Forests of Fog

The most important of the vegetation of Jandía is found on the very summit. Canary peralillos, adernos, mocanes and other trees typical of the Canarian monteverde, rocks and branches densely covered with moss oozing with water and ferns on the damp walls. Who expects this in arid Fuerteventura? There are even brambles, to which the […]

Cardonal of Vinamar

The main cacti of Canarian cardón persist in the Cofete area and in the Vinamar and Butihondo ravines, on the opposite slope, while those of Jandía cardón are only found in three valleys on the southwestern coast. These of Vinamar are a last redoubt of what had to be great extensions that centuries ago would […]

Winter House

Winter House, also known as Villa Winter, is located above the town of Cofete and at the foot of Pico de la Zarza, the mountain range that divides the Jandía Peninsula from north to south. It was built around 1940 by Gustavo Winter, a German engineer who ended up owning the entire Jandía peninsula. Its […]

Cofete Cemetery

The Cofete Cemetery is a humble and overwhelming graveyard located on the beach. It was built at the beginning of the 19th century by the first inhabitants of the area. It is surrounded by a small wall that the sea sand gradually covers, just like the simple tombs. It is accessed through an old wooden […]

Pier of Puerto de la Peña

El conocido como Puerto de la Peña es en realidad un gran anfiteatro acantilado de 700 metros de semicírculo y hasta 40 metros de altura capaz de proteger estas aguas de las fuertes corrientes de la zona, ideal por tanto para permitir el fondeo de los barcos. Its small rocky jetty was the place where […]

Islote Cofete or Islote Siete Viudas

The islet of Cofete is a low elevation trachytic platform located on the windward beach, to which it is joined to the island by a narrow isthmus of sand. It has an elongated shape and a flattened roof due to marine action. It is characterized by its gray-green color. Its origin is due, on the […]

La Lajita

La Lajita is a small town located on the Sotavento coast that barely has a thousand inhabitants. Its economy is fundamentally based on fishing, an activity that is combined with livestock and agriculture. The town has a small beach that, depending on the season of the year, may or may not have stones. Different restaurants […]

La Rampa

Taking advantage of the natural conditions of the rocks, a 50 meter long ramp was made. It began with an unloading hopper at the top of the cliff and ended in a small dock, where the ships docked to directly receive the material in the holds. Of this structure, only the tall reinforced concrete pillar […]

Cofete Viewpoint

Cofete viewpoint is located in the Degollada de Agua Oveja, 234 meters above sea level, right on the dividing line between the summits, when the track to Cofete stops ascending and begins its descent towards the Windward coast. It is accessed after two kilometers from the fork between Puertito de la Cruz and Cofete. From […]

Sicasumbre viewpoint

The astronomical viewpoint of Sicasumbre is located between Pájara and La Pared, near the village of Fayagua. It is part of the offer related to the declaration of the island of Fuerteventura as a Starlight Reserve, ideal for stargazing given the great quality of the night sky of the Majorera night. The access path to […]