Today was the last full day of the tour – and a free day. Most of the group decided, to stay in Las Palmas, to check out the historical center. My choice was different, I wanted to get a different glimpse of Gran Canaria and ended up signing up for another hiking day, this time in the South of the island – three fellow travelers were joining in, to there were four of us.

We had a morning pick-up by taxi in front of the hotel, from here we made it to a random service station in the vicinity of the airport, where we changed to the van of our guide. A short trip got us to the town of Ingenio, where we had a first stop for a bit of self-guided tour through the nicely renovated center and a glimpse into the Church to Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. After the usual coffee on the square next to the church we continued the drive for Guayadeque ravine.

We started with a first hike (well, more a walk) at the museum; from here we made our way up the valley for the 3km towards the Cueva Bermeja settlement. During the hike we had 20 minutes, where we enjoyed, what had been the only rain for the whole two weeks.

After a sandwich lunch in front of the Ermita de Guayadeque, we made it to the small settlement at Montaña de Las Tierras for another walk (also about 3km) further up the ravine with some nice views on the way. Coming back we had stop for a bite in one of the cave restaurants, that one finds throughout the valley – and an opportunity, to finally get to try the infamous Canarian morcilla dulce (sweet blood pudding) … which was actually quiet delicious (and blood pudding is not something, I’d usually go for).

By now it was late afternoon and we made it back to the airport – for a bus trip back to Las Palmas – and the final group dinner.