Walking on Fuerteventura

FUERTEVENTURA updates to 8th Edition (2025); updated 17/11/24

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Walk 7: If you are coming by the 10 am bus from Puerto del Rosario there is an obvious white shelter bus stop on the FV10 after leaving Tindaya. This avoids the road section from Tindaya.Walking back fifty metres from it you join the walk though the way up to the col now has a line of small pylons for company. I started though from Tindaya and found the timings overly generous as I was at the Mirador De Tababaire in one hour twenty not two hours and five. I would not describe the way down towards the salmon-coloured large farm as very steep. Merely steep with no exposure. Reaching the fence  at the bottom of the slope there was a large gap in it and I was tempted to just head for the farm and pick up a dirt road there. However, I stuck with the book route following the path on the outside of the fence.  I did  cross it though at another gap after its second left turn as the way seemed easier inside it and headed to the gate at marker seven where there was usefully another gap in the fence as the gate was locked. La Oliva has a nice area beside the church with some  shaded benches beneath palm trees. (User, 12/24)

Walks 8 and 9: We started in Casilas del Ángel and did a circuit – 20.75km and 621m elevation gain.  A stunning (and tiring) day out, with plenty of Bus 1 to choose from to maximise your day. The restaurant in Tefía is closed (and available for rent). Thankfully the bar / restaurant in Tetir was open and served good coffee !

Walk 10: The exit out of Barranco Blancos required scrambling rather than walking. My wife actually slipped and grazed her hand. We did not see anybody else on this walk so if there had been accident I am not sure what we would have done. All I think that is required is a warning in the book. (User) • At waypoint 5 on the walk the sign at the entrance to the bird sanctuary says the path is closed from 15 February to 31 July to protect nesting birds. Disappointed we walked back to the village along the road and there, by the car park – at what would be the end of the walk, a similar sign says only that access is restricted between those dates and visitors must not stray from the path. Confusing. (User)

Walk 23: driving from Pájara, I discovered that the FV-618 was closed for roadworks. Since it was a long way round to the other side, the walk was a short one, and I didn’t know how far I’d be able to get in the car if I drove round, I left my car at the junction with the FV-605 and walked along the FV-618 to do the walk. The workmen I encountered on the way seemed unperturbed by my passing by. (User)

Walk 24: Your guide makes the walk more difficult than it needs to be. The best way is to drive to the northern most tunnel under the motorway where you can park on wasteland a few yards away. This point is also near a bus route and only a few minutes from a taxi rank. Then walk to the tunnel but take a track south by the entrance parallel to the motorway. It is only a ten to fifteen minute walk to the southern tunnel where your walk description starts. You then have a full circular walk without having to go in to the town. (User)

Walk 27: It is best to be at Morro Jable bus station at 9.30 as the 21 seat bus often fills up. If you don’t make the 10 am bus as it is full (be there at 9.30), the bus at 14.15 is much less busy. (User, 12/24)

Walk 28: We stayed in Morro Jable.We followed car tour 1 and found it very useful. However, when we set off on walk 28, which was described as a beach walk between Morro and Costa Calma, we ran into difficulties, as there was no warning to avoid the walk at high tide. We discovered that we had to leave the beach along part of the route and go over the headlands which were, in places, quite steep. This made the walk far more strenuous than we had anticipated, to the extent that I was so exhausted that we had to leave the walk before the end in order to find a hotel where we could get a taxi back to our hotel. I hope it will be possible to add a warning about the tide in future editions of your otherwise useful book. (User)

Walk 30: It is best to be at Morro Jable bus station at 9.30 as the 21 seat bus often fills up. The bus leaves El Puertito just after 16.15. Taking the bus entails a ninety minute partly scary journey each way as it goes via Cofete… At the high point of the walk I did not see the gravelly path for direct descent to Agua Cabras but there was an obvious wide sandy track heading for two small cairns. Just after there I took a left track which led me along then down in five minutes to the main track coming up from Agua Cabras. (User, 12/24)