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Cubo de la Galga – circular route

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Cubo de la Galga – circular route

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Cubo de la Galga – circular route

02:42

7.03km

420m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 6, 2024

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Parking

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933 m

Cubo de La Galga Laurel Forest

Highlight • Forest

20 million years ago, laurel forests were widespread throughout Europe. They died out during the Ice Age and could only survive on Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands. Climbing plants, tendrils, giant ferns. Plants that would otherwise have become extinct in Europe have survived here. It was declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1983.

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1.38 km

Stone Aqueduct of Cubo de La Galga

Highlight • Monument

This small stone aqueduct that crosses the road transports water for use in the surrounding fields.

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2.38 km

Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Very nice short detour into the small valley basin. At the time of our hike in March, a beautiful carpet of white flowers was blooming there and made the valley shine a little. Despite the rain the previous days, we only saw a small trickle of water from the waterfall, but it splashed romantically. In my opinion, the detour of almost 200 meters is still worth it.

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3.13 km

Cubo de la Galga Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

From the actual trail, turn right down a few meters into a narrow canyon (4m). Attention it is very slippery! Arriving at the bottom of the canyon, you can see a picture like in the jungle ...

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4.60 km

View from the Mirador de la Somada Alta

Highlight • Viewpoint

Leisurely hike through a beautiful jungle Barrano gorge with laurel trees and ferns. Varied with great views (if not foggy) from the Mirador de la Somada Alta on La Galga and San Andrés y sauces.

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5.20 km

Colorful door

Highlight • Structure

When I was preparing my tour, I had already seen this tip and thought to myself "It's great to have a colorful door", what kind of "highlight" is that? But once we did the tour and hiked through lush and dense greenery all day, it was a real relief to arrive at this point. With its cheerfulness, this colorful work of art stands out like a lighthouse in the otherwise uniform surroundings and makes the heart beat faster. In addition, there is the wonderfully bright plant directly in front of it, which you can see for the first time at this point on the tour. As you progress, you will see these flowers more often. From my experience, the “highlight” certainly deserves this status.

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7.03 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.58 km

2.10 km

1.89 km

376 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.85 km

1.67 km

1.61 km

1.29 km

430 m

177 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 1 September

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Comments

October 4, 2024,Cubo de la Galga – Rundweg

Beautiful tour. Sturdy shoes and some surefootedness required.

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May 30, 2024,Cubo de La Galga / Mirador de Somada Alta

After arriving on La Palma exhausted and in somewhat cloudy/drizzled weather, we went on a short hike to warm up.
The tour is very easy to do and can be used as a gap filler 😀

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January 30, 2025,Cubo de la Galga 🇪🇸

The detour to the waterfall wasn't worth it today. There was no waterfall to be seen. Hiking poles are recommended for the descent. The only possible rest area is at the highest point after 5 1/3 km. It is very large, however. With a view and possibly sunshine.

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March 26, 2024,La Galga - Cubo de la Galga - Mirador de la Somada Alta - La Galga

Extremely beautiful hike. First along the dry riverbed then up to the Mirador. Through a forest section similar to a rainforest (it actually rained).
The view from the Mirador is not amazing - but that may have been due to the not so great weather. The hike was even more beautiful. Always on beautiful paths, some of which were not …

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April 9, 2025,Tag1: Cubo de la Galga

Finally on vacation 🤗🥳🌲☀️.... We are on the hiking island of La Palma, which is part of the Canary Islands and is also called La Isla Bonita or Isla Verde due to its location in the west of the archipelago, the trade wind clouds, and the high mountains (with regular rainfall)...
The green or beautiful island 🌲😍.
Cubo de la …

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April 13, 2024,👣👣🌞🌿CUBO DE LA GALGA- im Lorbeerurwald

The LAURISILVA - in English - LAUREL FOREST can be found on the Canary Islands, Madeira & the Azores

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November 28, 2022,La Palma: Durch den Urwald des Cubo de La Galga

After yesterday's sun-exposed tour, today we went on a foray through the evergreen halls of the jungle in the Barranco Cubo de la Galga (hallokanarischellen.com/wandern/la-palma/cubo-de-la-galga/). What a contrast to the arid western side of the island! On the partly steep and slippery paths you should have all your senses. Hiking sticks are recommended here.
Afterwards I made a detour to …

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October 23, 2025,Cubo de la Galga & Mirador de Somada Alta

Through magical gorges up to the viewpoint high above the Atlantic. 🥰
We could have collected plenty of chanterelles and puffball mushrooms. 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

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Cubo de la Galga – circular route

Cubo de La Galga Laurel Forest

Stone Aqueduct of Cubo de La Galga

Waterfall

Cubo de la Galga Gorge

View from the Mirador de la Somada Alta

Colorful door

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