Fuencaliente - the hot spring
The new lighthouse, which was built after the last volcanic eruption in 1971, because the old lighthouse was too far inland due to the land gain, safely guides shipping around the surging Cape.
The southern tip is the ideal place to be impressed by the unleashed natural forces of the Atlantic - but please, keep respectful distance.
colour contrasts
Fuencaliente still uses the power of the sun to extract table salt from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Unleashed forces of nature …
At the pointed southern cape, different currents meet, which is why particularly high and chaotic swell can often be observed here.
Sailors circumnavigate the cape at a safe distance
Blowholes impressively show the power of water…
... to soon disappear again through the tidal range
The salt from Fuencaliente is popular for the preparation of the typical island speciality'papas arrugadas' (shrunken potatoes).
At San Antonio the heat of the last volcanic eruption can still be felt today
View from San Antonio to the Cape
Just a few miles north of the Cape, the sea is calm and smooth. Huge caves open up to the sailor.