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Natural Park of Corralejo(Dunes of Corralejo): This solitary desert in the municipality of La Oliva, extends over 8 km along the coast, and 3 into the interior of the island, its beautiful and solitary landscape has been shaped by the wind over the years. In its coast are a succession of lonely and windy beaches, ideal for all kind of sports. Near the fishing village of Corralejo in Fuerteventura, we get here by car or bus.

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Natural Park of Jandía: At the southern tip of the island of Fuerteventura, in the municipality of Pájara, this Nature Reserve is a mountainous region of great importance in the Canary Islands, its majestic mountains to the north open where plunging southward with some flat parts. Here are the highest peaks of the island with Pico de la Zarza Peak of 807mts. Their populations are Punta Jandia, El Puertito, with 6 people, spread, Casas del Mal Nombre(Bad Name Homes), with 28 inhabitants, Esquinzo Homes, with 228 inhabitants, Cofete, with 25 inhabitants Valluelo Houses with 2 people and Houses of Los Canarios de Arriba, with 6 people.

Lobos Island: This tiny island, now uninhabited, is situated in the municipality of La Oliva in the north of Fuerteventura, Lobos Island can be seen and reached from Corralejo by ferrie. His name comes from when in the past lived sea lions and seals on the island, also known as monk sea lions, now in danger of extinction.

Fishermen eliminated the species as they thought their voracity would reduced marine resources of the area.

It is part of Natural Park of the Corralejo Dunes and Isla de Lobos, and its sea beds are underwater reserved area. Currently visitors of the island are fishermen, tourists, swimmers and divers. There is a regular shipping service from Corralejo to Lobos Island. There is a restaurant runned by the descendants of Antonito, the old lighthouse keeper, and a camping area.

Rural Parks of Fuerteventura

Betancuria Rural Park:

Betancuria

Throughout the towns of Port Rosario, Betancuria Antigua, Tuineje and Pájara, here we find the oldest rocks in the Canary Islands. This is a region of great scientific interest of Fuerteventura, where we can find important marine fossils..

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Natural Monuments of Fuerteventura

Natural Monument of Malpais de La Arena: This beautiful monument has arisen due to the last volcanic activity of Fuerteventura about 10000 years ago. It´s composed of volcano and lava slopes. Its population is only at the southern end of space, Majada of Lengua, where there are eighteen scattered farm houses.

Montaña de Tindaya,"La Montaña Sagrada"

Tindaya - The Sacred Mountain, Fuerteventura

Tindaya Mountain - The Sacred Mountain

This mountain is located in the municipality of La Oliva, at 400 meters above the sea level. Shaped like a pyramid is visible from many points north of the island, and from its peak, on clear days, we can see the Teide on Tenerife and Pico de Las Nieves of Gran Canaria. It was a holy mountain and worship for the ancient inhabitants of the island of Fuerteventura, and has numerous archaeological remains, along the mountain we can find the "podomorfos", which are engravings of the old settlers. Esmeralda is also a place of high botanical and ornithological interest, so their conservation is important.

Caldera de Gairía Natural Monument: This cone and volcanic landscape as we find in the towns of Antigua and Tuineje. It consists of a rocky, and barren landscape, land of windmills, where artifacts from the ancient inhabitants have been found.

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Cuchillos de Vigán Natural Monument

Cuchillos de Vigan-Fuerteventura. Canary Islands

The Vigán knifes: Refuge of species protected by the Canarian Government, this volcanic region is mountainous and rugged. The uniqueness of the landscape is given by the existence of certain formations called "knives", which are the result of erosion on these volcanic materials through out the years.

Montaña Cardón Mountain Natural Monument: This mountain massif was declared Natural Area in 1887. It´s a very rugged landscape by erosion that forms a stunning landscape.

Natural Monument of Ajuí:

One of the oldest natural monuments in the Canaries, from the time that the islands were being formed, is a bird protection zone also. With a singular beauty molded through the years, still remains and fossils of marine species disappeared. We will find it within the Country Park of Betancuria in the Pájara municipality.

Fuerteventura Protected Landscapes

Malpaís Grande

Antigua, Fuerteventura

Protected Landscapes of Malpaís Grande:

In the municipalities of Antigua and Tuineje, this landscape was formed by the remains of ancient eruptions. It was declared Island Natural Area in the year 1994. Within this arid landscape are Teguital village, with 51 inhabitants and Teniscoquey Houses, with five people. Here we can visit the aboriginal settlement of Atalayita.

Vallebrón: This Canarian Protected area of Fuerteventura has knife-shaped canyons flanked by two large U-shaped cliffs. Its highest peak is at the high Muda, 690meters high and place of historical interest It hostes a unique burial site. We will find Vallebrón in the municipalities of La Oliva, Puerto del Rosario, about 30km from Corralejo.

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Salt Marshes of Jandía: This is a protected natural area and its beach is made of fine white sand with about 12km in length. The protected natural area is about 115.6 acres and is protecting the salt marshes. This plant community supports periodic flooding caused by high waters, and absorbs large concentrations of salt.

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