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Tenerife: Teide National Park Sunset & Stargazing Tour

1. Tenerife: Teide National Park Sunset & Stargazing Tour

If you’re an astronomy enthusiast or just looking for a unique experience, then a trip to Teide in Tenerife is a must-do. The island of Tenerife is known for its incredible natural beauty, including its clear skies, making it a prime location for stargazing. Mount Teide, a 3718m volcano, is the highest point in Spain and offers breathtaking views of the night sky. Join us for an unforgettable experience as we take you on a journey to Teide National Park for a sunset and stargazing tour. You'll get picked up from different meeting points and locations from Costa Adeje, Playa las Americas, and Los Cristianos. The tour will take you on a scenic drive through the stunning landscapes of Tenerife, where you will witness the breathtaking beauty of the island’s natural scenery. You will witness a spectacular sunset and the colors of the sky will amaze you as the sun sets behind the horizon, painting the sky with an array of colors that will leave you breathless. From here we'll continue and drive you higher up through the national park Teide and explain you some history and the great volcanic landscape of the national park until we get to our destination of 2000m altitude. The stars begin to emerge, and this is where the real magic begins. Teide National Park is known for its excellent stargazing opportunities, as it is located far from any sources of light pollution, offering crystal-clear views of the night sky. With nearly no light pollution and known as a starlight certified destination you may see shooting stars like never before. We also will use powerful lasers to explain you some of those amazing constellations, important stars and how to find direction navigating using the stars. Also we'll use powerful telescopes and show you the moon service with great craters. We will take some amazing pictures with your phone through the telescope, and get you the service of the moon on your phone screen. We'll see some planets when they are in the sky, nebulas, star clusters, double stars, and when the conditions are just right we also could show you the Andromeda galaxy. Through some seasons of the year we could also show you the milky way and take pictures of it using your own smart-phone. At the end of the tour, we will bring you back to your meeting point, leaving you with memories that will last a lifetime.

Tenerife: Mount Teide Tour with Cable Car Ticket & Transfer

2. Tenerife: Mount Teide Tour with Cable Car Ticket & Transfer

Join a day trip from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Teide National Park, home to Mt. Teide, Spain’s tallest peak at 12,198 feet (3,718 meters). Following pickup from your hotel, head to the park, and explore its lunar landscapes. Take a cable car to the peak and enjoy time at leisure to soak up the views. After getting picked up in the selected location, visit the largest national park in the Canary Islands and experience a volcanic landscape of unrivaled beauty with your Mount Teide cable car ticket. Forget the car and contribute to a sustainable Teide. By choosing group transport, beat overcrowding in the vehicle parking zones inside the national park which, as a conservation measure, are small and unsuitable for expansion. From the base station, board the cable car for the 8-minute ride up to the highest peak in Spain. The cable car’s upper station, at 3,555 meters, is the point of departure for 3 interesting trails for hiking enthusiasts. There are paths to Pico Viejo Lookout and La Fortaleza Lookout, where you’ll have spectacular views of the north and south of the island. The Telesforo Bravo path leads to the highest point of the volcano, at an altitude of 3,718 meters. To visit the peak you must apply for a permit in advance.

Tenerife: Paragliding with National Champion Paraglider

3. Tenerife: Paragliding with National Champion Paraglider

Paraglide over Tenerife with an experienced guide. Your guide, Daniel Crespo, is a national champion paraglider, so you’ll be in safe hands as you paraglide. Start the activity with a safety briefing about take-off, landing, and paragliding. The flight will last 20-30-minutes. The route will vary depending on weather conditions. Some routes will include flying over ravines. Others include flying over the Conde ridge. The flight usually finishes over the Adeje coast. As you approach the landing zone at the beach, you’ll have the opportunity to perform acrobatics or try piloting the paraglider.

Full-Day Gomera Jeep Safari Excursion from Arona

4. Full-Day Gomera Jeep Safari Excursion from Arona

Visit the most beautiful corners of the island of Gomera on this full-day Jeep safari tour. Head out from the south of Tenerife on a morning sailing to San Sebastián de la Gomera. The island of Gomera boasts beautiful landscapes, World-Heritage Garajonay National Park and the whistled language, which is on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. Take time to enjoy some of the traditional local foods and visit the island's most picturesque villages. At each stop along the way the driver will tell you about the places you visit on this island that was the bridge to the discovery of the New World.

From Tenerife: La Gomera Day Trip with Guide

5. From Tenerife: La Gomera Day Trip with Guide

Visit the picturesque landscapes of La Gomera, the greenest of the Canary Islands, on a day trip from Tenerife. with a professional guide aboard a comfortable air-conditioned bus. Stop at viewpoints to admire the scenery and explore Garajonay National Park. and home to one of the oldest forests in the world. La Gomera, one of the geologically youngest of the western Canary Islands, is an enchanted place where time seems to have stood still. The island's landscape is an intricate labyrinth of valleys, ravines and canyons studded with basalt rock formations of all shapes and sizes. The tour starts with pickup from the meeting point in south Tenerife and transfer to the port of Los Cristianos. You will then board the ferry with the other participants for a quick 50-minute trip to La Gomera. Once in La Gomera, you'll explore the most spectacular sites and viewpoints while listening to the guide's detailed explanation. Admire the island's scenic peaks and ravines forged over the centuries by volcanic activity. The tour continues to the heart of the laurel forest, an ancient ecosystem found in only a handful of other places in the world. The laurel forest features beautiful evergreen and hardwood trees up to 30 meters tall, mosses, ferns and intricate canopies that allow little light to filter through. Refuel with a tasty lunch accompanied by a live demonstration of the Silbo Gomero, a unique traditional whistled language used by the island's inhabitants. The Silbo is exclusive to La Gomera, considered by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Return to Tenerife at the end of your tour.

