Cofete information

It can only be reached by going along one of the small dirt tracks that litter the island but it is worth it for the views.

Cofete is located on the barlovento (windward) coast of Jandia and to get there involves traveling over 20 kilometres of track, extremely narrow in places and in others, with steep drops to the side. A jeep or four wheel drive vehicle is recommended.

After about 10 kilometres, there is a fork in the road and you need to turn right. The highest point on the road to Cofete is between the peaks of Pico de la Zara and Frail and from here you get spectacular views of both the north and south of the island.

Cofete town makes an ideal stop off point and there is a small bar in the town if you are in need some liquid refreshment.

Also in the area and worth a visit is Villa Gustav Winter, a magnificent and mysterious villa around which many rumours and legends have sprung up. Villa Winter stands on a fenced piece of land the same shape as Fuerteventura and the position of the building on the plot is the same as its location on the island.

The villa stands before Mount Jandia, the highest point on the island and the only mountain above 800 metres on the island - the height at which a mountain causes rain and one of the reasons why Fuerteventura is drier than the other Canary Islands.

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