La Cumbrecita to Lomo de las Chozas Trail

Actually, you come to La Cumbrecita to visit this little circuit because of the two viewpoints "Mirador de las Chozas" and "Mirador de los Roques", which offer a great view of the Caldera de Taburiente. Unfortunately, we were unlucky because the clouds didn't want to clear from the caldera today. Nevertheless, we decided to do this circuit. And I can only recommend it to everyone who is already here. Because you don't get a view, but the path lined with pine trees turns into a mystical cloud forest, which has its own very special charm. It is important to know that there are only a few parking spaces here and there is usually no chance of getting up here without a prior reservation. We hadn't booked in advance, but we were lucky because some reservations were cancelled due to the weather.

Small round, but indescribable views ⛰. And the scent of the pine trees... really great 😊

Nice little round. Actually advertised as 1.5 hours...we were a bit faster. The view is just great. You should reserve a parking space in the visitor center in advance, as there are only 20 parking spaces up there and the entrance is monitored. The reservation is free of charge. There are other tours there (2.5 hours and 7 hours).

An absolute must on the island. Unfortunately it rained last night and the clouds are blocking the view 😁 In Cumbretia you have to reserve a parking space in advance, which we did last week. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great and many paths are closed due to landslides and are also being monitored ☺️👍🏻 then another attempt to walk El Pilar and again completely in clouds, let's see when the weather changes 😁 There was also a ranger there to check. Makes sense with the gases too 👍🏻 🙋‍♀️🙋🏼

https://www.reservasparquesnacionales.es/real/ParquesNac/index.aspx?ii=8DEU Make sure to reserve your parking space online in advance! You can also do this at any tourist information office

In the middle of the island is the huge caldera of Taburiente. It measures 9 km in diameter and is up to 2000 m deep, its 28 km long edge is dotted with a dozen peaks. The highest is the Roque de los Muchachos at 2426 m. The tour briefly described here runs between 1200 and 1300 meters in altitude, the valley basin is around 700 m and the highest point is at 2426 m. Unfortunately, the enormous dimensions are not really conveyed in the pictures, the solution is to see for yourself

Very nice tour, you should go in the morning because trade wind clouds gather over the mountains from midday. And with a car you have to register at the information desk, you get a two-hour time window there, there are limited parking spaces on the mountain, so register in advance

We are escaping the German winter and want to enjoy nature for almost three weeks on the Canary Islands (La Palma, La Gomera and Gran Canaria). Today we started our first short but impressive hike in the Caldera de Taburiente National Park at an altitude of almost 1300 meters. We were lucky and got a parking permit for the "La Cumbrecita" hiking car park in the national park's visitor center in the city of El Paso. From here we first hiked in the direction of the "La Cumbrecita" mountain in wonderful spring weather and then turned off a short time later to get to the first viewpoint, the "Mirador de los Roques". From here you could see the highest mountains on the island of La Palma in the north. Fantastic! The beautiful forest path continued to the next viewpoint, the "Mirador Lomo de las Chozas", where we also took a short break. After a good hour and a half we were back at the hiking car park.