Full-Day Vip Masca and Teide Tour From South Tenerife
Description
This exclusive tour explores Tenerife's most stunning inland areas. You'll venture in an eight-seater minivan through the otherworldly landscapes of Teide National Park, admire the panoramas from countless viewpoints and visit the ridge-top hamlet of Masca. Plus, there's traditional Canarian lunch on the menu, too. Arianne, one of our expert local guides, say, ‘I love guiding this tour because it's an overdose of nature, focusing on the island's volcanology, from the past to the present.'
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Itinerary
Your adventure kicks off by heading south into Teide National Park – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – climbing through a dense pine forest.
There's a pit stop at Chipeque viewpoint, which often overlooks cloud-shrouded terrain below. The scenery around here is still bursting with greenery. But as we journey deeper into the national park, you'll encounter volcanic landscapes that could easily be on the moon, Venus or Mars. Desolate, rock-strewn badlands.
A stop at Roques de Garcia allows you to take some pics near these iconic rock formations, with the volcano's cone in the background.
Grab a last look at the lava-scarred landscapes at Poleos viewpoint before dropping into a family-run restaurant for a lunch made from seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. Rounding off the day is a visit to Masca – a hard-to-reach hamlet perched on a ridge in a deep volcanic gorge. Enjoy free time to poke around and take in the vistas.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Your exact pick up time and place depend on the hotel where you stay at. After confirming the booking we will contact you to inform you about the exact pick up time and place. If you haven´t heard from us at least 48 hours before the activity start time, please contact us.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Route can be amended at short notice due to force beyond our control.
- Our office opening hours are Monday - Friday from 9h-17:15h, Saturday and Sundays closed.
- Not recommended for people who suffer travel sickness or have walking difficulties
Reviews(11)
The perfect tour for all the south Tenerife highlights. I’m so glad I booked this tour it was really incredible to see all the sights and my guide Jose was extremely knowledgeable, I learned so much about the natural history of Tenerife. Make sure to pack lots of water and sun cream!
This review is not about the trip itself as I did not complete the trip as when I booked the trip 2 months ago I received a message around where the pick up place would be however when the trip was paid for 2 days before the trip I then recieved an e ticket and communication around where the pick up would be which was at my hotel, which as I had just got my ticket I assumed this would be correct, however after 30min past the collection time and I had messaged the operator I was told that the pick up place was the hotel previous told to me and that they could not now collect me for the tour I did receive a full refund however I can only hope that in the future they ensure that communication over the local tour operator and the viator office who no doubt sent the ticket with the different pick up point are insync
Dear Valued guest, Thank you for your feedback and the time you have dedicated to write it. We are sorry to hear that this service did not meet your expectations and needs. Nevertheless, your comments really matter to our local team to improve the quality's standard service by applying the appropriate corrective actions. Kind regards, Customer Service Team
The communication from the tour company before the actual tour was excellent, gave us our pickup time and answered any questions promptly. Our pickup was about 15 minutes late which is not an issue, and after we were taken to a central meeting point. At this point, there was a lot of confusion on what was going on. It felt like the tour was overbooked and no one knew what car everyone was going in - we were led to believe that this would be a tour for a maximum of 8 people but this was not the case. The drivers and guides tried their best to accommodate, but we had to listen to the tour through a very staticky walkie talkie and we missed a lot of stuff as we just weren't able to hear a lot of the time. Some English speakers were also taken in the wrong car meant for a different language. Guide Christie was excellent, knowledgeable and helpful, and the driver that we were with was great too. Unfortunately we did not follow the established itinerary and we did everything in a completely different order. The lunch is included but you don't get a choice on what you have, but the restaurant did accommodate our dietary preferences luckily. The places we were taken to were very nice and picturesque, but at the end of the day we were taken to an aloe farm for a talk and a shop at the end of it - which is not in the itinerary and we would have preferred to spend longer in one of the other places, such as Masca (you only get 30-40 mins there) which was the whole reason we wanted to go. Overall, because of our experience it is hard for us to recommend this tour.
Dear Valued guest, Thank you for your feedback and the time you have dedicated to write it. We are sorry to hear that this service did not meet your expectations and needs. Nevertheless, your comments really matter to our local team to improve the quality's standard service by applying the appropriate corrective actions. Kind regards, Customer Service Team
Masca and the volcano were the highlights of the trip. Vehicle comfy and air conditioned. Lunch very good. Lots of stops for photos. Great to see unusual birds and lizards too. Highly recommend
Dear Hannah, Thank you for your positive feedback. We are happy you enjoyed every part of the tour and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Amazing excursion! Ivan and Rafa are very knowledgeable and gave us a lot of useful information. The itenerary and timing are perfect and lunch offered very tasty!
Dear Dario, Thank you for your very positive feedback. We appreciate your kind words for our guides and we are happy you enjoyed every part of the tour. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Christina, our guide, was exceptional. So informative and her driving skills were second to none. Her knowledge was amazing and she also had a delightful sense of humour.
Dear valued Guest, Thank you for your very positive feedback. We appreciate your kind words for our guide and we are happy you enjoyed every part of the tour. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Pick up from hotel easy. Lovely being on a small open top coach max 18 people. Guide very informative even though we were only two English rest German. Coach driver superb best we have ever had. Masca is really interesting & food & drink very reasonable considering all has to be brought in. Teide also very interesting & a real contrast of scenery Masca to Teide. 42 degrees the day we were there so definitely no coat or sweaters required. Food good & again quite reasonable at visitor centre on Teide & museum worth a visit.
Dear Louise, Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and we are glad you were satisfied with our services. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Very bad. The tour guide did not show up at the pick up spot so I couldn’t go on the tour at all. I would like to have a refund.
Dear Valued guest, Thank you for your feedback and the time you dedicated to write it. We are really sorry to hear this situation. Nevertheless, your comments really matter to our local team to improve the quality's standard service by applying the appropriate corrective actions. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Excellent tour guide , very informative and entertaining. He was able to communicate with three nationalities on this tour
Dear valued Guest, Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and we are glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We appreciate your kind words for our guide and we are happy you enjoyed every part of the tour. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
Amazing volcanic scenery, beautiful village set in deep valleys. Ivan was a very knowledgeable local guide who was great with our toddler!
Dear valued Guest, Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very valuable and important for us since help to improve our services. We are very glad to hear that you had a lovely experience with us and that our guide met in full your and even your toddler travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday destinations. Kind regards, Customer Service team
