“Even” in Los Cocoteros

Whether it is the first time you are in Lanzarote or you come often, you have probably never heard about Los Cocoteros.

Maybe if you have looked carefully at the map of the island, you have noticed this small population situated at the East Coast, but even if you have, you have probably never been there. Only a small sign hidden in Guatiza, indicates you the road you have to take to reach this small urbanization. I would even say that many of the islands’ residents have never been here and if they have been, nothing has caught their attention to come back.

Los Cocoteros map

But the island is so impressive that “even” (I put inverted commas to stand out the touristic drought from this town), in Los Cocoteros we can find some of the wonders we like to make stand out.

Right in the entrance of Los Cocoteros, at the right hand, if we travel 200 metres through the spectacular coast which the basaltic rocks and the sea forms, with their spouts which as an aerosol, distributes the sea’s water through the air, we will find Las Salinas from the Agujeros or from Guatiza.

Littles arcs in the cost

If we keep in mind Las Salinas de Janubio, here we will find a smaller version of them, nothing compared with the imposing ones in Janubio, which seem to be designed for the exhibition, however, here we will enjoy the beauty of the smallness. We will be able to see the small squares just in front of our feet, will be able to appreciate the colour of each one of them, depending on the salt concentration, we will be able to touch the salt which waits for its transportation and will also be able to photograph the Salinas from the inside.

Guatiza saltworks

Here we will find no offices, restaurants, viewers… only a small house in which the tools are kept, the hills of salt along the pathway and a keeper who doesn’t seem to care about being asked many questions.

Once our first visit has been finished, we can continue a little further and we will arrive at a 50 metre cove, which is perfectly prepared for a bath, having as well a solarium zone with wooden planks.

Los Cocoteros cove

If the swim here hasn’t been satisfactory we can always return following our footsteps towards the urbanisation. The first thing we find here is a pool, well… a puddle… or a beach… or What shall I say?... A something!

Los Cocoteros view

It’s a concrete dam which separates the sea from the swimming area, allowing the entry of the high tide and which is emptied with the low tide. It’s a very curious place used mainly by the young locals.

Los Cocoteros swimming pool

But…Let’s have a walk a little further from here! It’s not more than 500 metres!

If we exit through the other side of the town, through the left side looking towards the sea, and follow a path, easy to find, which is near the coast, we arrive to a house situated in a magnificent place which looks towards the south. We leave the house at our right and we pass through a small trail which surrounds it. There is a small, easy to climb slope. Once we are up, let’s walk 20 metres through a path and let’s get into the coast. There we will find an incredible natural pool called Cueva del Agua or La Olla.

Cave of the water

The access to the water requires some skills and appropriate footwear because the 8-10 metre descent through the rocks contains some danger. However, it’s worth it because once there we can enjoy a delicious bath. It also allows us to rest, sheltered form the wind.

Cave of the Water

This beautiful natural pool is joined to the sea by a tunnel, this results in an always clear water. But we must be careful, the beauty of the place must not make us forget the safety measures which the nature requires, specially, when this one is so wild.

So, as said, “Even” in Los Cocoteros we can find small wonders happening in this incredible island.

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Traduction: Yaiza De Andrés and Hanna De Andrés