Aloe Vera is everywhere these days — not just in creams and soaps, but also in jams, juices, ice creams, salts, yogurts, supplements, and more.

Fuerteventura: the kingdom of Aloe Vera

This remarkable plant thrives where most others struggle.

Adapted to extreme heat, dry desert soil, and the blazing sun, Aloe vera has made Fuerteventura its natural home — not merely surviving, but flourishing and reproducing rapidly in the island’s arid conditions.

The best remedy for sunburns in Fuerteventura

One of the first things we tell our beloved guests: always use high SPF sunscreen during your stay on the island.

The sun here is intense — even on cloudy days.

The constant wind in Fuerteventura can be deceiving; it cools the skin, making you unaware of just how much sun you’re absorbing.

It’s often only in the evening, under a hot shower, that sunburns — or even mild burns — reveal themselves.

When that happens, the best natural remedy is Aloe Vera. The fresh gel inside its leaves deeply hydrates and accelerates the skin’s regeneration process. It’s soothing, healing, and effective — straight from nature.

How to choose the best Aloe Vera products?

You’ll find Aloe Vera for sale all across the island — in shops, markets, and even factories offering free product demonstrations (usually followed by a strong sales pitch).

Supermarkets stock a wide variety of Aloe products, many of which are attractively priced — and that’s where caution is needed.

Quality Aloe Vera products require a slow, expensive extraction process. If you see a cream or gel under €30 for 100 ml, it likely contains only a small percentage of real aloe.

Even if the label shouts “100% Aloe Vera,” check the ingredients — you’ll often find that the actual Aloe content is as little as 5%, with the rest made up of water, glycerin, lanolin, or synthetic fillers.

So always read the label carefully and ask about the origin and concentration of the Aloe used.

The best souvenir from Fuerteventura

We love to offer guests a piece of our garden — literally. Taking home a small Aloe Vera plant from Alma Calma is, in our view, the most meaningful and sustainable souvenir.

Plants can be packed safely in carry-on or checked luggage, and transporting them is allowed.

In fact, you’ll even find small aloe plants for sale at the airport’s departure terminal.

Caring for a living plant that reminds you of your trip — of the sun, the wind, and the stillness of Fuerteventura — is far more rewarding than collecting decorative items that soon gather dust.

Aloe is one of our guests’ favorite takeaways — a living, ecological memory of the island and, we like to think, a small part of Alma Calma too.

It’s an authentic souvenir — a natural, sustainable alternative to the thousands of plastic objects stamped with “Fuerteventura” that fill tourist shops but say nothing of the true soul of this land.

Click here to discover our cactus and succulent garden, including Fuerteventura’s Aloe Vera!