- Trip to Mount Teide from North Tenerife, Tenerife South and the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Candelaria + Cable Car with the Teide Legend digital audio guide and a guide
- The most sustainable way to visit Mount Teide: in group transport
- Enjoy the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition at the Teide Cable Car Visitors’ Centre
- Teide Cable Car return ticket with the Teide Legend digital audio guide for Android and iOS
- Official Spanish, English, German, Italian, Dutch and French-speaking guide
- Transportation from the north and the south of Tenerife and from the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Candelaria to visit Mount Teide in a sustainable way
- Free access to the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition at the Visitors’ Centre (included in your cable car ticket and available in 8 languages with the Teide Legend audio guide)
- Food and/or drinks (you can bring your own snack or buy it in our restaurant-snack bar)
- Permit to access the Teide crater issued by the National Park
- Guide in other language than Spanish, English, German, French, Dutch and Italian
- Access for visitors with physical disabilities or motor impairments
Information
Pick-up points and hours
The schedule depends on the collection point. You can select it during the booking process.
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Restrictions
- People with cardiovascular conditions, pregnant women, and children under the age of 3 are not allowed on the Teide Cable Car, because of the risks posed to their health by the altitude.
- People with diverse physical or motor functionality are not permitted to make the ascent by cable car because, due to the technical conditions that exist in the National Park, it cannot be guaranteed that they can be safely evacuated in the time allowed by the regulations.
- It is essential to bear in mind that in the event of the failure of the Teide Cable Car system due to unexpected technical reasons, passengers already at the upper station will have to make their descent on foot and using steep mountain paths.
- Suitcases and large bags are not permitted.
- No pets allowed, apart from guide dogs and therapy dogs.
- We reserve the right to refuse admission. For more information, please check the rules for accessing the cable car.
Important information
- The stay at the upper station is limited to one hour.
- It is necessary to produce the booking confirmation, either printed or displayed on a mobile device.
- Download the Teide Legend audio guide to your Android or Apple device. You just need to use the booking code from your Mount Teide Tour with Cable Car Tickets reservation to quickly and easily download the guide and enjoy a contactless experience.
Prepare for your visit
When going on a Mount Teide Tour, you should be prepared for extremes in weather, both heat as well as cold, depending on the time of year in which you enjoy this Mount Teide Tour with cable car.
Teide Cable Car is located within a fragile and protected national park. Therefore we must follow a series of basic rules of civic behaviour and respect of the natural environment, such as not littering or taking rocks, plants or animals. Please remember that it is prohibited to make fire, make loud noises, stray from the signposted paths, feed the animals, or to camp.
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A Mount Teide Tour with cable car that has everything you need
On this organised Mount Teide Tour with cable car return tickets with a digital audio guide of Mount Teide included in your booking free of change, you’ll discover Teide National Park: the most visited national park in Europe. You’ll also be visiting the park in a sustainable way.
From the comfort of our bus and in the company of an official guide, you will discover scenery that will leave you wide-eyed with wonder as you ascend towards the peak. Because Tenerife is an enormous mountain in the middle of the ocean. Its roads climb to reach the heart of the island: Mount Teide. Along the way, you will pass through different bioclimatic levels.
As you leave the coast, made barren by endless sunshine, the proximity of the sea and the lack of rain, you will enter the mid-altitude zone. This contains the finest agricultural land, chosen by the European settlers as the site for Tenerife’s historic towns. A series of towns is strung like a necklace at a mid altitude of between 400 and 500 metres above sea level: Arona, La Orotava, Santiago del Teide… All still conserve a historical legacy worth discovering.
If your Teide excursion with a cable car ticket included takes you up the north side, the likelihood is that from 600 metres above sea level you will be engulfed by dense fog. You will be in the belt below the area of direct impact of the moist trade winds that blow in from the north-east, forming a sea of cloud. Here, laurel woods clothe the scenery in a rich green colour, and you will feel a coolness that will make you reach for your coat. Soon, at an altitude of 1,000 metres, the laurel woods give way to dense, humid pine forests, that extend up to 2,000 metres. But if your ascent takes you up the south side, where the sea of cloud struggles to form, you’ll be in the pine forest from an altitude of 600 metres.
