Los Guardianes Centenarios 1
Technical information
- Start: Agua García Heritage Information Centre
- Finish: Agua García Heritage Information Centre
- Approval status:
- Degree of difficulty: Accessible by wheelchair
- Type of trail: Linear
- Distance: 0.86 km (12.89 ft)
- Duration: 5 mins.
- Highest altitude: 858 m (12.89 ft)
- Lowest altitude: 815 m (12.89 ft)
- Elevation gain: 44 m (12.89 ft)
- Elevation loss: 2 m (12.89 ft)
- Links to other trails:
- Protected Nature Areas:
- Authorisation required: No
- Competent authority: Tacoronte Town Council
- About the competent authority: Los Guardianes Centenarios 1
Trail description
This trail takes hikers to explore one of the best preserved expanses of Monteverde greenery in Tenerife. And the good thing is that you won't need to venture far away from civilisation to reach it. Right from the start of the trail, you will be walking under the forest canopy, beside the Toledo ravine. It will feel cooler in the shade of the trees because it is a humid environment. That humidity is what enables certain specimens to exist, such as the viñatigo tree known as the “Viñatigo from the Cradle”, which stands on the right of the path. This is just one of the fortunate trees not to have been cut down during the last century. Opposite that tree is the Madre del Agua gulley, which still has some water running through it. After that, the trail turns sharply and the surroundings change significantly. The vegetation clears and the trail gets brighter. This scenery continues until the end of the walk, where there is an area equipped with benches to rest on.
Hypsometry
For your own safety, don't forget to check the condition of the trail.
The competent authority will be responsible for informing you if the trail is not recommendable in the wake of adverse weather conditions, as well as if the trail or part of it is closed, etc.
In case of an emergency, call 112.
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