Tamadaba Nature Reserve

An ensemble of beautiful heterogeneous landscapes, together with copses of pines in extraordinary condition are the park's most outstanding values.

Tamadaba is an enormous massif which unites the ecosystems of the precipitous cliffs of Adén Verde, and the crags and slopes of Guayedra. It is also possible to observe unusual rock formations due to the erosion known as 'God's Finger'. Among its vegetation, pine groves of great ecological value stand out, such as those of Tamadaba and Tirma, in excellent condition and which provide a nesting place for several endemic species of birds, such as the blue chaffinch of Gran Canaria and the greater spotted woodpecker. In fact, it is catalogued as a Special Bird Protection Area. In the lower areas there are rockrose groves, Canary Island spurge and 'tabaibas' (old areas not covered by recent lava and in which vegetation abounds). Copses of palm trees appear in the beds of the ravines. The exceptional Canary cedar can also be observed in the park, as well as some endemisms such as the Teide daisy (Argyranthemun tenerifae) and the 'lengua de pájaro' (polygonum rurivagum).