When you reach the high mountain area, you will see the sea of cloud at your feet, and you will feel as if you are flying above it. The flora of Las Cañadas comprises broom, laburnum and a vast array of other plants, most of them endemic to these peaks. Here, the extreme climate, with significant fluctuations between summer and winter, and even between day and night, determines the pattern of life. Scrub clothes the slopes of the Las Cañadas cirque, and those of Mount Teide volcano itself. But as you make your way towards the peak, it gradually disappears... Only the beautiful Teide violet survives at 3,000 metres on the volcano.
And throughout your trip to Mount Teide, you will see the volcanoes that formed Tenerife, some as old as the island itself, and others more recent.
Furthermore, since cable car tickets to go up Mount Teide are already included, you don’t have to worry about missing the chance to book your seat. We have thought of everything so that you can enjoy your Teide Tour without worrying about a thing!
Enjoy spectacular views of Tenerife and some of the neighbouring islands on this excursion to ascend Mount Teide
Our Teide Tour excursion includes tickets for the ascent and descent by cable car and, in addition, the Teide Legend digital audio guide (which features information about the volcano’s 3 open trails) to take you up to an altitude of 3,555 metres so that you can enjoy stunning views of Tenerife and some of the neighbouring islands, whilst at the same time seeing one of the world’s most extraordinary volcanic landscapes. On Las Cañadas, you will see different types of lava and volcanic rock formations, beginning with Mount Teide itself, a stratovolcano of the Vesuvian type.
Mount Teide was formed gradually, as eruption followed eruption. Each eruption added another level to the volcanic edifice. Mount Teide began as a small volcanic cone at the base of Las Cañadas 150,000 years ago, and reached a height of 3,718 metres 1,000 years ago, when its most recent eruptions occurred; these formed the current peak and the streams of black lava that flow down its slopes.
Now Mount Teide is the highest peak in the Atlantic region, the highest peak in Spain, and the third highest volcano on Earth measured from the sea bed, from where it reaches a height of 7,500 metres.
When you reach the cable car upper station, you can choose which views you’d like to enjoy and which audio guide tracks to listen to:
- Admire Siete Cañadas and the Ucanca valley from La Rambleta viewpoint
- Follow the La Fortaleza trail and enjoy spectacular views of northern Tenerife
- Choose the Pico Viejo viewpoint trail and admire views of southern Tenerife with the impressive 800-m-diameter Pico Viejo crater at your feet and, if the weather permits, the islands of La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma on the horizon.
Excursion to Mount Teide with pick-ups every day in the north and the south of Tenerife
Are you looking for an excursion to Mount Teide available every day of the week, and offering the possibility of an ascent by cable car? Then you’re in the right place!
Below, we tell you where we can pick you up to enjoy a wonderful day in the spectacular Teide National Park.
INDEX
- Trip to Mount Teide from Puerto de la Cruz (North Tenerife)
- Trip to Mount Teide from southern Tenerife (peripheral areas)
- Teide Tour from Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Candelaria
- Trip to Mount Teide from Costa Adeje
- Trip to Mount Teide from Playa de las Américas
- Trip to Mount Teide from Los Gigantes
- Trip to Mount Teide from Los Cristianos
Trip to Mount Teide from Puerto de la Cruz (North Tenerife)
This trip to Mount Teide from Northern Tenerife will offer pick-ups in Puerto de la Cruz, a city with lush tropical gardens, beaches of black sand, cobbled streets, welcoming squares and exquisite colonial architecture, at the point you indicate when you make your booking. We will also pick up in La Orotava.
If you are staying in any other town in the north of the island (including Garachico, Icod de los Vinos or Buenavista del Norte), your pick-up point will be La Cúpula Centro Comercial [Shopping Centre] in Puerto de la Cruz. You will need to make your own way there.
Do you need to know right now where in Puerto de la Cruz or La Orotava you will be picked up, and at what time? Please see the “Pick-up points and hours” section below to find out now.
Included in the tour:
- Transport by bus from Puerto de la Cruz or La Orotava in northern Tenerife, with an official guide, and return to the initial pick-up point
- Teide Cable Car tickets + Teide Legend digital audio guide to enjoy the free-access trails around the upper station and the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition at the base station in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages.
Not included in the excursion:
- Lunch (you can bring your own snack or use our restaurant-snack bar)
- Access to the trail which leads to the Teide crater (requires a permit from the National Park)
When our trip to Mount Teide from northern Tenerife is over, you will be returned to your initial pick-up point in Puerto de la Cruz or La Orotava, having spent an unforgettable day travelling back over millions of years of geological history.
