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This is not the southernmost tip of Fuerteventura, but it is the furthest west and most isolated, accessible only by a 20 km dirt track from Morro Jable, which turns back into narrow tarmac roads at the “end of the world”. These roads are the result of a government edict that the access to every lighthouse must be asphalted for a distance of 2 km. There are two lighthouses on the Punta de Jandía, a large one on Fuerteventura´s westernmost point near the village and a small one on the northernmost point of the headland.
The wind wheel is conspicuous from a distance. This is a successful experiment, subsidises by the EC, I which electricity generation and sea-water desalination are coupled, running partly on wind energy, and partly on wind energy and partly on diesel.
The little fishing village of Puerto de la Cruz has retained its original appearance up to the present day. There is less fishing than there used to be, and many of the villagers now live in Morro Jabel and only come here at weekends. In two bars, souvenirs from all over the world mi with original local decorations- giant shells, fossilized sea-creatures and bones from a 27m whale that was stranded on the coast of Barlovento in the mid 1980s. sind. The fate of this whale is not an isolated case. Scientists believe that sonar signals from submarines and shipping may be the cause.
Whales and dolphins lose their sense of direction and et into shallow waters, where they cannot escape back to the open sea without help. The locals claim that this has always happened now and again.
The lighthouse gets some of its energy from environmentally friendly solar cells. The sea around Punta de Jandía produces a very special kind of spectacle. Often, a strong off-shore wind blows against the waves coming in from the open ocean to the west, creating rainbow-coloured arcs of light over the crowns of the waves. Because of the currents around the tip of the island, swimming is extremely dangerous even when the sea is calm.