Partridge Shooting at El Despeñadero, Toledo
Two thousand hectares in Toledo province, and the smallest ground we work with in Spain — chosen for that, not in spite of it. El Despeñadero is primarily a driven red-legged partridge estate, and its character comes from the fall of the land rather than from anything built.
| El Despeñadero | At a glance |
| Region | Consuegra, Toledo |
| Approximate area | c.2,000 ha / 4,940 acres |
| Sport in addition to partridge | Primarily driven red-legged partridge |
| Usual arrival airport | Madrid-Barajas Sixty minutes by road, per the estate. |
A smaller finca run for one quarry can be managed intensively. Every drive is known, every wind direction has a plan, and the keepers can read the ground far more precisely than is possible across twenty thousand hectares.
The name means “the precipice”, and the ground earns it: the estate takes its character from a sharp break of slope, which is exactly the feature that produces high, fast birds without needing artificial staging.
This suits a smaller party well — one team, one estate, no sense of sharing the ground with anybody else.
The Value of our Shooting Package — El Despeñadero
What a fully inclusive package covers here — full board on the estate in the staffed hacienda, all wines, spirits and soft drinks, return transfers from Madrid-Barajas, and ammunition, Spanish gun and hunting licences — with the point that overage is counted per gun, so each gun pays only for the birds it has shot.
El Despeñadero at a Glance
Season 1 October to 31 March. Bags from 500 driven birds a day at El Despeñadero; larger bags on request, and we confirm the ground can carry them on your dates. Included full board on the estate, all drinks, return transfers from Madrid-Barajas, ammunition, Spanish licences, a loader for every gun and transport between drives.
How a Spanish driven day runs, month by month what the season looks like, and the three things that set the price are the same at every one of our eight estates and are set out once on the hub page: how a driven day runs in Spain, the Spanish partridge season calendar and what sets the price.
Key Information
Rates
Quoted per programme on application, set by daily bag, number of guns and number of days. Ask for a quotation.
Quarry focus
Primarily driven red-legged partridge.
Can a Shotgun be provided
Yes
Accommodation
First class lodge or hotel.
Ammunition
Ammunition supplied.
Suggested Calibre
28, 20, 16, 12.
Permits Required
All required permits arranged at time of booking.
Arrival airport
Madrid-Barajas. Sixty minutes by road, per the estate.
Flights & Bringing own Firearms
Estate guns and ammunition are provided. Bringing your own guns to Spain.
Planning your trip to El Despeñadero
Straight answers to the questions guns ask us most about shooting at El Despeñadero, whether you are travelling from the UK, from Europe or from the United States.
What is included in a El Despeñadero package?
Full board on the estate, all wines, spirits, beers and soft drinks, return transfers from Madrid-Barajas, ammunition, the Spanish gun and hunting licences, a loader for every gun, and transport between drives. Birds over the agreed bag are counted individually, so each gun pays only for the birds he or she has shot.
How do I get to El Despeñadero?
Fly into Madrid-Barajas. About sixty minutes by road from Madrid, per the estate. Estate transport meets your flight, and the transfer is part of the package.
When is the season at El Despeñadero, and what is the ground like?
1 October to 31 March. El Despeñadero is about 2,000 hectares at Consuegra, Toledo, run for driven red-legged partridge. A day is four or five drives, with tapas after the second drive and lunch at the end, and a loader looking after each gun throughout.
Licences and permits, what a fully inclusive Spanish package contains and what a programme costs are answered in full on the hub page: planning your driven partridge trip to Spain.
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