New Visitor Regulations in Teide National Park: How to Register? I have already written everything you need to know about the Teide ascent in my article Pico del Teide – hiking on Spain’s highest mountain. However, since November 2024, the island administration (Cabildo) of Tenerife has introduced new visitor regulations for the Teide National Park. […]
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The last mouflons of Tenerife
An unexpected encounter with mouflons It was an absolute coincidence. Actually, we wanted to go hiking in the north of Tenerife that day. But it was raining heavily and looked very dark towards the north. And so we decided to stay in the southwest and walk a little round high above Arguayo towards the Teide […]
Tamaimo tunnel blocked by bar operator
What happened to the former bar operator on the Camino Real? December 2021 to April 2022 In December 2021, I reported on the bar owner for the first time. At the time, he had apparently illegally set up a bar directly on the Camino Real between Puerto de Santiago and Tamaimo. In the bar, he […]
Guergues climb closed
Since mid-March 2018, the Guergues Climb has been closed. The area probably belongs to the owners/goat farm Casas de Araza. At the moment I don’t know anything about the exact background. Already in the last few years the owner has objected to dogs (even on a leash) being brought onto the trail. Now he seems […]
Forest fire in Tenerife
Another forest fire August 2023 on the north-eastern flank of Tenerife I last reported on a large forest fire on Tenerife on the southern flank of Mount Teide in April 2018 (see below). Since then, there have been fires from time to time on Tenerife and also on the other Canary Islands. The last fire […]
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 […]