On the final day we decided to head for a corner of the island we'd yet to explore - the SE, between Caleta de Fuste and Gran Tarajal. This is an area of cuchilletes - remnants of the central shield volcano - and scoria cones and flows. It is also the closest point to the African mainland so we headed first for the lighthouse on the south-east tip. This stands on top of a cuchillete - one of the few places where a road goes to the top of one of these knife edge ridges and as we drove up the single track road we began to see why: it wound around the hillside spurs with a steep slope below. Occasionally on the most dramatic points there was a token crash barrier but for the most part nothing between us and the drop and we were glad not to have to pass anything in one of the passing places!
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| Looking back at the lighthouse, and towards Gran Tarajal, from the headland |
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| The road back down - we were glad not to meet anything! |
From here we went on to Gran Tarajal which has a lovely beach and uses a very pretty stone for some of the buildings
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| Gran Tarajal |
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| Leisegang rings in stone |
Finally, as the icing on the cake we had a great view of a Fuerteventuran Chat while we ate our picnic!
Finally, as the icing on the cake we had a great view of a Fuerteventuran Chat while we ate our picnic!
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