Tenerife
Natural Monuments
Barranco de Erques
Natural Monument
Mountains of Ifara and Riscos
Rock of Jama
Yellow Mountain
Garachico Rock
Nature in Tenerife
Naturales Monuments of Tenerife - Canary Islandss
Ravine Natural Monument Fasnia And Güímar: This beautiful canyon contains a wide variety of habitats and plant and animal species protected by the Canary Government. It occupies an area of 152.1 hectares and is located in the municipalities of Güímar and Fasnia.
Sentinel Mountain: This landmark landscape in the south of the island, home to a unique geomorphological structure represented by a cone, is in the town of Arico.
Los Derriscaderos: This beautiful natural landscape is the result of sustained explosive eruptions that covered large tracts of southern Tenerife. It occupies 268.3 hectares in the municipality of Granadilla.
Ifara Mountains and Los Riscos: In this space we find 2 volcanoes which are a landmark of the Canarian landscape. It occupies 288.1 hectares in the municipality of Granadilla.
Montaña Pelada-Pelada Mountain: This major volcanic cone is located in the municipality of Granadilla, is a unique geological structure associated with Hydrovolcanism processes. Adding to the ecological importance of holding fair samples of plant communities and "Tabaibales sweets".
Montaña Colorada: Volcanic cone of excellent forms and developments south of the island, in the municipalities of Vilaflor and Granadilla, including many of the volcanic episodes are the dominant note in this place. The slopes have terraces of lava due to the viscosity that is possessed and that was crowded into the mouth of the volcano.
Natural Monument of Roque de Jama(Jama Rock): This representative monument we shall find it in the municipalities of Arona and San Miguel. Stands out the scientific and geological value, as related in origin to the formation of the old sectors of the Adeje Massif.
Montaña Amarilla-Yellow Mountain: It is part of an integrated landscape of lined volcanoes from the south of Tenerife in the municipality of San Miguel. It is a hill with less than 300 meters but has very unique beauty.
Guaza Mountain: Guaza is one of the most representative exogenous domes of the island. It is a structure of great geological and geomorphological scientific interest, which is attached to its landscapes and its particularized element character of the district of Arona. It also has subfossil remains of extinct species.
La Caldera del Rey: La Caldera del Rey constitutes a very unique geomorphological element, being one of the three best examples of freatomagmátic-explosive volcanism in Tenerife, which occurs when magma comes into contact with undergroundwater .
Natural Monument of Mount Teide: El Teide is a volcano, World Heritage Site since 2007. With a height of 3,718 m above sea level and 7,000 m above the ocean floor, it´s the highest peak in Spain. For aboriginal Guanches this volcano was sacred and was called Echeyde once hispanicized received its present name. There is evidence of ancient eruptions (about 150,000 years ago) that marked the current form of the whole island. At that time stood still higher than today. It covers the municipalities of La Orotava, Icod, Guia de Isora and Santiago del Teide.
Hotels and Accomodation near the Teide Natural Monument
Tejina Mountain: Tejina Mountain is a protected place isolated from the others, located in the west of the island, and whose purpose of protection is related to the uniqueness of this mountain and how it stands out as the dominant element in the landscape of the region in the Southwest. The views from the top are spectacular.
Roque de Garachico
Garachico Rock
Garachico Rock: This seabirds sanctuary is located on the north coast of Tenerife, in the municipality of Garachico and occupies 5 hectares. It is home to some important species protected by the Canarian Government.
Los Frailes Mountain: Located in the Orotava Valley, in the municipality of Los Realejos , is part of an alignment between two volcanic cones near the valley.
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