Montaña Tinache is a fairly easy walk, but some of the paths are quite narrow. The route is easy to follow and takes between 2 – 3 hours depending on water breaks and photo ops.
Directions
Heading north out of Uga on the LZ-30, take the LZ-56 signposted for Tinajo.
From Arrecife, take the LZ-20 and continue through San Bartolome. At the Casa Museo del Campesino round-a-bout take the left for the LZ-56 and continue through the village of Masdache. Take the right turn onto the LZ-56 signposted for Tinajo.
Follow the LZ-56 through Tinguaton. In Mancha Blanca bear right onto the LZ-46, past the church and the market square. Take the first narrow country lane on the left, Calle el Rofero. Turn right onto Carretera la Vegueta, Montaña Tinache is on your left shoulder with farmland to your right.
Follow the country lane around the base of the volcano looking out for the second dirt track on the left, which is where I park.
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The Walk
Head west along the dirt track, gradually climbing up to the lowest part of the volcano rim. Note the old abandoned pipework as you climb and the abandoned water cisterns at the crater edge. To the eastern side of the old water storage tanks is a small path that leads around the outside of the main volcanic cone.
This path follows the route of the old water distribution pipeline. In places you can see the remains of the old pipe work and distribution nodes. As the path winds around the views gradually change from Mancha Blanca to Tajaste and then the outskirts of Tinajo.
In places the path changes into a narrow channel which has been cut into mountain side. Notice also how this water distribution system keeps its level is it make its way round the mountain side. Also how the nature and colour of the volcanic material under foot changes as you continue round.
Montaña Tinache – History
To read more on the history of the area you can checkout the following sites Tajaste and Tinajo.
The sites are in Spanish, so if it helps I have made an attempt to summarise a few topics of interest in the History section.
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