Pocket Tenerife Travel Guide by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lonely Planet

Dragon Trees

Among the more curious trees you will see here is the giant posy-like drago (dragon tree), which can reach 18m in height and live for centuries. Icod de los Vinos, a small town in the northwest, is home to what is reputed to be the oldest drago tree in the world, at 1000 years. Now that’s a lot of birthday candles…

Wildlife

There is wildlife out there, but it tends to be small and shy and largely undetected by the untrained eye. Lizards and birds are the biggest things you'll see, with about 200 species of birds including five endemics, like the pretty blue chaffinch. And yes, before you ask, this is where canaries come from, but the wild cousins are of a much duller colour tan than the cage birds. If it's big animals you want, you need to turn to the ocean. The stretch of water between Tenerife and La Gomera is a traditional feeding ground for as many as 26 species of whales, and others pass through during migration, the most common being pilot whales, sperm whales and bottle nose dolphins.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.