La Palma

DISCOVER OUR HIKES IN LA PALMA

The natural beauty of the island is best enjoyed slowly, step-by-step. La Palma has a network of trails perfectly equipped and signposted to get to know its just over 700sq km that are considered to be, in its entirety, a World Biosphere Reserve.

Crossing ancient laurel forests, walking among volcanoes and ending with a swim in the sea or walking among pine forests or viewpoints...

Find your way to enjoy hiking on your next getaway to La Palma.

Hiking in La Palma is fantastic because of the varied landscape

With over 220 trails, the island has much to offer hiking enthusiasts. 219 hiking trails and 3 long-distance routes invite you to explore the island in a different way.

It's hard to choose where to hike on La Palma, so we help you out by listing the best walks that we completed over the times we where there.

15km

Caldera de Taburiente

Spectacular tour of world's largest erosion crater

764m

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Spectacular trek through the largest erosion crater in the world. The spectacular nature of this gorge, eight kilometres in diameter and up to one and a half kilometres deep, covered by dense Canary Island pine forests and traversed by deep canyons, cannot be appreciated in photos; you have to see it for yourself. The Caldera de Taburiente National Park, located in the centre of the island of La Palma, is the main tourist attraction on the so-called "Isla Bonita", a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Here, nature harbours a valuable treasure of geological and biological diversity.

4km

Roque de los Muchachos

To the highest point of La Palma!

175m

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Round trip from Roque de los Muchachos via: - Mirador Espigón del Roque (0.6 km) Short but very nice out-and-back walk on the highest point of La Palma. In good weather, you'll have fantastic views of the Caldera de Taburiente.

The crater was an active volcanic mountain two million years ago with a height of more than 3 kilometres. The highest peak of the caldera currently stands at 2426 metres.

LIST ALL OUR HIKES IN LA PALMA

If you want an instant overview of all our hikes in La Palma , check our Wikiloc page for more information and GPX-files.