Island Hopping: Tenerife & La Gomera

Discover two of the Canary Island's best islands for walking on this island hopping tour. Perfect if you enjoy contrasting landscapes, with volcanic national parks, lush laurel forests, spectacular cliff walks along the coast and beautiful beaches. Graded moderate-strenuous overall, the daily walks are between 9 and 16km, with up to 1040m of ascent/descent. Perfect if you like a little bit of a challenge! Stay overnight in a small and cosy hotel in the historic World Heritage town of San Cristobal La Laguna and enjoy the famous Parador hotels in El Teide and San Sebastian.

Classic Routes | If you’re the active, outdoorsy type, who’s interested in taking on the great routes of the world or looking for a challenge, then our Classic Routes are for you. We’re talking the West Highland Way in Scotland, the world renown Tour Du Mont Blanc and Germany's Moselle Cycle Path, to name but a few!

Multi Centre Walking | With a mix of loop and point-to-point walks stay 2 or 3 nights in one place which offers the chance to slow down and really explore a destination.

Islands, Winter Sun, Coastal Walking, National Parks

The minimum age for this tour is: 18 Years

The overall grading of this tour is moderate-strenous.  Some of the individual days may be a little easier than the overall level of difficulty. You will be walking for between 8 and 16km and for up to 7-8 hours on the longest walks. Daily ascents/descents are between 445m and 1040m. 

The walks lead through volcanic terrain, forests and over rocky routes. In wet weather, the paths can be slippery. There are also several sections with steep drop-offs so whilst the walks are not very technically demanding, you should definitely be sure-footed and not afraid of heights. You should also be in good physical condition and have some walking experience. On Tenerife you can reach an altitude of 2,733m on Montaña Blanca and 1350m on La Gomera on the 6th day. The use of hiking poles is strongly recommended.

On this 7-night tour you will stay 3 nights in a small hotel housed in a beautiful heritage building in the UNESCO World Heritage City of San Cristobal de la Laguna, one night in the famous Parador hotel in its wonderful location at the foot of Mount Teide, and three nights in the charming Parador hotel in San Sebastian La Gomera, featuring a delightful pool and excellent restaurant. All rooms have private facilities.

Alternate Accommodation

In most cases you will stay in the standard accommodation that we offer on this trip. However, in particularly busy times of year or in the off-season when some of the standard hotels are not yet open an alternative hotel maybe necessary. However, we will always try to maintain the same standards of quality and the walks will never be affected. 

Single Rooms & Solo Walkers

If you require single rooms within your party we would be happy to accommodate you although there is a single room supplement payable. This tour is unfortunately not available for solo walkers due to the remote nature of some of the walks.

Meals

Daily breakfasts will be included at your accommodation every morning. Breakfasts are usually buffet-style or continental. Dinners are not included, however there are options to dine out either at your accommodation (if they have a restaurant) or in the villages and towns in which your accommodation is situated. Lunch is also not included, but you can find small stores in which to purchase items for a picnic lunch or stop at a local cafe if there is one en route.

The walks on this tour are generally signposted. However on this tour we provide navigation in the Macs Adventure Smartphone App which you can download for use off-line. See your information pack on how to do this. You will need to use the app to navigate on this tour as we do not provide turn by turn directions. If you simply follow the little blue line (you are the dot) this will ensure that you won't get lost. 

This walk is available to start year-round on any day of the week, subject to availability.

The climate in the Canary Islands is ideal for walking, you can expect temperatures of around 25°C in summer and around 15°C in winter. 
In the higher regions, the weather conditions can be completely different than at your starting point and you should definitely pack additional warm clothing in your day pack. Between June and September you need to protect yourself well against the sun, it can get extremely hot.
We recommend that you check the local weather forecast daily before starting your walk. TV and radio news and corresponding websites are ideal for this purpose. In addition, your hosts are usually well informed and will be happy to help you.

The closest airport to the start of your tour is Tenerife Norte (15 minutes from San Cristobal de la Laguna). However, the airport with the most connections is Tenerife South. This airport is served by numerous airlines from all over the UK aswell as a direct flight from Newark in the United States.  

The taxi transfer from either Tenerife South Airport (45 min) or Tenerife North Airport (15 min) to your first hotel is included. 

On the last day, the ferry is included from La Gomera back over to Tenerife. An included transfer will pick you up from here and take you to the closest airport, Tenerife South Airport (15 min) or Tenerife North Airport (55 min) if you have booked return flights from there.