Walking Holidays In La Gomera From Sherpa
Expeditions.
Apartrent have affiliated with walking
holidays specialists
Sherpa Expeditions to give a preview of their walking
holiday in La Gomera. Sherpa started providing walking
and cycling holidays back in 1973 and have built up a large
customer base, mostly through word of mouth recommendations.
The Holidays
Due to its volcanic origins the island’s scenery is dramatic,
mountainous, very beautiful and different from anywhere in
Europe. Hiking on the island from high rocky mountains to
cloud forest and banana plantations is an ideal way to see the
real Gomera. It is a relaxed, unsophisticated island with a
population of just 20,000 people living mostly in the capital,
San Sebastian, or the villages of the north.
If you want the feeling of walking alone with nature then this
is the place to be.
So rugged is the island that pre telephones, Gomerans
developed a language of whistling called El Siblo,to
communicate from valley to valley. With a little practice you
can place an order for an ice cold beer or a gin & tonic ready
for your arrival, just whistle.
La Gomera’s highest point is the Alto de Garajonay at 1,450
metres and there is very little flat land at all due to the
deep ravines (barrancos) that cut into the island from the
central highlands.
You will be walking virtually round the island, having gone
from a dry, rocky landscape through cultivated terraces and
banana plantations, up to the rare laurisilva cloud forest, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
At a latitude of just 28° north of the equator, the
temperature varies little between winter and summer, ranging
from a winter average of 19° to 25° in the summer, although
higher up in winter it will be a lot cooler. The benign
climate allows the cultivation of a wide variety of exotic
crops grown on ingeniously built terraces. It also means you
can enjoy Gomera all year round.
