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Fuerteventura, Trips

Fuerteventura Sur – Playa de Cofete (Mountain Bike)

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A trip to Fuerteventura – October 2016

BEACHES IN THE SOUTH:

Playa de Cofete

Cofete is a large and wild beach located on the North coast of the Jandia peninsula. You only options to get there are a dirty road or paths.

By car it takes about 1 hour and more than 18km of dirty road from Jandia.

By bike you can follow the road to Cofete, then take the road below:

https://en.komoot.de/tour/11690376?ref=wtd

It leads you in the Burranco de Las Damas/Gran valle, up to a pass that separate the north from the south coast. You can even go there by foot, it is “only” an 11km walk back and forth.

First part of the path to Cofete: Burranco de Las Damas / Gran Valle

If you decide to go there by bike, please note that is a difficult road. not dangerous, but depending on your skill, you may have to get off the bike for 2/4km of the total. At the top of the hill, you’re likely to find a strong wind. It rised my bike and moved it, so be careful. But 100m over the top everything gets easier.

From the top. looking back (south)
From the top. looking back towards Gran Valle (south). You can see the path we had to bike on.
From the top, lookinf forward towards Cofete beach.
From the top, looking forward towards Cofete beach.

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Fuerteventura Sur – Playa de Sotavento

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A trip to Fuerteventura – October 2016

BEACHES IN THE SOUTH:

Sotavento Beach

Sotavento beach is located 15km north of Jandia, and it takes about 15 minutes to get there.  Be sure to get there on a day/time you can watch the tide rising or ebbing.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/28.0491264,-14.3323952/28.1309888,-14.2501685/@28.0867397,-14.3178575,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0

Far horizont at Sotavento beach
Far horizont at Sotavento beach
Ebbing tide at Sotavento beach
Ebbing tide at Sotavento beach
Watery mirror
Watery mirror

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Fuerteventura Sur – Matorral (Jandia) – Punta Jandia

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A trip to Fuerteventura – October 2016

BEACHES IN THE SOUTH:

Matorral – Faro de Jandia (Jandia Lighthouse)

Please note that is not – Faro de Punta Jandia.

This beach is reachable by foot from Jandia and Morro Jable. It is a long  strip of sand that starts in Morro Jable, where it is very  likely to find no wind, and continues for kilometers and get larger and larger. Next to the Jandia lighthouse it usually gets windy.

Jandia beach and lighthouse
Jandia beach and lighthouse

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Fuerteventura Sur – Mal Nombre

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A trip to Fuerteventura – October 2016

Beaches in the South:

Mal Nombre

You can reach this beach by car, in ten minutes from Jandia lighthouse. Just take the coast road heading north, and you’ll find a narrow road on your right, follow the sign “Mal Nombre”.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/28.0491264,-14.3323952/28.0909019,-14.284705/@28.0690546,-14.331522,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0

A dirty road, but you can go on it with almost any car. You can then walk for kilometers in each direction, and enjoy the scenery.

Mal Nombre beach
Mal Nombre beach, quiet with some sunbeds..

 

Sandy beach, Mal nombre
… but with more secluded areas.

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