Anaga, Tenerife
Las Mercedes → Roque Negro
A route through the mountains and forests of Anaga from Las Mercedes to Roque Negro, suitable as a base for Healing Hiking — conscious hiking combined with meditation, attention practices and direct contact with nature.
- Route
- Las Mercedes → Roque Negro, Anaga
- Typical duration
- Around 7 hours
- Difficulty
- Medium
This route passes through one of the most atmospheric parts of Anaga: forest, mountain roads and trails, open viewpoints, and a gradual transition from more accessible areas toward Roque Negro.
Within Healing Hiking, the route matters not only as a way of getting from A to B. It creates a natural structure for practice: movement, periods of silence, pauses, contact with the body, attention to the surrounding space, and working with one’s state directly in nature.
The exact set of practices should not be permanently fixed at route level. It depends on the theme and conditions of the specific Event, the state of the group, the weather, and the duration of the hike.
This route may include:
- conscious walking;
- sections walked in silence;
- breathing and meditation practices;
- attention and body-awareness work;
- energy practices;
- interaction with the elements and natural environment;
- pauses for observation, rest and integration.
These are possible elements of the format, not a mandatory programme for every occurrence.
Route stages
- Las Mercedes
- Sendero de los Sentidos
- Cruz del Carmen
- Camino viejo al Pico del Inglés
- Cruce del Afur
- Roque Negro
The sequence above comes from the published Facebook Event. Before using it as navigation or safety information, the route must be checked separately and updated if necessary.