It was declared as La Geria Natural Park on June 19, 1987 and reclassified on December 1994 Natural Park. It has an area of 10,158 hectares that belong to the municipalities of Tinajo, Tias and Yaiza.
It is a land of volcanic origin with strange and curious formations arising from the solidification of lava. This space brings together the best examples of lava flows and lapilli fields. The most recent set of lavas and the elements associated with it is of great geomorphological interest, giving the area a high value landscape.
Flora and Fauna
The presence of vegetation is very scarce, except in the areas of oldest materials, prior to the last eruptions 1730 and 1736 and in 1824. Lichens proliferate in these areas, with almost a hundred different species. In the cooler areas, wild geranium, hearts and bejeques are common.
As for fauna, reptiles dominate, but it is the presence of communities of seabirds, which they have adapted well to the exceptional conditions of the park, which have given this space an additional scientific value.
Natural Park
- Declaration: This space is part of the one that was declared by Law 12/1987, of June 19, on the Declaration of Natural Spaces of the Canary Islands as La Geria Natural Park and reclassified by Law 12/1994, of December 19, on Spaces Naturales de Canarias as a natural park.
- Other protections: This space has been declared a special protection area for birds (ZEPA), as established by directive 79/409/ CEE on the conservation of wild birds. This space is by definition an area of ecological sensitivity, for the purposes of what is indicated in Law 11/1990, of July 13, on the Prevention of Ecological Impact.
- Relationship with other spaces: surrounds the Timanfaya National Park in its western limit; to the east it borders the protected landscape of La Geria.
- Municipalities: Tinajo, Tías and Yaiza.
- Area: 10,158.4 hectares.
- Population: inside there is a coastal settlement called Casas del Golfo, with 15 inhabitants, originally it was a place of temporary stay for the population local and little by little, linked to tourist activities, there is a tendency to establish residence.
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