Municiality: La Orotava
Aproximate duration: 01.30
Maximun height: 2189m
Minimun height: 2023m
Distance: 3,51km
Area information
The formation of these Roques is due to alignments of dykes,
pythons and stacks of various volcanic materials, forming a wall that separated the two Calderas of Las Cañadas. Today it is eroded.
This area is the most photographed place of the
park, being able to have a perspective of the Teide along with Los Roques; of
the Teide with the Finger of God (Roque Chinchado, the image of the old bill of
1000 pesetas), and to see the Llano de Ucanca.
The vegetation is composed by brooms (Eline microphylla), Tajinaste (Echium), elbows (Adenocarpus viscosus) and walnut trees (Erysimum scoparium) mostly.
The fauna is composed by lizards and
beetles.
In the area it is possible to find the Pahoe Hoe and AA lava, which intersect along the route.
Description of the path
We are in the TF-24 of the Cañadas del Teide. Right where
the Roques de García lookout spot is, on the other side of the road where the
Parador is located.
At this point you always find a lot of people (since there are the
viewpoints) but the trail is not so busy (or at least when we did it).
We can leave the car in the parking lot, or we can get there
with lines 348 (from Port) and 342 (from Adeje).
We started the trail going into Los Roques, just for that
there is an area for disabled people, of about 12 minutes of duration. From
this trail you can also access to the trail that goes up Pico Viejo.
It is a circular path and in the first flat stretch, the
ground is not abrasive, being able to walk comfortably and with enough space
This first part is finalized, when we arrive at the point where the fork in the trail of
Pico Viejo is located; and at the end of Los Roques we
have already made the route back.
We start to descent in this second part of the trail, having to reach the
feet of the cathedral (rocky formation that is located in Llano Ucanca and
looks like a cathedral).
On this descent the path is not as limited as the
beginning (or we thought) and we stepped on the Pahoe hoe lava. It is not a
descent as a great slope, but it is always necessary to be wide awake.
At the end of this stretch, we arrived at the cathedral and
from here we started to ascend to the viewpoint again.
This third and last part is a zigzag slope
where you have to go on single file. We go up to the side of the cathedral,
passing in this stretch of being at the feet of it, to overcome its height.
