Landscapes of La Palma and El Hierro

La Palma: 3 car tours, 38 long and short walks, 22 picnic suggestionsEl Hierro: 1 car tour, 12 long and short walks, 8 picnic suggestionsThere are now charter flights from the UK to La Palma. La Palma's natural beauty rivals all the other Canary Islands put together. Its immense crater is considered the largest of its kind in the world. Deep within its towering walls is a year-round abundance of water. Outside the crater, high on the hillsides, are 20 million-year-old laurel forests. In the southern half of the island, hills pitted with volcanic craters and mini-deserts of black lapilli speak of the island's volcanic past. This stark, striking landscape, all the more dramatic for its stabs of volcanic reds, oranges, and yellows, is far removed from the lush and verdant, tree-clad north.El Hierro, the least-visited of all the Canaries, at first appears to be a dried-up, sprawling mountain of rock, rising straight from the sea, treeless and barren. But Noel introduces you to the island's hidden charms - as remarkable as any in the archipelago, and well worth a visit in its own right - or during your stay on La Palma.