More than 39,000 people have passed through the Masca Visitor Centeron Goodview of the Northsince the reopening of the ravine trail, at the end of March 2021. The Council of Tenerife invested more than one million euros in improving the path, opening this center and implementing a new access and surveillance system. For the island government, these first twelve months since the reopening leave a positive balance in terms of the number of visits, more than 3,250 per month, and above all with respect to the accident rate reduction.
The insular administration details that of the almost 40,000 people who have passed through chew between March 2021 and March 2022, 10,418 made a prior reservation to be able to access the path. The volume of visitors who came to see the facilities and services includes 29% of the totalwhile 25% had a reservation to carry out the activity of the ravine and the another 46% went for “other queries of a tourist or informative nature”.
«After the remodeling of the itinerary of the path of the ravine and the start-up of the Visitors Centerthe Masca area celebrates a year in which the low accident rate must be highlighted”, he underlines the Councilor for Management of the Natural Environment and Safety of the Cabildo, Isabel Garcia (PSOE). On March 27, 2021, the new facilities of the Masca Visitor Center were inaugurated, «thus considering the natural space open after a period of closure of more than two years, during which it remained closed for the execution of these improvement works in the area,” he details.
The counselor recognizes that this enclave of Teno Rural Park it was “one of the most dangerous of all the protected natural spaces on the island and, therefore, it had to be closed to the public.” However, “throughout this year in which the new model has been running only the rescue helicopter had to be activated four times». However, the itinerary has had to be closed 16 days throughout the year, mainly for reasons related to Meteorological phenomena“which prevents the bad conditions that exist at that time of the year from affecting visitors.”
Visitors from Spain have been the most numerous (12.3% of the total), followed by Germany (12.2%) and France (eleven%). He also highlighted the presence of people from Poland (5%), United Kingdom (3.4%) and Italy (2.4%). visitors from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, Slovak Republic, Iceland and other European countries together accounted for 20.5% of the total, compared to 0.4% of those from America, 0.4% from countries in Asia and the East or 0.1% from Oceania.
The Visitors Center allows you to manage the entrance to the path of the ravine, provided that you have a prior reservation and meet the minimum requirements of equipment and physical condition. In addition, it highlights traditional Canarian life and, specifically, the customs and realities of I have.
Until October 18, 2021, this center was only open on weekends and holidays. From that date, the schedule is from Monday to Friday, except holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on weekends and holidays, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., just like the path of the ravine. In order to access the ravine, a reservation must be made through the Masca Ravine website. At the moment, they are only offered on weekends and holidays in the descent and ascent mode. The pier is still pending reform.
