Circular routes and trails
This is an easy walk about 2 – 3 hours. A small clamber up on to the old lava flow near the beginning, other than that a flat walk on well defined paths and dirt roads.
This walk is particularly interesting because it takes you over part of the route of the disused water system between the Famara water galleries and Arrecife.
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The majority of the route is a gentle climb, but there is a short scramble up to the Fuente itself over loose shale at the head of the valley. As a gentle amble the walk is about 2 – 3 hours.
The Fuente is a classic example of how the people of Lanzarote collected and preserved its water before the arrival of the Desalination Plant
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Famara Teguise Circular, a walk of about 3 – 4 hours, between 11 and 15 kilometres. The first leg of the walk is a good climb from Las Laderas at 76m to Morro Alto at 325m. The path is well marked, but there are a couple of steep sections. Although the path is narrow throughout the majority of the ascent, there are however lots of places to take a rest and admire the view.
Tremendous views during the ascent, small farms on the section to Teguise. Old Lime Kilns and the disused water system between the Famara water galleries and Arrecife. A fantastic walk with a little of everything.
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To read about the old lime kilns of Teguise, check out this site Caleras de Teguise. There may also be a few topics of interest in the history section.
Other walks in this area:
The El Golfo Coastal Walk takes about 2 hours, between 6 and 7 kilometres. Fairly flat walk rising to about 50m at the top of the sea cliffs.
It is a circular walk and the path is well marked, but with stretches of volcanic cobbles which can be sharp and uneven under foot.
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To read more about the village of El Golfo and other points of interest click here.
The Goat Caves are a circular walk of about 2 – 3 hours, between 6 and 7 kilometres. Fairly flat walk along the mountain ridge overlooking Famara.
The path is well defined, but with quite narrow stretches and vertical drop offs to one side. If heights are a problem then this walk might not be the best for you. I recommend a walking pole for some of the narrow sections and avoid the walk in high winds.
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To check out the history of the Haria area click here.
The Water House Famara walk starts from the far end of the Kite Surfing Beach of Famara. It is an A to B walk, so unfortunately we have to retrace our steps on this one
This walk can easily be done in 1 -2 hours, mostly flat, but a little tricky under foot in places.
The views are truly stunning and another chance to see how the people of Lanzarote collected and preserved its water before desalination.
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Other walks in this area include:
To read more about the struggle for water on Lanzarote click here, to check out the history of Caleta de Famara click here.
Montana Tinguaton is a fairly easy walk just an hour or so. It can be extended a little if you go exploring the hill tops to the right and the two creator rims to the left.
There are two coffee and cake options here, the Asador Grill Tinguatón or the Teleclub de Masdache.
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To read a little history of the Tinguaton area, click here. For history articles on this site click here.
Other walks in this area are:
The Caldera Santa Catalina walk has a few gentle climbs, but good well marked paths. With photo stops and a tea break it usually takes me between 2 – 3 hours depending on parking spot.
There are two coffee and cake options here, the Asador Grill Tinguatón or the Teleclub de Masdache. Other walks in this area are:
To read more on the history of the area you can check out Santa Catalina. The link opens a new tab and tells how the village of Santa Catalina was buried by the 1730 eruptions and how the inhabitants either fled to Fuerteventura in small boats from Playa Blanca or headed into the north of the island and settled in the area now known as Los Valles.
Barranco La Poceta, I thought this one was quite tough, it’s a good 3 – 4 hours with photo, water and sandwich breaks and you are climbing to some extent or another nearly all the way.
That said it is was so worth it. Chose to make it an A – B walk leaving cars either end and for us it was the right decision. Elected to make it an ascent as opposed to a descent (my knees are better going up than down).
Fabulous views on the ascent of the barranco and a chance to see some of the Famara water extraction galleries. Now disused, but in 1953 these galleries provided water for Arrecife.
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Fabulous views on the ascent of the barranco and a chance to see some of the Famara water extraction galleries. Now disused, but in 1953 these galleries provided water for Arrecife.
To read more on the history of water on Lanzarote you can checkout the following sites:
These sites are obviously in Spanish, so if it helps I have made an attempt to summarise the salient historical events in the History section.