The Hoya del Gamonal is located to the south of what is known as La Lechucilla, in this place a great depression formed in the relief that gave rise to this ideal natural spot to be able to make hiking routes or spend a day in the middle of nature.

Although a part belongs to Santa Brígida, the municipal area of Vega de San Mateo also hosts part of this environment that reaches Los Pechos, the pit is called Gamonal because in the past there was a plant commonly known as Gamón.

The Hoya del Gamonal has some special climatic characteristics, the presence of trade winds linked to the relief make the place a cool place all year round, it is believed that The Gamonal had a laurel forest thanks to these conditions of humidity and the contributions of rainwater. These conditions have altered the existing flows, facilitating the creation of soil with reddish and loose earth that favored the growth of vegetation.

In the summit area of the Hoya del Gamonal you can also find some wells where, in the past, the snow that fell and that formed blocks of ice that were being sold, works carried out by the neveros.

Among the natural spaces that can be seen in the Canarian municipality of Moya are Los Tilos de Moya, a fragment of forest that have dimensions that exceed 90 hectares and which is part of the municipality of Moya with Santa María de Guía.

The Moya Tilos are part of the Doramas Natural Park and since 1994 it has been declared Special Natural Reserve. The natural environment is home to numerous species, some of them endemic and endangered, such as the Cresta de Gallo.

Mentioning more in depth the flora the Tilos de Moya hosts, in addition to the typical one that can be found in the grancanarian montane are Til, the aforementioned Cresta de Gallo , Salvia Blanca and the Bicacaro. Also it is possible to emphasize the fauna that inhabits in this space, you can descry Common Finches, Robins, the Common Buzzard, Kestrel strong> Common and Alpispa.

Los Tilos has an abrupt relief, it has the characteristic V-shape of the ravines that dominate the island, which shows its geologically speaking youth. The sea of clouds that usually covers the area favors the existence of water and provides flow to the channel that runs through this place.

In the municipality of Ingenio on the island of Gran Canaria you will find a wonderful natural environment called: Montaña de las Tierras which is a spectacular dark reddish volcanic rock that emerges from the deep ravine of Guayadeque and joins the towns of Agüim and Ingenio.

The Mountain of the Earths in the Ingenio stand out about 150 meters and more than 1000 meters above sea level. This natural landscape not only attracts the attention of visitors and tourists, but is also the object of study by scientists for the magma varieties that emerged.

The vicinity of the Mountain of the Earths is surrounded by the Barranco de Guayadeque that keeps an unpublished history since it starts in the Caldera de los Marteles until the end in Ingenio, on the beach of Burrero. It keeps a wide vegetation, with springs of water that from the beginning of the XX century do not arise. The ravine hosted an important aboriginal settlement and later shepherds were established.

The Mountain of the Earths and all its surroundings is an impressive natural place, rich in flora and native fauna and ideal to enjoy days in the middle of nature.

In the heart of Gran Canaria is the municipality of Valsequillo de Gran Canaria, this town hosts the Special Natural Reserve of Los Marteles . Here nature lovers can enjoy hiking trails that surround one of the most beautiful places in the archipelago, the Caldera de los Marteles.

The Caldera de los Marteles has an elliptical shape, with a diameter that exceeds 550 meters and a depth of 80 meters. The caldera was formed after the explosion of a volcano of the freomagmatic type when the magma came into contact with water at least a million years ago. The whole basin is a leafy area of cultivation, surrounded by spectacular landscapes and highlighted by the flat surface in counterpoint with the steep slopes.

The Caldera de los Marteles is located at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level, bounded on the north by the erosive escarpments of the cliffs of Tenteniguada and south with the Barranco de Tirajana, also borders the backs of Temisas and collects the channel of the Barranco de los Cernícalos. You can see acebuchales, willow trees and threatened species like the wild tomato.

In Artenara you can find one of the highest points of the Island, it is the so-called Alto de los Moriscos, an ideal natural spot for nature lovers where you can disconnect and admire the richness of this part of the Island.

At the tip of Morisco it is a cold place in winter, it is possible to see snow, and summers are usually torrid . With regard to flora, the landscape is dominated by Canarian pine, although these are repopulated and many of them do not have easy survival due to snow, heat and winds. Other species of flora if they endure better the hardness of the climate, the bushes silver masonry, white sage of the summit, wallflower or rosalito are some of these bushes that can be seen in Alto de los Moriscos


The fauna that can be found in the Morisco are a great variety of invertebrates and birds like the road and canaries that are the ones that best endure the inclemency of the weather.

Los Moriscos is an ideal place to get to know beautiful spots and enjoy hiking trails, all in full contact with nature.