El Las Vacas ravine o Barafonso ravine has become a well-known tourist attraction for residents and visitors of Gran Canaria. Because? For its peculiar rock formations called Tobas de Colores. These striking formations have a certain similar to the famous Antelope Canyon in the United States. However, we are talking about a small area in the middle of the ravine. However, since it is a trendy site and occupies such a small space, its enjoyment is becoming complicated. Both because of its overcrowding and because of the limited parking in the area. We tell you everything below!
How to get to Barranco de Las Vacas in Gran Canaria
The Barranco de Las Vacas in Gran Canaria is located in the municipality of Agüimes, But People confuse it with Las Tobas de Colores that we show you in these photos. If what you really want to visit is this spectacular geological canyon, it is located in the Barafonso ravine. To get to your Tobas by car, you must enter “Colored tuffs from the Barranco de Las Vacas" or "road to go down to Las Tobas de Colores”. You can copy directly this direction exact on your mobile and follow it with your car.
Barranco de Las Vacas: parking to visit the Tobas de Colores
You will see that in the vicinity You only have 2 options to park. One with space for only two cars next to the access to the shortest path (just 5 minutes walking). The other option is to leave the car about 100 meters before arriving (approximately 10 minutes on foot). The problem is that you will have to walk next to the road and the shoulder is very small. That is, there is no need to take a long walk if you only want to visit the formations, but access is not very safe. In any case, As for the trail itself, you can go with children as it is not a difficult path, although they should wear good footwear for the first descent.
If you would like to take a walk to explore the entire ravine and take the opportunity to visit the Caves of La Audiencia, you will probably arrive when a large number of visitors concentrate on this resource. Therefore, the ideal is that you start the route from the Tobas de Colores. The only access on foot to appreciate these formations is by crossing the stone bridge and tunnel that we show you below. It can be seen from the road, which will serve as a guide when trying to park in the area. Important: Don't leave anything visible in the car!
Route to the Colored Tobas of the Barranco de Las Vacas
If you are looking for Barranco de Las Vacas route, clearly it is another path because, as I told you, this place is called The Colored Tobas. To visit these rock formations, you must walk a path of approximately 50 meters from the point that we marked before on Google Maps. We were quite disappointed, since we were expecting something bigger. Furthermore, there were at least 20 people at the same time in a fairly small space to get their photo for Instagram.
Even so, it is a very beautiful and peculiar place that you can visit if you plan to take a route through the Agüimes area and ideal to combine with the Barranco de Guayadeck. As you can see below, the environment is super nice, but We suggest that you try to be there before 10:00 in the morning to avoid meeting many people. Although, as we see it, it is not one of the places essential things to see in Gran Canaria.
Video: the Barranco de Las Vacas in Gran Canaria
In this video we suggest a great plan to do in Gran Canaria: excursion to the Tobas de Colores in the Barranco de Las Vacas, walk through the town of Agüimes, food and tour Guayadeque ravine and visit to the town of Ingenio. You Subscribe now and here to our YouTube channel so you don't miss our videos of Gran Canaria.
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The name Las Vacas ravine, to the indicated place, is a mistake made, a few years ago, by a media outlet. The ravine is called Barafonso, since the Las Vacas ravine is located in another place.
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