Visita al Parque Nacional Caldera de Taburiente

Caldera de Taburiente National Park, on the island of La Palma.

forms a triangular massif between the Barranco de El Riachuelo, the Barranco Tenisca, the Barranco de las Angustias and the southern edge of the Caldera de Taburiente. It is separated from the Cumbre Nueva by a step called La Cumbrecita. It is a volcanic building of stratovolcano type, originated by the reactivation that produced the decompression caused by the landslide of Aridane, origin also of the Caldera de Taburiente. The northern slope of Bejenao has been destroyed by erosion and landslides caused by the action of Barranco de Las Angustias.
Its peak is 1,854 meters, and its name is a precolonial voice of the ancient auaritas (in it there are several archaeological sites).
It is covered by pine forests and constitutes an impressive mass that stands out in all the landscape of the southwest of the island.

Taburiente National Park is this waterfall to which the mineral mixture Iron, water and volcanic rock give those curious shapes and colors.

spectacular place. The river Taburiente runs through the caldera until it reaches a point called Playa de Taburiente. This beach is not a normal beach, it does not face the sea, in fact this point of the island is very far from the ocean, it is a natural spa that has the shape of a rambla and is one of the gems of the park.

The Playa de Taburiente is a perfect place to cool off in a perfect natural environment surrounded and from where you can see the Roque del Huso and the Roque Salvaje. Undoubtedly the Playa de Taburiente is one of the most charming places in the whole route.

the municipal area of the Villa de Garafía at the top of Hoya Grande.

The Roque de los Muchachos is one of the points of reference of the island of La Palma, it owes this name to the forms that the natural environment has , with a series of roque protruding about 3 meters high that seems to be the figure of some boys.

According to the experts the Roque de los Muchachos was formed due to a strong push that the deepest magma made on the castings so it raised them and fractured them, giving rise to what You can see it now. The rest of the massif that has been raised has disappeared and instead the Caldera de Taburiente, which holds the summits geologically.

In the vicinity of the Roque de Los Muchachos you will find the Astrophysical Observatory of Roque of the Boys, a perfect place to to be able to observe the immensity of the universe. From this altitude it is also possible to see the neighboring islands of Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro.

through this part of the island of La Palma. Even the hermitage is reached by going over the top of the crest that borders La Caldera de Taburiente, passes through the Morro Morisco, petroglyphs of Tagoror in the Pico de la Sabina, Lomo Corralejo, Degollada del Río.

The area passes through the refuge of the Punta de los Roques from where you can see a spectacular view of the entire range of Cumbre Nueva and Cumbre Vieja strong>. You can also see a jet of water at the beginning of the Track of the Row and from here you descend to the Hermitage of La Virgen del Pino, mandatory stop to take strength and continue to know the whole area.