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Cross a stream and head gently up an easier path, with views back to Roque de Agando. A level path crosses a slope of agaves and palms then a rugged, stony path winds downhill, reaching pines and eucalyptus and crossing water pipes. A sharp left leads down to houses and a dirt road in the lovely little village of Benchijigua, near a little ermita on a hilltop.

The prominent Roque de Agando marks the start of the walk

Two routes leave the dirt road, the combined Rutas 23 and 24 for Playa de Santiago, and Ruta 24 for Imada (see later). Follow the combined route down a path to a bouldery riverbed. Turn right down the bed a short way then leave it using a level path past prickly pears. Turn left downhill before a caseta, cross a stream and squeeze past cistus to reach a road. Turn left up the road, then right as signposted, down and up a slope of tabaibal, cistus and agaves. Swing left round a corner on an ash slope. Wind down to cross a water channel and a streambed. The path runs part way down the valley, passing palms, then follows a terrace with a view across to the little village of Lo del Gato.