Trip to Mount Teide from southern Tenerife (peripheral areas)
Our Teide Tour is also offered with pick-ups in several peripheral locations in the south of the island, such as Puerto Santiago, Callao Salvaje, Playa Paraíso, El Médano, Golf del Sur and Costa del Silencio.
Would you like to find out right now where and when we will pick you up in any of these locations in southern Tenerife? The information is available in the “Pick-up points and hours” section.
Included:
- Round trip bus transportation from Puerto Santiago, Callao Salvaje, Playa Paraíso, El Médano, Golf del Sur or Costa del Silencio to Mount Teide, with an official guide
- Teide Cable Car tickets + Teide Legend digital audio guide to enjoy the free-access trails around the upper station and the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages.
Not included:
- Lunch (you can bring your own snack or use our restaurant-snack bar)
- Access to the trail which leads to the Teide crater (requires a permit from the National Park)
Our trip to Mount Teide from Puerto Santiago, Callao Salvaje, Playa Paraíso, El Médano, Golf del Sur or Costa del Silencio will conclude after a fantastic day high up on Mount Teide, one of Earth’s most prized natural and cultural gems, a World Heritage Site since 2007 and a National Park since 1954.
Teide Tour from Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Candelaria
We will set out on this Teide Tour from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the island’s capital city, a fascinating blend of history, culture and dynamism. There will also be pick-ups in Candelaria, a place of great religious significance dedicated to the Virgen de Candelaria, the patron saint of the Canary Islands—you will select your pick-up point when you confirm your booking.
Would you like to know right now when and where we will pick you up the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz - Candelaria? All the information you need is just a couple of clicks away, in the “Pick-up points and hours” section below.
Included in the tour:
- Round trip bus transportation from Santa Cruz - Candelaria, with an official guide
- Teide Cable Car tickets + Teide Legend digital audio guide to get to know the free-access trails around the upper station and the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages.
Not included in the excursion:
- Lunch (you can bring your own snack or use our restaurant-snack bar)
- Access to the trail which leads to the Teide crater (requires a permit from the National Park)
We will end our Teide Tour from Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Candelaria after enjoying an awesome day in the Teide National Park, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007 and a National Park since 1954.
Trip to Mount Teide from Costa Adeje
We begin the trip to Mount Teide from Costa Adeje in a paradise on the south-west coast of Tenerife, whose beaches, a perfect example of nature at its most luxuriant, are complemented by modern luxury and a buzzing atmosphere. We can collect you at the pick-up point you select when you make your booking.
Would you now like to know where in Costa Adeje you will be picked up, and at what time? Please see the “Pick-up points and hours” section below to find out now.
Included in the tour:
- Transportation by bus from Costa Adeje to Mount Teide, with an official guide, and return to the initial pick-up point
- Teide Cable Car tickets + Teide Legend digital audio guide to get to know the free-access trails around the upper station and the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition at the Cable Car Visitors’ Centre in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages.
Not included in the excursion:
- Lunch (you can bring your own snack or use our restaurant-snack bar)
- Access to the trail which leads to the Teide crater (requires a permit from the National Park)
We will conclude our trip to Mount Teide from Costa Adeje by returning to the initial pick-up point after a fantastic day in these idyllic surroundings, a National Park since 1954 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007.
Trip to Mount Teide from Las Américas
Our trip to Mount Teide will depart from Playa de las Américas, a lively, fun-filled seaside resort in the south of the island, at the pick-up point that you specify when you book.
Would you now like to know where in Playa de las Américas you will be picked up, and at what time? Find out right now, by consulting the “Pick-up points and hours” section.
Included in the excursion:
- Transportation from Playa de las Américas to Teide by bus in the company of an official guide, and return to the initial pick-up point at the end of the trip to Mount Teide from Las Américas
- Teide Cable Car tickets + Teide Legend digital audio guide, which will reveal the secrets of the free-access trails around the upper station and of the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition at the Teide Cable Car Visitors’ Centre (to listen to in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages).
Not included in the excursion:
- Lunch (you can bring your own snack or use our restaurant-snack bar)
- Access to the trail which leads to the Teide crater (requires a permit from the National Park)
Our trip to Mount Teide from Las Américas will end back at the initial pick-up point after an amazing day on the mountain, over 3,555 m above sea level in a natural space that has been a National Park since 1954 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007.
