Lanzarote, Northen Attractions
In just one day, we travelled from Playa Blanca at the
southermost point of the island and made our first stop at the
Mirador Del Rio high in the mountains in the north, stopping off
to take some spectacular pictures from this strategic lookout
point, cut into the mountain side. We then turned at the top of
the island and made our descent to sea level where we saw an
array of different coulered sands blown across the sea from the
Sahara desert. shortly after this we arrived at our second
attraction, the Jameos del Agua.
Enchanting, Mystical & Magical, the three most common words used
to describe a place created as a result of a formation of gas
explosions within a volcanic bubble. Over the years, seawater
has flooded the tunnels so that eventually a lagoon has been
left behind. A lagoon that is home to thousands of tiny white
crabs that have become blind through many years of living in
poor light, alagoon that has a bar and a restaurant and even a
nightclub three times a week !
Almost next door, we foud La Cueva de los Verdes, one of the
longest volcanic galleries in the world at 6km long and there is
surprise element to this tour which I cannot tell you about
otherwise it would spoil your visit. You need to be reasonably
fit and healthy as you need to climb several stairs and bend
over in order to get under many low recesses. It is impossible
to take a pushchair into the caves.
Then we moved on to the Jardin de Cactus to see 1,400 different
species all planted together in a small area of land to create
the beautiful Cactus Garden.