Sight · Teide National Park
A brief accessible walk reaches stone seats beneath volcanic slopes.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Teide Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Teide National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Alto de Guamaso and Los Tagorores“Up ahead is Alto de Guamaso Viewpoint, beside a volcanic cone overlooking the pine-filled Orotava Valley. For a short stop, take the nearly level path to Los Tagorores, circular stone seats where you can pause.”
Plays as you drive up to Alto de Guamaso Viewpoint in the Parkwolf Teide Tour Guide.
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Alto de Guamaso is a roadside viewpoint beside Montaña de Guamaso, a 2,151 m volcanic cone. It’s a worthwhile quick break for the pine-filled upper Orotava Valley and Teide on the horizon. The short path to the stone circles gives you a reason to get out beyond the roadside look.
The cone formed from accumulated volcanic material, and large volcanic bombs are scattered across its slopes. Canary Island pine forest gives way to high-mountain scrub here. Look west toward Teide above the valley; on some days trade-wind clouds fill the valley below. For a photo, include the pine line against Guamaso’s reddish slope so the shot shows both the vegetation change and the volcanic ground.
Wildlife
15 sightingsShort-finned Pilot WhaleMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
829 sightingsTenerife LizardMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
11 sightingsWest Canary SkinkMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
98 sightingsTenerife Blue ChaffinchMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
45 sightingsKestrelMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
10 sightingsBarbary PartridgeMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Teide. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModeratePNT 14 Alto de Guamaso Trail2.9 km · 1.4 hr · At the trailheadA volcanic cone walk with a route through its crater.
EasyAlto de Guamaso Accessible Trail to Los Tagorores0.6 km · 20 min · At the trailheadA short stone path passes Guamaso's lava bombs.
ChallengingHuevos del Teide and Montaña Blanca Loop20 km · 6.5 hr · 0.8 km awayA high volcanic loop passes Montaña Blanca’s black lava eggs.
EasyPNT 01 La Fortaleza Trail5.5 km · 2.3 hr · 0.8 km awayA high-altitude one-way walk to La Fortaleza’s rust-red wall.
ModeratePNT 02 Arenas Negras Loop Trail8 km · 3 hr · 0.8 km awayA volcanic loop from pumice slopes to black cinder cones.
EasyJardín Botánico Wolfredo Wildpret Circular Trail0.8 km · 25 min · 0.8 km awayA short, accessible loop among Tenerife’s high-altitude plants.EasyEl Portillo–Mirador del Teide Accessible Trail0.6 km · 25 min · 0.8 km awayA short accessible walk ends at a view of Teide's east face.
ModeratePNT 04 Siete Cañadas Trail16.6 km · 4.5 hr · 0.8 km awayA long volcanic crossing beneath the caldera wall.
Restaurant · 0.6 km awayRestaurante El PortilloA high-road stop for Canarian goat and rabbit with salmorejo.
Sight · 0.8 km awayEl Portillo Botanical GardenSee Teide’s hard-to-find high-mountain plants in one stop.
Visitor center · 0.8 km awayEl Portillo Visitor CenterA volcanic-tunnel reconstruction makes Teide’s origins easier to picture.
Restaurant · 1.4 km awayRestaurante PapillonA meal on the terrace comes with Teide views on clear days.
Sight · 1.4 km awayArenas Negras ViewpointA short walk to the volcanic cone locals call the hen's seat.
Restaurant · 1.5 km awayRestaurante 7 CañadasA terrace meal stop with views toward Teide.
Sight · 2.2 km awayRoque del Caramujo ViewpointA quick path leads to a rocky lookout with Orotava Valley views.
Sight · 3.2 km awayEl Cabezón ViewpointA high ridge looks out across the Orotava Valley.Parkwolf’s Teide ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
