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Nature routes on Tenerife for wheelchair users

May 16, 2019 Jack 0

The path, now completed, turned out to be one of Tenerife’s wheelchair friendly ones, designed to make areas that would otherwise be almost impossible to reach accessible to people with mobility difficulties. […]

Start the New Year with easy walking on Tenerife

January 3, 2019 Jack 0

Over the years we categorised our favourite routes so that when friends of varying walking capabilities visited we could pick out routes to suit, often these would be the ones which also worked for getting fitness levels back up post festive season i.e. relatively easy Tenerife routes of under 10km. […]

Six scenes of the Roques de Garcia walking route on Tenerife

December 12, 2018 Jack 0

There are a few iconic shots on Tenerife and the view of Roque Cinchado with El Teide in the background is one of them. So much so it made it onto a Spanish banknote (in Peseta days). […]

Walking off the festive food overdose on Tenerife

January 2, 2018 Jack 0

Late December/January on Tenerife usually sees blue skies and warm temperatures, a perfect partnership for walking. […]

Escape the crowds, alternative walking routes on Tenerife

October 31, 2017 Jack 0

For walkers who enjoy solitude and having nature if not exactly to themselves but without an army of selfie-takers clogging up the surrounding scenery […]

The essential ingredients for a good Tenerife walking route

October 17, 2017 Jack 2

The Tenerife walking routes we enjoy most are akin to a favourite recipe, with various essential ingredients combining to create something quite delicious. If a route doesn’t have these, we won’t include them in our walking guides. […]

Why people should stop building rock towers

June 28, 2017 Jack 0

I see a forest of rock towers along walking trails on Tenerife and I have a right old moan about people who don’t understand the etiquette of walking causing havoc. […]

Dates when mouflon culls close walking paths on Tenerife

June 15, 2017 Jack 2

Mouflon culls on Tenerife take place over two different periods during the year. The first is between May and June and the second between October and early November. […]

Scenes of Tenerife and the 2017 Tenerife Walking Festival

May 23, 2017 Jack 0

May, when the island’s spring flowers are in full bloom and temperatures aren’t too hot to trot yet, is an ideal time of year to showcase Tenerife as a top walking destination. […]

Problems with walking groups and buses on Tenerife

March 23, 2017 Jack 1

Half the time when walking the Masca Barranco we emerge at the sea filled with a mix of exhilaration at completing one of Tenerife’s classic routes and outrage at the dodgy practices by some, not all I hasten to add, of the walking groups descending the gorge. […]