Our aim of Tuesday was to see the highest point and centre of the island, the Caldera de Taburiente. On La Palma, the volcano has collapsed into a cauldron, so from below, one sees only the rim.
However, first stop was breakfast, so we went into Los Llanos and found cake, coffee and tea, plus some photo opportunities.
Then we set out for the mountain. We drove to the visitor centre, picked up a map and continues up the mountain, as far as we could drive. There are three wars of getting to the rim: book in for one of 16 parking places, take a taxi or walk. We walked! It took about an hour to reach the rim (around 3.5 km uphill) and where the car park is and the taxis stop(1340 metres above sea level. Views on the way up:
The walk to the miradore (viewing point) was 530m descending into the crater over rough ground, but not as bad a Los Tiles. As we walked, we didn't know what to expect, there were trees everywhere. Eventually we turned a corner and reached the view point - we knew then why we were there.
Here we are at the miradore
So then all we had to do was retrace our steps and find some lunch. Here is John taking a photo and the resulting photo
Sunset from our bungalow
In the evening, we again walked down to the town to eat.
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