Teide excursions are for ever changing Tenerife tours to a different world.

Private and other Teide excursions offer several options depending on
where you stay and, how you want to get to Teide and its rough looking, but yet so vulnerable Cañadas.

Mount Teide is Spain's most demanding peak which means the most challenging Tenerife excursion of all . It's 12199 ft or, 3718m high.
The third biggest volcano
in the world has been brewing up something deep down below for about 6 million years.

Why is Teide such popular world attraction?

The Tenerife high lands don't only draw endurance sportsmen, such as cyclists.

Their Canadas are a collapsed crater caused by volcanic eruption. It energizes, invigorates and makes us feel healthy and free. That immense, bizarre land takes up a relatively big percentage of the Island of Tenerife with 13571 hectares.

Tenerife Teide Highlands

The photo above shows rock Dedo de Dios (God's Finger) which points at the sky that is a miracle of stars at night. Roques Garcia which means Garcia Rocks is the name of the group of nature's lava creations. This is one of the most popular areas in Cañadas for Teide excursions for taking pictures as well as for Tenerife walking

In a photo further down on this page this location of Tenerife looks just like wild west country in America. I took the picture from a different angle in the same spot, by the way. This Tenerife country surprises with unseen photographic miracles. It's a treasure chest for any professional as well as for amateur photographer conquests.

Many hotels offer Teide excursions with well trained Teide tour guides. Some private bus operators do it as well. However, it would be better to check with them first. Some come and disappear. They suddenly stop operating. For anybody with a tight budget Titsa is offering a generous, affordable trip right to the door step of volcanic Tenerife history.

Teide excursions by bus

• From Puerto de la Cruz bus # 348 to el Portillo
• From Las Americas bus # 342 to el Portillo
• From Los Gigantes to Las Americas bus # 473
  for people with holiday home in Tenerife
  Los Gigantes to join up with bus 342 in Las Americas

A bus tour is one of the cheapest ways to do Teide excursions. Many do this for Teide walking trips.

Teide excursions by car

• Via Gia Isora Chio with C 823. The road from Chio TF 38 which leads to Boca de Taude by 30 km.
• From Vilaflor on TF 21 (highest located settlement in Spain)to Boca Tauce (takes 16km)People from Los Gigantes may go on the coastal road to Las Americas first and then to Villaflor or, they may take the Chio road.
• From Puerto de la Cruz and, then La Orotava on the C.821,
  then TF21 to Portillo Cañadas which takes 33km.
• The most scenic but longer route begins after La Laguna, however. Here, a driver would take the C 824 or TF24 (43 km from La Laguna until Cañadas vistors center) When you take this road your car climbs slowly towards the highest peak in Spain. You also come past the stone rose which is a beautiful stone formation.

The lovely French girls in my photo also chose the Mercedes Forest route. (Photo was taken near the stone rose). It is recommendable to start such a car Teide trip by sun up. That way you may descend later as far as Las Americas. The Mercedes route might not leave you time for hiking or, walking Teide excursions depending on where you have to return to. Anyway, please take a map along, to see other options before going back home from the Teide.

During one of my Teide trips
I took a shot of this view from the indigenous Mercedes pine forests.

You see coastal settlements
through Canary pine trees as well
as the ocean. It's pleasantly cool
up there by the tall pines. You hear birds and, breathe the best air.
Many magnificent view points are
by all roads that lead to and, from
the Teide. You always find parking
and, usually a place to sit on. Pick nick spots are also indicated by the way side.

During Teide excursions please, look out for the Portillo which is by the Cañadas Parador. The Parador is a government rural hotel very close to the cable car station below the Teide summit.

El Portillo del Teide

• Cañadas del Teide visitors' center
• Information
• Café at 2000m altitude.
• Book shop for topics relevant Cañadas.
• A little park nearby with endemic Cañadas plants

Don't mistake this Portillo at Parador Hotel for Portillo Vistor Center. At Portillo Visitor Center you also find a small park but, can see a free cinema film show about the geological evolution of Tenerife within its museum. The latter is at the beginning of the Cañadas coming from direction of La Orotava.

View from mount Teide

All other 6 Canary Island may
be seen from the summit of
the Teide. You may even discover 7 because, there
are in fact 8 Canary Islands
all together.
The Tenerife Island La Graciosa gets usually forgotten.

I once was up by the Teide in June when there were no clouds fogging up anything. Otherwise there is no guaranty for a 100% perfect visibility.

Teide excursions to the summit and the Canadas del Teide are most spectacular in spring. This is also a most enjoyable time for Tenerife walking.

Also learn more about Tenerife sun which is so powerful around Teide in its Cañadas and how to plan your Teide and other Tenerife trips accordingly...

