Teide tours in Tenerife

A Teide tour is the one excursion almost everyone books in Tenerife, and this page brings together all 11 we offer: three guided coach trips (half day, with cable car from south Tenerife, and the full day with Icod, Garachico and Masca), the summit ascent with cable car ticket, three sunset and stargazing evenings and four active options by buggy, electric mountain bike and road bike. Tours last between 3 and 8 hours and guides speak English on every one of them, with Spanish, German or French on most. Below you will find each activity with its duration, departure area and guide languages.

All activities

What you can do on a Teide tour

There are four ways to visit Teide National Park and the 11 activities here cover them all. The most common is a guided group trip with hotel pickup: the half-day tour lasts 5 hours, the excursion with cable car from south Tenerife also 5 hours with the cable car ride built into the plan, and the full-day tour with Teide, Icod, Garachico and Masca fills 8 hours if you want the villages too.

The second way is to go up properly: the summit ascent with cable car ticket is a 6-hour guided outing in English, Spanish and German. The third is Teide after dark: stargazing with dinner and hotel pick-up (7 hours), dinner under the stars and stargazing (6.5 hours) or the 3-hour sunset and stars self-drive tour if you have a hire car.

The fourth is going at your own pace: a 3.5-hour buggy adventure, two electric mountain bike routes (Chinyero volcano and Corral del Niño from Izaña, 5 hours each) and a 4-hour road cycling route in Vilaflor starting in Arona. We currently have no private tours with a driver-guide to Teide: the five we used to list came from a supplier who has stopped working with us.

Teide excursions compared

ActivityDurationDeparture / areaGuide languages
Half-day tour with hotel pickup5 hoursHotel pickupEnglish, Spanish, German, French
Excursion with cable car from south Tenerife5 hoursSouth TenerifeEnglish, Spanish, German, French
Full-day tour: Teide, Icod, Garachico and Masca8 hoursHotel pickup; Garachico areaEnglish, Spanish, German, French
Summit ascent with cable car ticket6 hoursTeide National ParkEnglish, Spanish, German
Stargazing with dinner and hotel pick-up7 hoursHotel pick-upEnglish, Spanish
Dinner under the stars and stargazing6.5 hoursTeide National ParkEnglish, German, Spanish
Sunset and stars on a self-drive tour3 hoursTeide, own carEnglish, German, Spanish
Buggy adventure through volcanic landscapes3.5 hoursTeideEnglish, Spanish
Electric MTB routes: Chinyero volcano and Corral del Niño from Izaña5 hoursLos Gigantes / La OrotavaEnglish, Italian, Danish, Spanish

Not in the table: the cycling route in Vilaflor, 4 hours from Arona, which climbs through the highest village in the Canaries without entering the park.

How to choose

  • Half day or full day: 5 hours gets you the caldera and the classic stops; 8 hours adds Icod, Garachico and Masca.
  • Group or on your own: the coach tours run to a fixed schedule and most collect you at your hotel; the buggy, the e-MTB routes and the cycling route are yours to pace.
  • Day or night: the three evening outings are the only ones with stargazing, and two include dinner.
  • Guided or on your own: the self-drive tour, the buggy and the e-MTB routes suit anyone who would rather drive or pedal.

Where Teide tours leave from

Most Teide excursions on this page collect you at your hotel: the half-day tour, the full-day tour and the stargazing dinner say so in their titles. The cable car excursion departs from south Tenerife, the Vilaflor cycling route starts in Arona, and the e-MTB routes are listed under Los Gigantes and La Orotava. Each listing shows the exact departure area before you book.

Practical information for a Teide national park tour

  • It is much colder at altitude than on the coast and the sun is strong: pack a warm layer, sun cream, sunglasses and water, even in summer.
  • Closed, comfortable shoes, especially for the summit ascent, the buggy and the bike routes.
  • For the night tours, a windproof jacket: you will stand still watching the sky for a good while.
  • The cable car is only stated as included in the two listings that mention it in the title; for the others, check the listing before booking.
  • Guide languages appear on every listing.

More excursions in Tenerife

Once the volcano is sorted, all Tenerife excursions and tours lists 70 more activities. The best matches for this section are Teide at night: stargazing and sunset tours, Tenerife buggy tours, mountain biking tours and, for the following day, whale watching in Tenerife.

Frequently asked questions

Between 3 and 8 hours depending on the format. The self-drive sunset tour is 3 hours; the buggy adventure 3.5; the half-day tour, the cable car excursion and the private Teide tour 5 hours; the summit ascent 6; the evening tours with dinner 6.5 to 7 hours; and the full-day tour with Icod, Garachico and Masca 8 hours.

Two say so in the title: the excursion with cable car from south Tenerife (5 hours) and the summit ascent with cable car ticket (6 hours). The other tours do not list the cable car as included, so check each activity page before you book.

Most do: the half-day tour, the full-day tour and the stargazing dinner state hotel pickup in the title. The cable car excursion departs from south Tenerife and the Vilaflor bike route from Arona.

Yes, every one of the 11 activities has an English-speaking guide. The half-day tour, the cable car excursion and the full-day tour also run in Spanish, German and French; the summit ascent in Spanish and German.

By day you see the caldera, the rock formations and, on the cable car options, the views from the top; there are three coach tours and five private ones. At night there are three options: stargazing with dinner and pick-up (7 hours), dinner under the stars (6.5 hours) and the 3-hour self-drive sunset tour.

A warm layer, sun cream, sunglasses and water whatever the season, because it is colder at altitude than on the coast and the sun is strong. Closed shoes always, and a windproof jacket for the night tours. For the summit ascent, the buggy and the e-MTB routes, sports clothing.

Not at the moment: the five private tours we used to list came from a supplier who has stopped working with us. To go at your own pace there are the buggy adventure, the two e-MTB routes and the self-drive sunset tour, and the half-day tour, the full-day tour and the stargazing dinner still include hotel pickup. You set the stops and the pace; guides speak English, Spanish and Italian.