San Sebastian - Marina La Gomera
Early in the afternoon we went for a walk in Garonjay national park. This is a Laurel forest ecosystem of which only about 20% remains. Work is in hand to restore this system. Pine and eucalyptus plantations dating from the 1960's are being removed.
The path we took climbed to just under 1500m
A view east from Garonjay peak.
Hiking is a popular pastime on La Gomera and we passed large numbers of German hikers on the trail. On the way down Tomas rushed off ahead and took a wrong turn. After about and hour he found his way back to the car park.
We drove down a long valley to La Dama. There is a beach there but it looks as though the road down had collapsed some time ago stranding a bar and guesthouse on the beach.
Looking down on Playa La Dama
La Dama has quite a few banana plantations. We tried to buy some bananas but were told this was not possible. However if we came back in an hour they would give us some. We did and they did.
We then drove down Valle Gran Rey to the town of the same name on the SW coast. This was a lovely valley. Very deep and quite built up but nicely so.
Most visitors at Valle Gran Rey appeared to be German. It was a nice resort and not over developed. The adjacent harbour looked a good spot to anchor or moor alongside the quay although some swell worked its way in.
Anchorage off Valle Gran Rey harbour.
We lingered till sunset and were rewarded with a view of a larger sailing vessel silhouetted against El Hierro in the distance.
The path we took climbed to just under 1500m
A view east from Garonjay peak.
Hiking is a popular pastime on La Gomera and we passed large numbers of German hikers on the trail. On the way down Tomas rushed off ahead and took a wrong turn. After about and hour he found his way back to the car park.
We drove down a long valley to La Dama. There is a beach there but it looks as though the road down had collapsed some time ago stranding a bar and guesthouse on the beach.
Looking down on Playa La Dama
La Dama has quite a few banana plantations. We tried to buy some bananas but were told this was not possible. However if we came back in an hour they would give us some. We did and they did.
We then drove down Valle Gran Rey to the town of the same name on the SW coast. This was a lovely valley. Very deep and quite built up but nicely so.
Most visitors at Valle Gran Rey appeared to be German. It was a nice resort and not over developed. The adjacent harbour looked a good spot to anchor or moor alongside the quay although some swell worked its way in.
Anchorage off Valle Gran Rey harbour.
We lingered till sunset and were rewarded with a view of a larger sailing vessel silhouetted against El Hierro in the distance.