From the forests above La Esperanza, across the Teide caldera, down to Vilaflor and Arona.
Best season: All year, with care in winter. The Las Cañadas stretches reach about 2,400 m: winter nights are near freezing and snow or ice is possible from January to March. The forest and southern stretches are mild all year. Before you go
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Most of stretch 1 is closed since the 2023 forest fire, so the plans start at La Caldera, and La Esperanza to Cuatro Tiempos is a day on its own. Places to stay are few: La Caldera and El Portillo by bus to La Orotava, the Parador inside the national park, and Vilaflor.
Changing the pace or where you stay suggests a new number of days: the fewest that keep each day under 8 h of walking and in daylight, where a place to stay allows.
Days end where the route has a stay, a camp or a village.
Closures at times: km 3.1–3.2 of stage 2. Conservation works with closures at times (Tenerife ON, updated 14 September 2026).
El Portillo Stay in or via La Orotava
A visitor centre and restaurants; no accommodation, and camping is not allowed in the national park. TITSA line 348 leaves El Portillo at about 16:30 for La Orotava and Puerto de la Cruz, and comes back up the next morning (09:30 from Puerto de la Cruz, at El Portillo about 10:40); line 342 serves the south coast (titsa.com, lines 348 and 342).
OpenStreetMap lists at least 5 places to stay within about 600 m of La Orotava; TrailSplits has not checked which are open.
See the area on OpenStreetMapIncludes 3.6 km off the route by the GR 131.1 to Parador de Las Cañadas del Teide.
Closed on set days 07:00–14:00: km 0–12.8 of stage 3. Closed 07:00–14:00 for mouflon control on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 October to 3 November 2026, and on 14 and 15 December 2026: the national park's Siete Cañadas sector south of the TF-21, except the El Portillo and Parador areas. The GR 131.1 path to the Parador is inside the sector.
Stage 3: This map ends the stretch at the junction with the GR 131.1 to the Parador; the official stretch continues about 1 km up to the Degollada de Guajara pass, which the map adds to the next stretch.
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For the Parador, leave the GR 131 here on the GR 131.1 (about 3.6 km, Cabildo relation 2602966). The official stretch continues about 1 km up to the Degollada de Guajara pass.
Includes 3.6 km from Parador de Las Cañadas del Teide back to the route by the GR 131.1.
Closed on set days 07:00–16:00: km 0–11.4 of stage 4. Closed 07:00–16:00 for mouflon control on 21 and 28 October, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 to 18 November, and on 23 and 24 November and 10 December 2026: the GR 131 from Vilaflor to the Degollada de Guajara, named in the notice. The notice calls 10 December a Wednesday, which is the 9th, so keep off both days.
Stage 4: From the GR 131.1 junction the path climbs about 1 km to the Degollada de Guajara pass (about 2,370 m), then descends some 1,000 m to Vilaflor.
Vilaflor Town or village
OpenStreetMap lists at least 8 places to stay within about 600 m; TrailSplits has not checked which are open.
See the area on OpenStreetMapLongest day: day 4, 7 h 20.
Days end at a stage end with a refuge or a village, or in a village the route passes through. Walking times are the Turismo de Tenerife's published times where it gives one, with our estimate beside it; a day that walks part of a stage gets a share of the stage's time by distance and climb. Running times use 7.5 km/h plus one hour per 700 m of climb: a steady reference, not a prediction. Daylight is sunrise to sunset where the day starts; the time left is for breaks, meals and delays. For villages we count the places to stay OpenStreetMap lists; we have not checked which are open. A plan is not a booking: reserve every night before you commit to these day lengths.
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Typical weather on this trail: at the lowest point (624 m) and the highest point (2,417 m). Select a month to see why it is rated as it is.
