Chavao

Municiality: La Orotava
Aproximate duration: 1:40
Maximun height: 2077m
Minimun height: 2040m
Distance: 2,10Km

Area information

During the walk, in addition to appreciating the typical flora of Las Cañadas (broom, walnut, elbow, broom, etc.), curious geological shapes like the lava beds (lavas almohadillas) and small fields of chordate lava (lavas cordadas) can be seen.

Landscape

Description of the path

The drop of the path

We are on track number 18 of the National Park of the Teide. This path is not circular, so we return to the same starting point along the same path. The good thing about this is that things that were left behing, can be appreciated.  

We started walking at the Juan Évora Ethnographic Museum, the last goat to live in the Teide. In this area there is parking, but it has an hour of closure, so if we do this  trail or Boca de Chavao (35); or we leave from here to Tagara (go and back), take into account this time.

Path

This place is on the TF-21 road that goes to the municipality of Vilaflor.

To reach to here, we can take different means of transports like Guagua, which from Puerto de la Cruz is line 348. From Costa Adeje, line 342. We can also go by car, having a parking area.

We take the road TF-21 (for La Orotava or for Vilaflor); TF-24 (for La Laguna); and TF-38 (Boca Tauce-Chío)

Path

It is a path that does not have much inclination, and it runs both between pine forest and between flows. Take into acount that it is easyto  have a silly fall.

On the right we have Pico Viejo, El Teide; and on the left hand side the walls and the area of the forest crown from the south of the island. From the viewpoint we head towards the Roque del Cedro leaving to the left La Cañada del Cedro.

Landscape

It is relatively flat, without great inclinations and is signposted at all times.

Pine

Landscape