Pico De Bandama in Agüimes

This crater to walk along is situated between the municipalities of Santa Brigida, Telde and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The seaward route through Caldera de Bandama goes between the ravines of Las Goteras and Guiniguada. This area of enormous natural richness was formed five thousand million years ago along with the ancient volcano Pico de Bandama. The crater is 216 metres deep, 574 metres high and 1,000 metres wide. Along with its geological value the archaeological site of Cueva de los Canarios, which the ancient settlers used as a granary for storing harvests and food is of great interest. With a trekking route of just under three kilometers, the route through Caldera de Bandama ( named in honour of a Flemish trader called Van Dammegoes by the viewpoint at Cornical and continues along las Casas de Fondo, the cave of Bodegas, the pond of El Culatón and the cross of the Tres Piedras. It is a demanding trek with an average gradient of 18%, along the walk you can see plants such as white echium and wild olive tree as well as island birds like the kestrel and the blackcaps. Don’t forget to take sun cream.

Possibilité de faire 2 randonnéesPour descendre en bas du volcan ; le sentier démarre au niveau du restaurant. Pas trop difficile mais prévoir de leau et chaussures de randonnéePour faire le tour du volcan, nous avons garer la voiture au niveau du golf. Il y a des escaliers qui descende juste après le parking et qui nous amène à un chemin. Au bout du chemin, il y a le golf a droite et à gauche il y a chemin qui fait le tour du volcan. Prévoir chaussures de randonnée également. Randonnée facile

Amazing view at the top. Worth the visit!

Stunning as long as you can find somewhere to park your car!!

One trail washed away, the other is closed for some movie. No notice anywhere.

Amazing nature views

Unglaublich schön! Ich empfehle den Rundweg (etwa 1,5h). Allerdings sollte er nicht bei größerer Hitze und mit ausreichend Wasser gemacht werden. Ausblick: Unbezahlbar.

Fairly moderate short hike. Beautiful views whike walking through this extinct volcano.

Very nice route for a trip, beautiful views and lots of spots where you can sit and enjoy the views!

Nice view but thats all.

Beautiful place to hike (for amateurs and professionalsand easy to reach by bus!

Lugar muy bonito y no muy lejos de la capital Las Palmas. El camino para llegar al mirador está muy bien. Las vistas son espectaculares. Quizás mejor cuando luce el sol. No hay mucho aparcamiento pero la gente suele dejar el coche arrimado al borde de la carretera.

nice and quite easy hike, but nothing special to see

Amazing view … we been with panorama Canarias tours…The Pico de Bandama is a dead volcano located in the east of Gran Canaria, which is part of the Canary Islands. Three municipalities converge at the crater: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Brígida and Telde. The volcanic crater Caldera de Bandama was formed by a collapse.

Great

Wow really Amazing!

It is a place that eveyone must visit once travelling in Gran Canaria. Beautiful landscape, the day spent in the nature, wonderful views

Beautiful hike with gorgeous views. Local winery sells great wines.

The trail along the ridge of the caldera is a great place to hike, especially on a clear day when you can see most of the eastern part of gran Canaria, and maybe even Fuerteventura. Beautiful flora and if you are lucky, quite a number of lizards enjoying the sun.

Also great with kids. 6 and 3 years

Beautiful view

Great work of mother nature.

Very nice views and great hiking trail. You can hike around the crater about an hour without stops.

Went with friends they were impressed.

It is easy to get down and really tough to get all the way back up again. It starts off with a pathway but quickly it disappears. Be careful when its raining as it can be slippery.As there is an old wine vineyard/distillery there it makes me think how they managed to get all the wine up haha. They do have a information board explaining the house there but not that part.There are so many pretty flowers, green trees and other interesting plants. If you can Id recommend a trip down to see everything there. Do explore most of it!Unfortunately there are so many people carving names into the great tree there, such a shame to see.

Impressive caldera which you can access by car. You can walk around it but we didnt.

Great walk..Not easy all the way around but absolut well worth the effort. You get some great view point for taking pictures or just enjoy the view. And looking into the volcano crater is just fascinating. Don´t worry it´s about 2000 years ago since it last erupted.

Beautiful scenery

Impressive site to stop and walk for a bit! Recommended to see this vulcano crater!

Scenic walks around the rim of the crater, great views of the surrounding countryside.

The Caldera de Bandama and nearby Pico de Bandama are two excellent places to visit and are only 30 minutes away from Las Palmas by car. As the name suggests, the Caldera is a volcanic crater, created during violent volcanic activity some 5000 years ago, and is the biggest crater in the Canary Islands. The caldera is roughly 1000 metres across and 200 metres deep. There are numerous caves in the walls of the crater which were occupied in prehistoric times. In later times the bottom of the crater was occupied by several farming families. It is possible to see several stone threshing floors, a wooden wine press and a number of stone water channels which give an idea of the kind of agricultural activity the crater supported in times past.Access to the crater is from the hamlet of Casas de Fondo, where there is a bar/restaurant for sustenance after the walk down and back. The descent takes 30 minutes and is steep and the surface of the path is fine volcanic scree and is quite rough. Good walking footwear and drinking water are highly recommended.There are a number of paths around the bottom of the crater which allow the visitor to view the old farm buildings and very varied flora.Close by is the Pico de Bandama which is the highest point in the area and was one of the focal points of the eruption that caused the crater below. Nowadays, the Pico has a small carpark, a bar/cafeteria and is popular because of the matchless panoramic views. Just below the car park there is an entry point to the walk around the crater perimeter. The path is narrow and steep and rough in places. The full circuit takes roughly two hours. Again, strong footwear and drinking water are advisable. A worthwhile experience.

There are two trails. The first one is downhill, through the gate close to the cafe. It takes approx 1,5 h to go down and back. Full of lizards, nice flora and views. Its ok.The second trail goes around the caldera and is much much longer but the view is awesome since it goes always atop of the ridge. This one can end with the ascend to the peak.

Dont miss to take the walk around the crater walls. Takes less than an hour.

Amazing!

Nice walk around the edge of the crater. Also possible to walk down into the centre.

Hudge volcano crater 2 hour steady walk down the views and nature was exquisite

Worth the trip

Nothing to do here except looking at the beautiful view. You should swing by if youre in the area and like nature. But dont go out of your way to get here.

Amazing time going there by motorcykle, to bad it was raining But it was Good anyways.Id say the ride there were actually Better then the siting itself. Oh Well, you Will enjoy it!

Just stunning!

Amazing view of an old vulcano 😎

Definitely make the drive to this one if you are able to, the pictures just don’t do it justice. The caldera itself is absolutely immense and you can climb down into the bottom if you want to (I think there are stairs and slopesbut we didn’t do that part as my partners knee wouldnt have held out. We went in the late afternoon and would have liked to have stayed longer and perhaps had a wander around and an explore of the area. It was well signposted and easy to find after leaving the motorway coming from the south of the island.

Great!

Was driving back an easier route from Pico De La Nieves and stumbled across this Caldera, i didnt know it was there, got out the car and took in the sights - it was a lovely thing to see.

Beautiful caldera. Its impressive to walk into a recent caldera (<2000a). Hiking up and down hill and around is pretty easy with suitable shoes.

Incredible view!

Great hike at the Volcan Area, very nice scenery full of Aloe Vera and Cactuses.

Close to Las Palmas, good place to take some pictures. Like this place

Toll

You can look into, walk around, and walk into a caldera