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| Stages rated good on typical weather | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| High point, day / night | 8°/1° | 9°/0° | 11°/1° | 13°/2° | 16°/4° | 20°/8° | 24°/11° | 24°/11° | 20°/8° | 15°/6° | 11°/3° | 9°/2° |
| Low point, day / night | 18°/11° | 18°/11° | 20°/12° | 20°/12° | 22°/13° | 24°/15° | 26°/17° | 27°/18° | 26°/18° | 24°/16° | 21°/14° | 19°/13° |
| Rain, mm | 56 | 64 | 46 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 45 | 42 | 77 |
| Snow at high point | Possible | Possible | Possible | Frost | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Frost |
| Daylight | 10 h 32 | 11 h 11 | 11 h 57 | 12 h 49 | 13 h 31 | 13 h 55 | 13 h 47 | 13 h 11 | 12 h 22 | 11 h 32 | 10 h 46 | 10 h 22 |
Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.
Before you go
Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.
Five official stretches from La Esperanza to Arona; most of the first is closed since the 2023 fire. Book the Parador first: it is the only hotel inside the national park.
The Parador de Las Cañadas del Teide is the only hotel inside the national park, 3.6 km off the route by the GR 131.1. Without it, the caldera stretches need a bus or a taxi to reach a bed.
Paradores: Las Cañadas del TeideThe national park does not permit camping, and visitors must keep to the marked trails. Check the park's notices before you go.
Teide National Park: rules for visitorsLas Cañadas lies above 2,000 m: nights near freezing in winter, and snow or ice possible from January to March. Check the forecast and the Cabildo's trail alerts each morning.
Tenerife ON: trail alerts and incidentsThe Cabildo shuts parts of the high ground for mouflon culling. Las Cañadas, south of the TF-21 (stretch 3 and the GR 131.1 to the Parador), is closed 07:00–14:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 October to 3 November and on 14 and 15 December. Vilaflor to the Degollada de Guajara (stretch 4) is closed 07:00–16:00 on 21 and 28 October, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 to 18 November, and on 23 and 24 November and 9–10 December. Plan those stretches for other days: the day planner flags them on your dates.
BOC notice 944 of 2026 (Spanish)The Cabildo's trail map shows km 15.3 to 27.8 of La Esperanza to La Caldera closed since the forest fire of summer 2023 and for rockfall, with no signed way round. Entering a closed section is not allowed. Walk La Esperanza to Cuatro Tiempos as a day on its own (book a taxi for the TF-24, where there is no bus), and start the through-walk at La Caldera.
Tenerife ON: GR 131 closuresClosures and notices last checked 19 September 2026: Cabildo de Tenerife: mouflon control · Tenerife ON: alerts · Tenerife ON: GR 131 incidents. Check them again before you set out.
Getting there
Choose a stage or journey above to narrow the travel searches.
Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.
Tenerife North is closest to La Esperanza; Tenerife South is closest to Arona and Vilaflor.
Aena: Tenerife airportsTITSA line 345 links La Caldera with La Orotava and Puerto de la Cruz. Each stage page lists the bus stops near its start and finish; check lines and timetables with TITSA.
TITSA: lines and timetablesTake your trip with you
Prepare each stretch while you still have a connection; mobile coverage is patchy in the forest and the caldera.
Keep your route and maps on your phone for places without a signal. For multi-day trips, prepare them in the installed TrailSplits app.
Saving a bookmark is not a map download. Storage can be cleared by your device; keep a backup map for remote trips.
Route & sources
The map follows the OpenStreetMap relation of the GR 131 (Camino Natural Anaga-Chasna, relation 1122328, operated by the Cabildo de Tenerife), cut at the five stretch ends Turismo de Tenerife publishes. It measures 84.4 km; the official stretches add up to 85.0 km. Turismo de Tenerife lists the official approval of all five stretches as in progress. The Cabildo's Tenerife ON map shows most of stretch 1 closed since the 2023 forest fire (read 18 September 2026); the plans here keep to the open route.
Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 18 September 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.
Turismo de Tenerife: GR 131 Anaga-ChasnaMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation