Playa de Gui Gui Chico is a special nature reserve near the village of San Nicolás in the southwest of the island of Gran Canaria, Spain. Measuring almost 400 meters in length by 25 meters wide with dark sands and gentle crystalline waters surrounded by a landscape that dazzles.
This beach is connected to, Gui Gui Grande a small beach with a large ravine hence the name; to access the large beach you can only do it when the low tide is without getting wet. Playa de Gui Gui Chico is enjoyed by naturists and textiles due to its remote and difficult access, It is one of the few untouched corners of Gran Canaria.
Good to Know
- Beach TypeBeaches and Coves
- FacilitiesThe wild lonely beach of Playa de Gui Gui Chico has no services.
- Nudist StatusTolerated / Clothing Optional
- Ease of AccessFairly difficult, it involves going up and down a mountain by a path for approx 4 kilometers.
Getting There
- Town / County / State La Aldea de San Nicolas, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canarias - Canary Islands, Spain
- Zip / Postal Code 35478
- Directions The easiest method is by boat, you can rent them in the nearby towns of Taurito or Vargas beach or the villages of Mogán, Tasarte.If walking the you will travel idyllic road through immense mountains and deep valleys. The route is medium - difficult so will require a good level of fitness:Coming from Agaete, when entering La Aldea on the right is a sign that says "Ruta a Guigui". At the end of the path the entrance of the path is well signposted. A little higher up you can leave your car. Climb the Los Calderillos ravine until you reach an area known as the Escalera, by the zigzag of the ascent that leads to the throat of Peñon Bermejo. After a slight ascent is the slit of Guigui Chico (the name of boy or big is given by the ravine, not by the beach, since the large beach is the ravine of Guigui Chico). After a hard descent is a house where there is a fountain to refresh. Then it starts a climb towards the slain of Los Palos, by the corridor of the Cardon, where when we arrive we can see the basins of the two ravines of Guigui. Then you start the descent down the Cañada del Telar towards the Guigui Grande basin.At the end of the ravine, you arrive at the beach of Guigui large. Next to the tarajales to the right, When the tide goes down, you can cross to Guigui Chico beach, where at the end in winter, there is a small waterfall where you can get water.
Coordinates
- Latitude 27.948477
- Longitude -15.827878
- Sea Level (In Meters) 3