Macizo de Anaga

. The highest point is 1,024 m (Cruz de Taborno). It extends to the Punta de Anaga in the northeast up to Cruz del Carmen in the southwest. Anaga features the mountain points of Bichuelo, Anambro, Chinobre, Pico Limante, Cruz de Taborno and Cruz del Carmen. The mountains were formed from a volcanic eruption about 7 to 9 million years ago making it the oldest parts of the island.

In transportation there are no roads encircling the northeastern part of the island but runs through San Andrés and northwest because these cliffs are treacherous for transportation.

The relative altitude and the peculiar situation being at the passage of the tradewinds converting into a specially humid zone, which favored its existende of special diversity for the natural habitats, which features the "laurisilva" trees. Faunas also features on the island including "Ceropegia dichotoma", "Ceropegia fusca", "Echium virescens" and more.

The natural park was first founded in 1987, it later classified to this day as Parque Rural de Anaga in 1994 by the Law of the Natural Spaces of the Canary Islands. ("Espacios Naturales de Canarias").

External links

* [http://sapiens.ya.com/floraypoesia/anaga.htm Flora of Anaga]