Mirador de las Barandas — Attraction in San Andrés y Sauces

Long walk with lots of steep rises from Camping Laguna but very well worth doing, but you need a good level of fitness. You definetly require proper walking footwear as its very rocky and muddy with wet leaves making it slippy in lots of places. Clearly signposted at every junction. Beautiful views overlooking the ocean and forest. You can see the orange roof of the visitor centre down the valley in the forest. Very restful at the view point with sheltered picnic tables to eat you lunch and a drinking water fountain. Some unusual trees up their too. Make sure you got plenty to drink and something to eat. The return took us...

1.2 kilometer hiking path from the back of the visitor centre Los Tilos with an ascent of 300 meter, so fairly steep. Took us 45 minutes climbing up and 25 minutes climbing down. Starts steep with lot of curves, and then goes further less steep. Sometimes small path and a fairly deep ravin on the side, covered with trees. Even though it was raining, we walk more or less dry to the high grade of vegetation. At the top, beautiful and surrealistic view of the area and the sea. Even few big picnic tables and litter...

Do not make this Mirador your main destination. We climbed for 45 minutes a very, very steep trail just to arrive on top and find everything covered with fog, and even without fog the view would've been mediocre as many trees cover the view. Not worth it. Although I could see the trail continued downwards to other...