Tourism and adventure sports in the Canary Islands
From the peculiar, unique and diverse national parks of the Canary Islands to the Sierra de la Tremonton in the Balearic Islands, through the waters of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean that bathes the two regions, you can practice adventure sports as varied as hiking , mountain biking, climbing, air sports, water or underwater.
Canary: hiking, mountain biking, sports tickets and water activities
In the Canary Islands, sporting opportunities within the archipelago are mainly concentrated in four activities: hiking, mountain biking, 4×4 tours and paragliding, hang gliding or ultra light.
Canarian autonomous government launched years ago Island Trails Plan managed to rehabilitate the old road through the Canary Islands geography and allowing travel primarily by the four major national parks are home to the islands: Las Canada’s del Tide (Tenerife) – at 3,718 meters the highest peak in Spain and the third largest volcano in the world – La Caldera (La Palma)-considered a World Biosphere Reserve and volcanic-Timanfaya (Linarite)-over 25 volcanoes, some as representative as the Mountain or the Mountain of Fire “and Garajonay Rajada (Gomera)-almost permanently shrouded in thick fog and high rainfall and constant moisture.
But apart from the above national parks in the Canary Islands, due to its topography, inviting tour of its many highways, trails and streams.
The mountain bike is its finest on the island of Tenerife on exciting journeys along the roads and trails surrounding Mount Teide, with its rugged terrain and ravines that flow into the black sand beaches. While paragliding, hang gliding and ultra light focuses on both Tenerife and Gran Canaria, with a profusion of flying schools on both islands.