Playa de Papagayo
A 120 m cove of fine white sand at the southern tip of Lanzarote, one of a string of coves inside the Los Ajaches protected area east of Playa Blanca. No bus goes there: you drive a dirt track through the park and walk down from the car parks.
WhatCove, Playa BlancaCanary Islands
WhenAll year22° in Nov
Getting there Car On foot
CostEntrada al Monumento Natural de Los Ajaches (entry to the Los Ajaches Natural Monument)€3As of Oct 2026
AccessLos Ajaches Natural Monument; the gate takes cards only
- 19°J
- 18°F
- 18°M
- 19°A
- 20°M
- 21°J
- 22°J
- 22°A
- 23°S
- 23°O
- 22°N
- 20°D
Expect the sea at about 23 °C in September, and even in February it stays near 18 °C, going by the 1991 to 2020 averages. The season here never closes.
Getting in
- Access
- A 120 m cove of fine white sand, 15 m deep, below low cliffs on the Punta del Papagayo headland. You reach it from the car parks on a footpath fitted with rope-and-wood railings.
- Parking
- Car parks above the coves inside the Los Ajaches protected area, reached on a dirt track from Playa Blanca via Las Coloradas
- Also here
- Snorkelling, Diving
Cost and facilities
- Entry
- Entrada al Monumento Natural de Los Ajaches (entry to the Los Ajaches Natural Monument) (per vehicle at the park gate; non-residents of Lanzarote; card only)€3
- Official site
- yaiza.es
- Facilities
- Parking
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Warm water nearby
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