The first walk on Sunday started from our hotel in Aguimes and headed up the Guayadeque Canyon. After about 45 mins of easy walking we stopped at 10 am at a small museum about the canyon and the indigenous people of the area. They lived in the natural caves throughout this part of the island and were conquered by the Spanish around 1480 although many lived in the caves for much longer and indeed many still do.
At about 11 am we headed off road up the river through interesting scenery with lots of cactus and other semi desert type vegetation.
A sandwich lunch before the steep climb up the sides of the gorge taking us up to the relatively flat highland area where there was a fairly straightforward walk back down to the town.
Some GPS problems at the start so missed the full record of the route but estimate around 7 miles walk with 560 m ascent and an equal amount of descent.
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