The Barranco Oscuro Nature Reserve is located in the Doramas Rural Park. Barranco Oscuro was declared nature reserve due to the fact it consists of a particular vulnerable ecosystem: a laurel forest which shelters some 40 endemic species of plants and invertebrates. The reserve is also home to a pine forest (pinar, in Spanish).
Both the means and the reasons for making trips from Gran Canaria to Tenerife, the largest island of the archipelago, are solidly reliable and grounded.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the capital of the island and the most important commercial port. It is also a source of considerable tourist opportunities.
Tomas Morales is one of the greatest modernist poets ever born in Gran Canaria. The Tomas Morales House Museum is a homage to his life and work.