Hiking has been possible again in the Barranco de Masca since 27 March 2021 After the Barranco de Masca had been closed to hikers for three years due to an increased number of accidents (for more information click here), it has been reopened as a pilot project since 27 March 2021. In the three years […]
Barranco de Masca
Masca Gorge reopens from 27.3.2021
Since the end of February 2018, the Barranco of Masca – the most popular hiking gorge on the island of Tenerife – was closed. You can read all about the background and what happened afterwards here on Seven Islands. Since then, many hikers waited for the reopening. Rumours about a possible reopening were constantly circulating. […]
Barranco Masca blocked indefinitely
Barranco Masca closed at the end of February 2018 The Barranco de Masca, the most famous gorge on the island of Tenerife, has been closed indefinitely by the authorities since 26 February 2018. So at the moment you can’t go on the tour described here, the last part of which leads through the Barranco of […]
Adventurous gorge hike – it doesn’t always have to be Masca
The most famous gorge hike on Tenerife leads through the Barranco (gorge) of Masca. You will find the exact tour description with me as part of the Great Teno Circular Hike. But even if every hiking company on the island offers this tour and the Barranco of Masca is really worth seeing, there are alternatives. […]
Hike through the Masca gorge – circular hike part 2
Big round trip with Masca Gorge The walk through the Masca Gorge, the Barranco of Masca, is the last and fourth part of a great circular walk. In the first part I presented three hikes in the southwestern Teno mountains of Tenerife. All four hiking tours together result in a great circular hike. And see […]