Cascada de los Colores

The waterfall sits in the western part of the Caldera de Taburiente National Park, on a short detour off the trail that runs along the Barranco de las Angustias. Water draining from the Caldera is unusually rich in iron, and as it spills over the face of a small dam built in the 1960s it has stained the concrete and rock in shades of rust, orange and green. The formation is only half natural, but it is one of the most photographed corners of La Palma.

Most walkers start from the car park at the mouth of the Barranco de las Angustias and cover about thirteen kilometres there and back along the canyon floor, hemmed in by walls hundreds of metres high. The stream has to be crossed many times, so shoes that can get wet and a dry change of socks are worth packing. The alternative is to begin at the Los Brecitos viewpoint and walk down. After heavy rain the riverbed carries a lot of water.