Tamadaba Natural Park, Protected natural park in northwestern Gran Canaria, Spain

Tamadaba Natural Park, or Tamadaba Pine Forest, lies across Artenara, Agaete and La Aldea de San Nicolás in northwestern Gran Canaria. Erosion has cut its old central plateau into narrow ridges between ravines, and its north-facing slopes hold a humid Canarian pine forest, the only one of its kind in the archipelago, between the Lomo de Faneque, the Tamadaba peak and the Lomo de la Cañada de Cho Marco.

Tamadaba was declared a natural park by the Canary Islands Law on Natural Areas on 19 June 1987. On 7 July 2019 part of the protected space was included in the UNESCO World Heritage listing of the Cultural Landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria. Isolated hamlets and the archaeological zones of El Risco and the Guayedra valley lie within its bounds.

The sacred mountain Risco Caído shapes this area and connects directly to the indigenous people who once lived here. Walking through these lands, you encounter remnants of their way of life and spiritual practices.

The park can be reached by taking the GC-216 road from Artenara, with camping facilities available at Llanos de La Mimbre. Spring and autumn offer the most comfortable conditions for walking and exploring the trails.

The humid pine forest between Lomo de Faneque, Pico de Tamadaba and Lomo de la Cañada de Cho Marco is the only one of its kind in the Canary Islands, with an understory of olivillo, brezo and acebiño. Around 150 fungus species have been recorded in the park, 66% of them in these pines, including Cystoderma terrei var. nogalesii.