Trip to Mount Teide from Los Gigantes
Our trip to Mount Teide from Los Gigantes will leave from a natural landscape in the south of Tenerife that will leave you open-mouthed in awe at its extraordinary cliffs. You will be collected at the pick-up point you select when you book.
Find your exact pick-up time and location in Los Gigantes in the “Pick-up points and hours” section and you’ll have your Teide tour all arranged.
Included:
- Transportation from Los Gigantes to Mount Teide by bus + official guide + return to the initial pick-up point
- Teide Cable Car tickets + Teide Legend digital audio guide to discover the free-access trails that leave from the upper station and access the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition at the base station, which you can listen to in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages.
Not included:
- Lunch (you can bring your own snack or use our restaurant-snack bar)
- Access to the trail which leads to the Teide crater (requires a permit from the National Park)
The trip to Mount Teide from Los Gigantes will end when we return you to your initial pick-up point in Los Gigantes after a fabulous day in the National Park, a geological and cultural treasure and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Trip to Mount Teide from Los Cristianos
This trip to Mount Teide from Los Cristianos will commence at a delightful resort on the coast of Tenerife, a charming spot offering beautiful, golden, sandy beaches and a vibrant urban scene—choose your pick-up point when you book your excursion.
Would you like to find out right now where in Los Cristianos you will be picked up, and at what time? Please see the “Pick-up points and hours” section below to obtain this information now.
Included in the tour:
- Round trip bus transportation from Los Cristianos to Mount Teide, with an official guide
- Teide Cable Car tickets + Teide Legend digital audio guide to learn about the features of the free-access trails that leave from the upper station and the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition at the base station, which it is possible to listen to in any of the audio guide’s 8 languages.
Not included in the excursion:
- Lunch (you can bring your own snack or use our restaurant-snack bar)
- Access to the trail which leads to the Teide crater (requires a permit from the National Park)
This trip to Mount Teide from Los Cristianos will finish after a glorious day in the National Park, a geological and cultural treasure recognised by UNESCO since 2007, and a protected natural space, which was declared a National Park in 1954.
Enjoy the digital Teide Legend audio guide for free with your Teide cable car ticket
Enjoy free of charge our Teide Legend digital audio guide (available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Polish and Dutch). In the audio guide, you will find detailed information about the three most emblematic trails that leave from Teide Cable Car top station and run along the slopes of the volcano, as well as audio tracks in 8 languages, so that you can enjoy the ‘Science and Legend’ exhibition included in your tour in your preferred language.
Download the Teide Legend audio guide app to your Android or Apple device. Use the booking code from your Mount Teide Tour with Cable Car Tickets reservation to quickly and easily access the app and enjoy a contactless experience.
Watch the Teide Legend audio guide video tutorial below, which we have prepared for you:
Come on a Mount Teide Tour with cable car and visit Mount Teide in a sustainable way
Forget the car and contribute to a sustainable Teide. By reducing atmospheric pollution, you can help in the fight against climate change.
By choosing group transport you’ll help to beat overcrowding in the vehicle parking zones inside the National Park which, as a conservation measure, are small and unsuitable for expansion.
Did you know that by choosing to visit the National Park and ascend Mount Teide by cable car on this excursion you can forget having to circle around in your car until you find a parking space?
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Live the Teide Legend at the Teide “Science and Legend” exhibition!
Mount Teide Tour with Cable Car Tickets includes free admission to the “Science and Legend” exhibition at the Teide Cable Car Visitors’ Centre, which is available in 8 languages thanks to the Teide Legend audio guide included in your tour, free of charge.
You will learn about Mount Teide’s last major eruption (around 1,000 years ago) which the indigenous Guanches probably interpreted as a fight between mythological deities—an explanation far removed from that which science now attributes to volcanic eruptions.
The characters of the legend of Guayota, both gods and humans, will show you their vision of the stages of the eruption that took place back then, and which formed the pylon at the summit of Mount Teide, known locally as “el tapón del Teide” [the Teide cap]. A magical story in which good and evil join in an epic battle.
Along with the legend, you will be shown reliable data to illustrate the scientific interpretation of the eruption. Although the two perspectives may seem diametrically opposed, they are in fact closely connected.
In addition, you can have a great time at our Visitors’ Centre, where you can find brilliant mementoes of your visit to the legend of the Teide National Park at our official souvenir shop. And you can relax and enjoy a culinary experience with panoramic views of the National Park in Spain’s highest restaurant and snack bar, whose badge of identity is the distinctly Canary Island character of its food and drink.