Pico de Bandama

Pico de Bandama and the great Caldera de Bandama give you one of Gran Canaria’s clearest signs of its volcanic birth. This is a large volcanic caldera with steep walls, and together the caldera and the peak form the Monumento Natural de Bandama, part of the protected landscape of Tafira. The crater began with an explosive volcanic process that likely started between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago, so the shape you’re meeting here is geologically young. Even more striking, recent carbon-14 dating of charred wood beneath a lava flow points to the last eruption about 1,970 years ago, which may make this the island’s most recent eruption. …

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