Here in my photo you see spring starting with indigenous Tenerife plants as well as the Teide in the back.

Should you feel like taking on the Teide summit it's 1000 m

from the cable car station to the top. You may of course walk all the way up. In either case you need a permit for climbing the last meters to the summit(almost summit). Prices are as follows:

Adults: Residents EU12, Non-residents EU24
Children (under 14 yrs) Residents EU8, Non-residents EU12
One-way: Residents EU8, Non-Residents EU12

It´s worth it to go to the Cañadas at different times of the year. Winter there is for snowballing but, some roads or areas might be closed. To see a picture with Teide snow as well as real spring splendor please, go to my page Tenerife.

Most known indigenous plants Teide Cañadas Tenerife Spain.

• Teide Violet (viola cheirantifolia)
• Teide Bugloss ( echium wildpretii)
  One species Bugloss grows up to 15o ft tall
• Dwarf Bugloss ( echium auberianium)
• Flor de Pared (erysimum scoparium)

Most known indigenous creatures Teide Cañadas Tenerife Spain
Several bat species with the most unusual being the long eared bat.
Several species of lizards.

In Spring, Teide excursions from Los Gigantes or, from anywhere else let you see one of the tallest flowering endemic flora in the Cañadas in Tenerife. In this photo is the Tajinaste rojo (echium wildpretii).

It gets carmine red blooms on a stem of up to 2 feet in height (0,60 m). It grows only in volcanic soil in about 1400 meters (42000 feet) of altitude. I wish I had a better photo. This one only started flowering. When you looked at my page Tenerife you will have seen another picture with a whole bed of red flowering Tajinastes.

An other option for long Teide excursions is to get a few people together and, approach a taxi owner with a big car and ask for a quote. Please, mind that the luxury mountain road that leads to Teide (not to summit) has, already, a perimeter of 45 km.

They might, however, also offer organized Teide tours at any Tenerife tourist office. Hotel tours might work out more expensive, but they usually also have English guides that give information on the trip as well while talking through a microphone.

Should you you want to combine a Teide tour with a big island tour with a rented car you could spend a day or more in Puerto de la Cruz. You may then also see the Taoro.

Please, go from Teide excursions to Taoro park which is an excursion not to be missed while in the oldest Tenerife resort Puerto de la Cruz. It comes with many photos.

So is a best shopping trip to Santa Cruz capital<

This photo shows you why they
say that Hollywood did shots for
wild west movies in the Cañadas.

It could very well be true.

Mind some of the terrain by the Teide really reminds us of a moonscape.

Mean tongues insinuated that moon vehicles were filmed right here in Tenerife.

If you are very lucky you will get to see this Teide phenomena.

My pal César Francisco Real Real captured it with his camera.

It's the strange form hovering like a white disc above Teide summit that draws our imagination.

I believe he took this shot late in the evening.

Teide Park offices for climbing permit

Please, call Tel: + 922 29 01 29 to find out from the National Tenerife Park Offices what guided Tenerife excursions they have to the Teide. They also might be able to tell you how you can book a night at the cabin called Refugio Altavista which is at an altitude of 3270 m. From there it's another 160 meters to Teide top. It's about 15 min. on foot from the visitor's center El Portillo which is the last stop for all Teide buses.

Teide backpacker accommodation

The Refugio Cabin is rather like a back packers. Don't expect luxury.

A couple of guys I know have spent a night there. They were freezing because they were not warm enough dressed.I heard that the cabin which has a water toilette inside has been renovated. With your luck it will have 15 beds now. The cable car station from where on you will need a permit may be reached within an hour's walk (1000 m to top). Feeling like a hiking champion to do everything on foot will not save you the permit.

Further info about best hiking routes and or maps should also be obtained, there. Their help is for free.

The address for the Parks offices in Santa Cruz Tenerife is:
C/Emilio Calzadilla, 5
Santa Cruz
Office Hours are 9a.m.-2p.m.

Should you have a chance to do a private boat excursion like the one I did off Los Gigantes coast, please don't miss it. It was wonderful.

My page on the Teno mountain range has many tips for mainly coastal Teno excursions of all sorts which are, of course, ideal trips for people with a holiday home in Tenerife Los Gigantes.

Teide Study tours

Somebody might be very interested in doing educational Tenerife tours. The Tenerife Museum of Man and Nature (Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre) in the capital Santa Cruz does internationally acclaimed field study trips, also, to the Cañadas del Teide besides the classes they offer indoors.

For general information please, phone Tel: + 922 535 816
except on Mondays. Calle Fuente Morales in former Civic Hospital near Plaza España (underground parking nearby) Closed on Mondays.

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