VOLCANIC ORIGIN TENERIFE 🌋

GARACHICO 😎
The Roque of Garachico is a Canarian islet located on the north coast of the island of Tenerife.
An emblem of the charming municipality of Garachico.

Roque of Garachico

The Natural Monument has about 5 hectares of surface and was protected in 1987 with the initial designation of Natural Area of National Interest of the Islet of Garachico.
In 1994 it adopted its current name of Natural Monument of Roque de Garachico.

Roque of Garachico – Tenerife Natural Monument

The roque is a volcanic geological formation of basalt flows that has been isolated due to the retreat of the coast by marine erosion.

Natural Monument
The vegetation in Roque de Garachico is scarce, its majority presence is cardones and tabaibas.
Its walls constitute a nesting point and refuge for various migratory birds and others that are threatened such as the Bulwer’s Petrel, the small shearwater or the Madeira paiño.
Source of information: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monumento_natural_del_Roque_de_Garachico
Roque Garachico

Garachico has me in love.
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Photographs by Andrés Lemus.
How to get to GARACHICO
Roque Garachico
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We leave the following link to Playa La Arena in Tacoronte. A beach in the north of Tenerife, which has the Blue Flag distinction.
