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Selvaggio Blu | Ogliastra's wildest trek and stay

Selvaggio Blu

Four to five days suspended between sky and sea along the Baunei coast: the Selvaggio Blu is considered Italy's most beautiful and most difficult trek. Not a trail but an adventure: ledges, abseils, bivouac nights under the stars.

Details and how to get there

## What it really is Created in the 1980s by Mario Verin and Peppino Cicalò, the Selvaggio Blu retraces charcoal-burners' and shepherds' routes along cliffs plunging into the Gulf of Orosei.

There are no signposts: you navigate by stone cairns, twisted junipers and exposed ledges.

Water must be planned stage by stage — the route's real difficulty.

## The classic stages Pedra Longa – Cala Goloritzé (via Us Piggius), then Cala Sisine past the Ololbizzi sheepfold and the Serra Ovara abseils.

Many groups arrange sea resupply with Baunei cooperatives: water, food and sometimes a hot dinner landed at sunset.

## Before and after I Mandorli is the perfect base for the eve and the recovery: sleep in silence, leave your car safely, start early for Pedra Longa.

At a glance

Start: Pedra Longa, 25 min from I Mandorli

Duration: 4-5 stages, about 45 km

Difficulty: advanced: climbing to grade III and abseils up to 45 m

Guide: strongly recommended; rope gear essential

Frequently asked questions

Where to stay before the Selvaggio Blu?

At I Mandorli, 25 minutes from the Pedra Longa start: many trekkers sleep here the night before and after, leaving their car with us.

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