Los Cristianos: Whale Watching Cruise on a Peter Pan Boat

6. Los Cristianos: Whale Watching Cruise on a Peter Pan Boat

Experience the thrill of sailing aboard an authentic Portuguese Goleta that will transport you into the heyday of sea exploration. Purchase a drink at the bar and relax as the boat takes you to visit local dolphin and pilot whale populations. Choose from meeting the boat at the harbor or being picked up in a climate-controlled bus from a meeting point in La Caleta, Playa de Las Américas, or Los Cristianos. Embark on your whale-watching adventure on a Peter Pan boat from the Los Cristianos harbor. Head to the bar to purchase a drink or make yourself comfortable around the boat's large central table on the main deck. Take in the views from the upper deck and have access to two bathrooms below deck. Return to the Los Cristianos harbor at the end of your tour and (depending on the option selected) transfer by bus back to your original meeting point.

Tenerife: Music Hall Tavern Comedy Drag Show Ticket & Dinner

7. Tenerife: Music Hall Tavern Comedy Drag Show Ticket & Dinner

Embark on a magnificent night of dazzling costumes, laughter, and a cast of unique characters who sing and dance the night away at the Music Hall Tavern's comedy drag show. Tuck into a 3-course dinner before you watch the show and choose hotel pickup to keep the whole evening stress-free. Take the entire family out for a fun night filled with fantastic dresses and fabulous feathers, and go on a musical and comedic journey through the decades of Drag. See the glamour and comedy in live song, mime, and dance of a popular form of entertainment that's been around for decades. Depending on the option you choose, begin the night with a comfortable hotel pickup and head to the Music Hall Tavern. Before watching the show, enjoy a delicious 3-course meal. Savor a seasonal vegetable soup as your appetizer, a turkey roast dinner with mashed and roast potatoes, seasonable vegetables, Yorkshire pudding, and gravy for your main meal, and cooling ice cream for dessert. After you finish eating, purchase a drink if you wish and sit back and enjoy the show. Watch talented performers sing, dance, and act through a 2-part show, with a short, 15-minute interval in between.

Playa de las Américas: Private or Small-Group Surf Lesson

8. Playa de las Américas: Private or Small-Group Surf Lesson

Discover the thrill of surfing with this surf school in Playa de las Américas. Hit the beach and uncover some new skills with a qualified surfing instructor and high-quality surfing equipment. Learn from a school that has a high percentage of clients who stand up on the board in the first class. Check-in at the activity provider's office in Playa de las Américas and head out to the stunning beach in front of the office where your equipment is waiting for you. Listen as your local instructor who has unbeatable knowledge of the island provides you with clear directions. Surf at low tide when conditions are safe and there is more room for you to enjoy surfing. Increase your skill level, or find out how to stand up on the surf board for the first time. Keep your things safe in the provided lockers and have use of the school's showers. Enjoy the school's fantastic position on the beachfront, which means that you will be just meters from the sea at one of the best places in Tenerife to practice surfing.

Tenerife: Surfing Lesson for All Levels with Photos

9. Tenerife: Surfing Lesson for All Levels with Photos

We have the best plan for you to spend a day of surfing in the south of Tenerife, with a private surf lesson on Las Americas beach. You will start or improve this sport regardless of your level, everything will be completely personalized and with photographs of the day so you can immortalize every wave. Our surf school is located just 30 meters from the waves of Playa de las Américas. Here we will give you firstly wetsuite, water shoes and lycra. Secondly we start with a theory part, we will introduce you to the basics tecnics of surfing for instance taking off, how to paddle, positioning yourself on the board or paddling correctly… Thirdly previous warm up and finally in the water! Enjoy a surf lesson and tell our coach what you want to learn. It doesn’t matter if you want to learn to surf from zero or have an advanced level, with us you will learn in total safety.

Tenerife: Teide National Park Night Sky Star Safari & Dinner

10. Tenerife: Teide National Park Night Sky Star Safari & Dinner

Join a guided stargazing activity at one of the best locations in the world for professional and amateur astronomy. Taste an authentic Canarian meal at a restaurant on your way up the mountain. Stop to watch an outstanding sunset from above the sea of clouds. Learn all about telescopes for a night sky observation of visible planets, the moon, stars, galaxies, and more. Take a safari trek across the night sky with lasers using constellations. Get detailed explanations of the science and mythology from your expert astronomy guides. Look up and enjoy the sky as you have never seen it before. You can choose either to be picked up or to drive yourself. 

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4.6 / 5

based on 2,384 reviews

This was an incredible experience! Kieran and the team kept you up to date on where to meet. Unfortunately the cloud conditions on Tuesday meant the team had to postpone but did this in enough time with the option to rebook, which we did for the next night. We came on Wednesday and they definitely brought the wow factor to the night! Not only could we see the sky lit so beautifully with stars, but seeing them close up with telescopes was breathtaking. The whole evening was enjoyable throughout and we are so thankful for the team for being excellent and accommodating. Thank you!!

We had a great experience. Excellent guides! Very knowledgeable and informative. The whole experience was very well organized and orchestrated. The guides were very helpful and attentive and made the explanations in a very vivid and entertaining way. Highly recommended.

Brilliant trip - started off with coffee and cake in Vilaflor, then we stopped at several viewpoints whilst travelling up to Teide. We had Cava and mulled wine whilst watching the sunset then onto seeing the stars.

Very well organized tour in a confortable bus. Guide was very knowledgeable about the history and geology of the island. Spectacular sunset view. Unfortunately clouds came in play and could not see stars.

About the right amount of people on boat not overcrowded