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Status October 2022: The cliff tunnel and the middle Tamaimo tunnel are closed. The lower and upper Tamaimo tunnels are “still” open. I look forward to receiving up-to-date information.
As of late March 2023 the cliff tunnel is open, I found the climb to it too dangerous, perhaps I took the wrong way… I couldn’t find the entrance to the first Tamaimo tunnel from the village’s side. The second Tamaimo tunnel’s doors are broken open on both sides, there are warnings on a digital screen at the entrance of toxic fumes amongst other lethal risks. There is a chicken coop right next to it and a building marked as “ticket office” on maps.me. I saw that the 3rd tunnel was open from the Barranco’s side, did not check it from the village’s.
Today May 24, the cliff tunnel was closed from the Barranco side. We went up through the east Tamaimo tunnel, and returned through the middle Tamaino tunnel. There were no people charging money, but a woman with 2 children living in the broken down building. A bit strange. Also, the gate was only partially open, so not easy for big people to get through.
We also verified that the western Tamaino tunnel is open on both sides. This took quite a challenging walk following the water tube from the eastern tunnel to the western tunnel and a steep rocky decent, but very interesting nonetheless.
Thanks Tim and Hilde for sharing actual information
Do you mean that now you can reach Barranco Seco only from Santiago del Teide?
No, there a still some ways over the mountains from Tamaimo to Barranco Seco. And in the moment three tunnels are not closed – as far as I know.
Mise a jour du 26/06/23
Le Barranco seco n’est accessible que par Tamaimo, porte a gauche défoncée après le poulailler et a la sortie barreaux sciés.
Attention la descente est relativement engagée à la sortie du tunnel.
Plus bas un panneau indique que le Barranco seco est temporairement fermé de février a août pour cause de nidification.
Pour les tunnels, a droite comme a gauche en descendant, ils sont fraîchement fermés, les brouettes de chantier et la bétonnière sont encore sur place, panneau propriété privée réservé aux personnels uniquement et portes et cadenas bien en place mais pour combien de temps ?
Pas de possibilité pour poursuivre jusqu’à Los Gigantes, seule solution demi tour.
Thank you for the comment. The description of the middle Tamaimo tunnel is correct. Also that the beach is closed from February to August because of nesting birds. This sign is there all the time. It is also correct that the tunnel onto the cliffs is closed. However, the other Tamaimo tunnels are still open at the moment.
I know about 7 tunnels and one tunnel-system with ca. 20 small tunnels in this area. All of these are shown on http://www.mapy.cz. Make sure you set it to “Outdoor” and you can see all tunnels and entrances. For all I know there might be more, as Mapy.cz is lacking in other parts of Teno where there are tunnels not shown. I see only some of those are mentioned here, so I wanted to write to maybe clarify for someone wanting to explore the area. There are 4 tunnels going into the first barranco: Barranco Mancha de Los Diaz (Often referred to as Barranco Seco) out of which only the two tunnels (high and low) from Tamaimo are currently open. From there there is a high tunnel going into the next barranco, and there is a lower tunnel system also going into the next barranco, which is Barranco Seco/Natero/Sauce depending on what map/part. It still confuses me a bit where and what the name is, but I am referring to the second barranco after Tamaimo/Los Gigantes. The high tunnel has been cut open by some blessed soul and is accessible by using the top Tamaimo tunnel and simply following the water channel with white sediments until you reach the next tunnel. The lower tunnel system (20 tunnels) I have seen described as “Las ventanas de Barranco Seco” is closed after the third tunnel coming from Barranco Mancha de Los Diaz. If you were to walk the cliff path or the channel from Los Gigantes, use the tunnel (now closed and cant be used), got into the first barranco and continued along the water channel, you would eventually get to this tunnel system. Say you use the upper tunnels to get into the second barranco, from there there are also two tunnels, one high in the barranco and one in the middle in the barranco, that goes into Barranco de Masca. The one at the top is very closed and the one in the middle I have not checked yet. I dont know if or at what point the lower tunnel system is closed at that side of the barrancos either, as I have yet to explore it. There seems to be a way to circumvent the tunnel closure on “Ventanas de Barranco Seco”, using a metal tube further down in the barranco to connect to it after the closure. It looked a bit too adventurous for me and my energy levels that day, so I have yet to try that. If anyone knows more about this shortcut, the northern entrance to the “Ventanas de Barranco Seco” or the southern entrance to the lower tunnel to the Masca ravine I would be grateful for any recent information.
Looks like all of this was open 9 months ago as seen here in this video of a 25km route from Los Gigantes to Barranco de Masca using the cliff path, tunnel, ventanas de barranco seco and then back again the same way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQVtsAK8650
Of course you have to be very careful when exploring routes like this and take all the necessary precautions. It is important to note that there is a crucial difference between tunnels and water galleries. Tunnels do have airflow through them because they have two openings, which galleries do not. They just stop at a certain water saturated point, from where they collect water, which can be many kilometers inside of a mountain. Kilometers one would now have to walk back. Now they should all be closed as per government regulation, but in fact some are still open and some are completely unmarked.
Thanks for the actual information Arvid – I am sure, that people will appreciate it
Any status update on the gate?
Did the cabildo just like that destroy, quite literally, one of the most glorious hikes on this planet?
Hi,
Today did LosGigantes to Cliff tunnel and then back through first tunnel.
Many people going so go while its open.
Must see. Top 5 hike ever.
Today we went from Tamaimo through the eastern tunnel to the barranco secco, and back through the cliff tunnel to los Gigantes. We tried the middle Tamaimo tunnel but it was closed with a newish looking gate door.
In summary: eastern Tamaimo tunnel open, middle Tamaimo tunnel closed, western tunnel unknown, cliff tunnel open.
That you can read in the beginning of each article – read letters
Went on the double tunnel hike on the 7th of January 2024 from the opposite direction (starting from the Santiago deal Teide route and ending with the cliffs). The first largest tunnel was closed with the massive doors so we went over the mountain. The tunnel was open from the other side! Which I think is very dangerous as if you went in from the other side you would have to return all the way back.
The second smaller runner next to the cliffs was open
there are 4 tunnels – three should be open
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