Caldera de los Marteles

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.