Robin Aarts
The slow way round a 269 km² island
Based in Valverde, El Hierro.
They walk the GR-131 from Faro de Orchilla up to Tamaduste a few times a year and map the El Golfo mirador roads for people who only have four days. They cover the Bajada de la Virgen cycle, the sabina groves at El Sabinar, and what the Gorona del Viento plant means for an island running on wind and water.
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Walking El Hierro's volcanic edges
El Hierro's cliff viewpoints, crater walks and lava pools are mostly free and close to Valverde. Two of them you have to book ahead, and there are places where you should stay out of the water.
Las Puntas, the El Hierro village under the El Golfo cliffs
Five hotel rooms on a lava flow, 17th-century salt pans, three lava pools and a 5.5 km coast path, with the phone numbers you need before you go.
Pozo de las Calcosas, the hamlet under El Hierro's cliff
Thatched lava cottages and two sea pools at the bottom of a stepped descent on El Hierro's north coast, with a cement Neptune watching the water.
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