Tour Chamonga - Benijo

The trek begins with the ascent to the „top“ of Roque del Pilón, which is the only ascent on the route, the beginning of the route is open to the public.

A view of the small village of Chamonga from which the trek begins.

The introduction trek passes through typical rainforests found on the northwestern tip of the island.

After a short ascent, you walk along a small ridge to the lookout, which is a bit outside the tourist route, but along the sidewalk, everyone passes through it and the original route is bypassed.

The view opens up a view of the ocean

Not only the ocean, but also the surrounding mountains have a wonderful view.

From the viewpoint and the summit, you descend to the lighthouse, where the road leads to the right and descends to the nearest village, but our trail leads to the left according to the tourist maps, although there are no signs here and it is very easy to miss the trail along the coast.

During the whole trek, we wander around the rock protruding from the ocean, from which the birds „singing“ is constantly heard.

Throughout the journey, we are accompanied by such goats, which are the only wild animals we have encountered during our trip to the island of Tenerife.

The condition of the sidewalk is improving in places, in some places it worsens this is one of the better sections, but in many places the road was covered and it was necessary to bypass such places through the surrounding terrain.

In the background you can see one of the buried places, which could not even be avoided, and all the time the stones escaped from under your feet.

The tenacity and ingenuity of the islanders in the past was very great, as they lived in such inhospitable places.

In the foreground is the settlement of Las Palmas, where we planned to buy some water or beer, but as we found out, it consisted of only about 5 houses, which are inhabited but were well in our transition. Despite the fact that the permanent settlement of the locals has been seen here they have a very difficult life and we estimate that only the last few older people survive here and the young have gone to live in the cities.

During the whole crossing of the Las Palmas settlement, we cross such a path and listen to the constant rumble of dogs from home, which convinces us of the suitability of continuing only on the road.

During the whole trek we walk under the ridge, which stretches along the coast.

One of the most beautiful views of the ocean during the entire trek.

After two and a half hours of pedaling without water, the first villages that are our destination begin to appear in the foreground.

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After 3 hours, we finally get to the place where it is possible to get something to drink …