four-wheeled motorcycles of considerable power, with exceptional stability and manoeuvrability on winding terrain; it is very difficult to turn them over. There are many tracks in Navarre where you can drive them, although you have to keep an eye on the regulations governing them that are published each year by the Department of the Interior.



Useful information

State guidelines
  • Law 3/1995, of 23 March, on Livestock Routes.
  • Coastal Law 22/1988, of 28 July.
  • Law 4/1989, of 27 March, on the Conservation of Natural Areas and Wild Flora and Fauna.
  • Law 43/2003, of 21 November, on the Countryside.
Regulations in use in Navarre
  • Regional Law 36/1994, of 14 February, under which the pursuit of organised motor sports and vehicular traffic in green belt areas is controlled.
    Its most relevant points can be summarised as follows:
    • Traffic not allowed:
      • cross-country or on roads less than 2 metres wide, along fire-breaks or on logging routes.
      • on expressly prohibited roads or tracks.
      • in Ecological Reserves, Nature Reserves, Natural Recreation Areas, on Cattle Tracks, the Pilgrim’s Way to Santiago, historic Roman roads, the Plazaola Route, Wildlife Conservation Areas, water courses, lakes, reservoirs or wetlands.

      There may be temporary restrictions when there is a risk to the environment. Organised activities are considered those in which more than 10 vehicles take part, in which case authorisation is required.

    • Regional Law 9/1996, of 17 June, for Natural Areas in Navarre, in which such areas are defined.
    • Regional Law 19/1997, of 15 December, for Livestock Routes in Navarre.
    • Regional Order 197/2006, of 22 June, of the Environment Council, Country Planning and Accommodation, through which preventive methods were established in Navarre for forest fires in 2006. It provides guidelines on the definition of forest tracks and helps to interpret the countryside law.
Companies

Quad Bike Hire
Tel.: 34 948 393 000
http://turismo.navarra.com/patlantico/naturaleza.html

Bardena Activa
http://www.bardenaactiva.com/quad.htm (you have to take your own vehicle, guides provided)

Club Oscar Lorente
Camino Urbi S.N. 31620 Huarte
Tel: 34 948 331 436