Located in the northern part of Tenerife is one of the most incredible and spectacular natural sites on the island. Undoubtedly The Parque Rural de Anaga is a space where visitors will arrive and they will not know if they are really on the island. Specifically the Parque Rural de Anaga has dimensions that exceed 14,400 hectares and is part of three municipal areas, Santa Cruz, La Laguna and Teguese and has its highest point at 1024 meters above sea level with the Cruz de Taborno peak.
Agana not only offers impressive impressive mountain ranges with spectacular valleys, but the dense forest of the park is the biggest attraction, a forest that looks luxuriant, covered with trees with a thick layer of moss on its trunks. , thanks the amount of humidity and the rains that discharge at this point of the island.
Agana is covered with laurisilva, one of the most important in the world, this type of forest is only preserved in Canary Islands, Madeira and some islands of the Azores thermophilic forest, the fayal-heath, cardona-tabaibal.
It has an important network of paths through which you can walk and discover the sovereign beauty that comes from the heart of this forest.
A few kilometers from the center of Santa Cruz de Tenerife it is possible to enter a Rural Park which will make visitors not to believe they are on an island, it is Anaga Rural Park or Anaga Massif.
The Anaga Massif and the entire environment is declared Biosphere Reserve in 2015 thanks to the fact that it is the point of Europa Cruz del Carmen, and in the southwest direction. Anaga hosts the peaks of bichuelo, Anambro, Chinobre, Limbing Peak, English Peak, Cruz de Taborno and Cruz del Carmen.
The macizo is the most humid part of Tenerife, which has favored the existence of a diversity of natural habitats, among which the laurisilva stands out. An important part of the Anaga Massif made it partially protected in 1987 and in 1994 it was protected in its entirety by the Law of Natural Spaces of the Canary Islands.
A very interesting place to enjoy nature just a few minutes from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with rest areas and a network of interesting routes.