Cuevas Cernícalos

The Barranco de los Cernícalos is an intra-canyon type that originated and modeled by phonological flows that came from the eruptions of the Las Cañadas volcanoes. This ravine takes part of the municipal term of Valsequillo de Gran Canaria and it contains the Cueva de Los Cernícalos.

The importance of the ravine is due to the high ecological and landscape value, in it you could see the most impressive olive groves of the island as well as an important willow. The channel of the ravine runs throughout the year and there are countless hiking trails that run throughout the natural landscape.

Focusing on the Cuevas del Cernícalo, a set of alpendres-caves that are carved into the rock and that some farmers still use today. Some of these caves were naturally formed and others were dug into the rock by man, many of them have been found vestiges of the first settlers who inhabited the island, many were used for storage, others were qualified as homes and they were also They gave other uses as a place of worship or to keep livestock.