Aloe Route

Gran Canaria
San Bartolomé de Tirajana

· Localitation: South-Central
· Area: 333 km²
· Habitants: 54.932 (2025)
Average annual value:
· Humidity: 10%
· Temperature: 20º
· Precipitation: 200 mm
Gastronomy
Discovering the environment where these Aloe Vera plantations are 
cultivated is a gift that can only be appreciated through walks on their
 lands. Crops hidden between palms and sharp cliffs. It is a sinuous 
road that leads to these Aloe Vera crops, full of color in spring and
 ocher during the summer. From the crops we can see the high mountains 
of the summit, its hazards caressing the clouds and a palm grove 
surrounded by the white houses of Santa Lucia town and the 
so-called "thousand palms of the valley". The Canary Islands have a 
climate suitable for the Aloe Vera quality, thanks to its 
flexibility, to the cooling effect of the trade winds. The scenery is 
unique!
From the sinks and ancient Egyptians we get documents about 
their use. Nowadays it is used more and more, for both ends as 
gastronomic, as curatives, as cosmetics. It has been used to treat a 
wide range of conditions. The wide spectrum of its functions make it a 
multivalent remedy. For internal use it is usually taken a tablespoon of
 juice before meals. It can be mixed with fruit juices or with honey, 
while we take it in salad. It is an excellent natural antiseptic that 
penetrates easily into the skin and tissues. It acts as an anesthetic, 
calming pains, has a great bactericidal activity, which destroys 
numerous types of virus, highly nutritive, favors normal cell growth, 
hydrates the tissues and acts as an antipyretic. To avoid sunburn, Aloe 
gel should be applied at least 20 minutes before exposure to sunlight. 
Like "after sun" it is second to none. In case of oral problems, sores, 
extraction wounds, gingivitis or stomatitis, the gel or extract will be 
kept in the mouth for as long as possible and keeping it in contact with
 the affected area.
In this tour you can taste the freshness that Aloe Vera produces on your skin and taste it in a fruit juice.
All routes include tasting, hiking, picknick, transportation, insurance and guide.
Hike - Pilancones ParK
    The 
pinewood of its summits constitutes a habitat in good state of 
conservation where the majority of its poultry population is 
distributed, reason why it has been included in the network of special 
zone for protection of the birds of the EU. At the base of these summits
 are located some caves of ethnographic value. The park plays an 
important role in hydrological catchment. In the higher parts the Pino 
Canario predominates. Among the most outstanding advantages of the pine 
forest are the maintenance of atmospheric humidity, it acts as a sink of
 C02, it avoids erosion and recovers springs. In the lower levels, below
 830 m, we can find among other varieties: Opuntia (cactus), Euphorbia 
(spurge) and Dracaena (drago). From the terraces of Los Juncos with 
steep slopes and isolated topographically we contemplate exceptional 
panoramas of the most eastern part of the park, with the Degollada de 
Manzanilla and Rosiana, between Morro del Guanil and Montaña de la 
Negra. The park plays an important role in soil protection and aquifer 
replenishment. In the south area prey are abundant, some of them of 
great dimensions.
Scare topography in whose interior are small hamlets like Ayagaures and Los 
Vicentes, finding places like La Cruz de La Angustia, with a green 
tonality is very unique. We speak of an enclave with a combination of 
colors and aromas typical of the sunrise, where we recreate our sight in
 a succession of small plateaus, crossed by ravines. The small springs do the trail path as easily as recognizable, because of the greenness of the Juncalillos that grow in its channel, located where they end up 
steep slopes.
	
		
			
		
	
Choose the route that best suits to you
Level 1
Distancie: 3,5km
Slope: + 200m / - 100mEasy
Level 2
Distancie: 7,5km
Slope: + 400m / - 200mMedium
Level 3
Distancie: 12,5km
Slope: + 500m / - 350mHigh
Aloe Route

