Tenerife Day 7 - Barranco del Infierno

Today we went to the Barranco del Infierno (Hell's Gorge) near Adeje. We'd read the path was closed, and had been so for 2 or 3 years, since a flood had washed some of the path away. However we had also read that it was possible, with a bit of scrambling, to still get to the end, as long as you didn't mind going past the "closed" signs at the start.

So we did!

We walked up the path - most of it was OK. There were good views in all directions.

Southern Grey Shrike.

Some bits had eroded, and as we got into the narrower part some bridges had washed away and we had to climb over some tree trunks.

The further up the gorge we went, the greener and wetter it got. We arrived at the waterfall at the end, which runs down a high vertical wall and is very pretty.

We walked back out the gorge again, having our lunch back near the start. We decided to drive to Costa Adeje and go to the beach for our last afternoon, since it was hot and sunny. We bought some drinks at the supermarket then sat on the beach for a couple of hours, having a paddle and doing some sunbathing.

After a drink at a beachside bar we went back to the apartment where we did our packing and made some sangria with the last of our wine. We went out to the Da Vinci Italian restaurant, where Shirley had lasagne and Scott had pasta with Gorgonzola and orange sauce.