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The Morro de Agando Lookout Point is located right in the center of the island and next to the main road that crosses Garajonay National Park. On one side you have views of Garajonay, on the other of the Monumento de los Roques and also of the Benchijigua reserve. The heart of the panoramic view is undoubtedly the Roque de Agando. This stone giant, 1,246 meters high, is an ancient volcanic chimney that millions of years of erosion have left exposed.

Going up towards Garajonay National Park, just by the area belonging to Agulo, we find the Lomo del Dinero Lookout Point, from where a landscape of wide valleys and green hills, with the scent of junipers (plants with medicinal properties), surrounding the Meriga reservoir becomes, without a doubt, a gift to our eyes.

We find the last lookout point at kilometer 11 of the TF-12 road that enters Anaga Rural Park, called El Bailadero, from where you have an excellent view of the Anaga massif and the village of Taganana at its feet. In the surroundings of this lookout point there is a hostel, with a capacity of 40 beds, since this area is highly visited by lovers of mountain tourism and hiking. Curiously, the name "El Bailadero" comes from a legend about the witches of Anaga: It is said that in this place there were witches who danced around bonfires on coven days, casting spells and practicing the art of witchcraft.

Following the northern road that starts in San Sebastián de la Gomera and runs through the municipalities of Hermigua and Agulo, we arrive at Vallehermoso, the largest municipality of the island, basically dedicated to agriculture, with irrigated vineyards and dry cereals. This lookout point, a little before reaching the village, allows you to admire the magnificent landscape carved into the steep walls of the mountains by means of stepped stone terraces filled with earth. There are also laurel forests (at high altitudes) and junipers (at a lower stratum). This area of the island is the oldest geologically and is composed of highly eroded plutonic rocks, among which Roque Cano stands out. Around the Vallehermoso Ravine is the confluence of the two main watercourses that comprise the hydrographic network of La Gomera, the Ingenio and Macayo Rivers.

The cliffs are the wildest and most hidden places in La Gomera. The difficulty in accessing them has kept them safe from human action, and this fact has made them a refuge for many species that have disappeared from the rest of the island.

The unpleasant nature of the sea on the northern slope of the island made it difficult for centuries to export goods from these valleys, the most productive. This problem was solved with the laborious construction of the davits.

The natural wealth of the island allows more than 300 species of birds to live in its environment, more than 50 of them nesting species

Popular legend has it that the Roques de Pedro and Petra were two lovers fused in an embrace that lightning turned to stone and then separated. These rocks, of curious volcanic formation, are majestic and very photogenic. A must if you are going to visit the picturesque village of Hermigua.