We have just returned from our second trip to Fuerteventura in 12 months and our first experience visiting Lobos Island.
Lobos Island is an islet just north of Fuerteventura and it is an uninhabited nature reserve. The landscape is as rugged and volcanic as the rest of the Canary Islands.
So what makes this island so special? Put simply, its beaches are a patch of paradise!
We’ve never seen water so blue or so clear. The boys snorkelled and saw hundreds of fish, in the shallows the waters were incredible warm. We dived from the jetty, hunted in rock pools, and sat on the white sand beach.
It was one of those perfect beach days that you’ll remember forever and that you expect to have to visit the Caribbean to experience.
But we just took the ferry from Correlejo on Fuerteventura. This leaves 6 times a day and a return journey cost just 15 euros for the adults and 10 euros for the children.
Top Tips:
-There is almost nothing on the island. There is one very small restaurant but tables have to be pre-booked using a system that is unfathomable (and hard to access if you aren’t a local resident) so take a picnic! We only had water bottles and a few bags of crisps in our backpacks as we didn’t realise we wouldn’t be able to access the restaurant, so the boys were starving when we took the ferry back!
-Wear trainers. The terrain is rocky and you will walk for 15-20 minutes across volcanic rock from the dock to get to the beautiful beach known informally as the Blue Lagoon. This is the only sand beach on the island and the best spot for kids and for snorkelling.
-If you have the time and a couple of extra euros in your budget then book the mini cruise with the ferry company. This was 25 euros for adults and 20 for kids. It included a boat ride around the island then the boat moored near the port and you got 25 minutes to jump from the back of the boat and snorkel. The snorkelling gear was provided here too, which is ideal if you want to try it but don’t have your own.
-Book in advance. Because La Lobos is a protected nature reserve only 200 people per day are given permits to visit the island. If you take the ferry you don’t need to buy a permit separately: your ferry ticket is your permit. But during peak season this means tickets to visit the island can sell fast each day, and when they’re gone they’re gone!
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