Tours & Activities

Kayak and Snorkel Excursion

Jet Ski Puerto Colón

Guided jet ski safaris from Puerto Colón along the Costa Adeje shoreline, no licence required.

Sognicanarias Watersports

El Médano school for kitesurf, windsurf, wing foil and surf with IKO and Spanish federation certified instructors.

Top Buggy Adventure

Buggy routes to Teide, along the coast and at sunset, from its own base in Las Chafiras.

Pura Vida Diving Lanzarote

Pura Vida Diving is a dive centre based in the Punta Limones shopping centre at Playa Blanca, within the municipality of Yaiza. It is affiliated to the SSI agency and covers the whole path, from a try dive and Scuba Diver through Open Water, Advanced, the specialities and the professional route of divemaster and instructor. Guided dives and snorkelling outings are also part of the programme.

MOJOSURF Gran Canaria Surfcamp & Surfschool

MOJOSURF is an official school of the Federación Canaria de Surf and the official Hurley school on Gran Canaria, working on Las Canteras beach in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It runs surf and bodyboard lessons for beginners, improvers and advanced surfers, plus paddle surf and paddle yoga courses. The school keeps two premises, the surf base on calle Perú and the paddle surf base on calle Alfredo L. Jones.

Squatina Sub

Water sports base in San Andrés offering stand up paddle rental, lessons and guided routes at Las Teresitas beach.

Surf Life Tenerife

Playa de las Américas school offering stand up paddle lessons in the sheltered water by the El Camisón breakwater.

Kitesurf 313

IKO-certified kitesurf and wing foil school in El Médano with its own shop and online course booking.

Flash Jet Ski

Jet ski excursions from the Marina del Sur harbour in Las Galletas, with several routes along the south coast.

The Tenerife Boat Party

Award-winning Tenerife boat party with live DJs, unlimited drinks, swim stop and unforgettable ocean views. Book your Tenerife boat party online today.

Bodegas El Grifo

Historic La Geria winery (1775) with organic vineyards, solar power and tours with tastings.

AstroEduca

Stargazing and astronomy outreach under the dark skies of Gran Canaria.

Teide By Night

Evening Teide excursion with sunset, dinner and guided stargazing through telescopes.

Surf Training Fuerteventura

Surf Training Fuerteventura is a surf school in Corralejo that presents itself as an official school of the Canary Islands Surfing Federation. Groups are split by level, with no more than six people per instructor, and each four-hour session includes board, wetsuit, transport to the spot and insurance. There is a basic course for first waves, an advanced course and surfskate classes, plus packages that combine lessons with accommodation.

Catamarán Princesa Ico

The Princesa Ico catamaran runs boat trips along the south-west coast of Gran Canaria, leaving from the pier at Puerto Rico. During the trip of around four hours it anchors in a bay where lunch is served and passengers can swim and try water activities, while underwater viewing shows the seabed. Flying fish, turtles and dolphins are sometimes seen along the route, although sightings are not guaranteed.

PAPAGAYO WATERSPORTS

Papagayo Watersports is a diving and water sports centre in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, by Las Coloradas beach. It offers boat dives, SSI recreational diving courses, try dives for beginners and an experience that lets non-divers visit the Museo Atlántico underwater museum. It also runs guided kayak and snorkelling trips to the Papagayo beaches and rents out kayaks, stand-up paddle boards and snorkelling gear.

Flounder Boat SAiling Trips

Flounder Sailing runs sailing trips from the harbour of Morro Jable in Fuerteventura, either with shared places or for a private group, and cetaceans and dolphins may appear along the way. The shared trip lasts about three and a half hours and includes drinks, tapas, snorkelling gear, insurance and hotel pick-up as far as Costa Calma. An 80 hp motorboat is also available for hire, for which a skipper's licence is required.

Gran Azul Tours

Gran Azul Tours runs guided sea kayak and snorkelling trips in Palm-Mar, in the south of Tenerife, in small groups along the Acantilado de Guaza, where dolphins and sea turtles may be spotted. The trips are led by Laia, who has lived in Tenerife for 18 years. All equipment is included and no previous experience is needed. Private trips, kayak and SUP rental, sea meditation, a coastal hike and reiki complete the programme.

See You Diving Tenerife - PADI 5 Star

See You Diving is a PADI 5-Star dive centre in Los Cristianos, in the south of Tenerife, a few steps from the harbour where its boat trips start. It offers try dives in the pool or from the beach, guided dives, PADI courses and snorkelling with turtles, with a marine biologist explaining the life of the ocean. A marine biology internship, including underwater sampling, is also part of the programme.

Safari Diving

Safari Diving is a dive centre right on the beach at Playa Chica in Puerto del Carmen (Tías, Lanzarote), with more than 40 years of history. It welcomes PADI, BSAC and SSI divers and offers shore and boat dives, guided or self-guided, try dives in the sheltered bay, snorkelling, and PADI and BSAC courses in seven languages. Dive trips to the Museo Atlántico underwater museum are also on the programme.

Aquarius dive center

Aquarius Dive Center is a PADI 5-Star IDC and TecRec dive centre in El Fraile, in the municipality of Arona in the south of Tenerife, close to Las Galletas harbour. It runs small-group boat dives, calm first scuba experiences with personal guidance, PADI courses from beginner to professional level and TecRec technical training. The team dives with Scubapro equipment and draws on more than 35 years of diving experience.

Acuarios-Jandia

Acuarios-Jandia is a dive centre in Costa Calma, in the south of Fuerteventura, that has been guiding divers since 1988. An official SSI centre that also teaches PADI courses, it offers try dives, courses for every level, guided dives along the island's southern coast, snorkelling trips and an introduction to freediving, in small groups and with multilingual instructors with over twenty years of experience.

Lanzafly Paragliding

Lanzafly Paragliding runs tandem paragliding flights on Lanzarote with professional pilots holding international licences. After a short briefing and a joint equipment check, a few steps down a gentle slope are enough to take off and glide over volcanoes, lava fields, the coastline and the Atlantic. No experience or special fitness is needed, and children can fly with their parents' permission.

Scuba Sur Diving Gran Canaria

Scuba Sur is a professional dive centre at Anfi del Mar, between Arguineguín and Puerto Rico, in the south of Gran Canaria. Operating for more than 20 years, it runs guided boat dives, introductory dives for beginners, snorkelling trips and SSI and PADI courses from first level to Divemaster, always in small groups of no more than two students per instructor, with dive plans adjusted to the weather and the sea.

Barco Pirata Peter Pan Tenerife

The Peter Pan is a Portuguese schooner from the last century that sails from the port of Los Cristianos, in the south of Tenerife, on a boat trip designed for the whole family. On board there is a pirate show that recalls the old days of sail and the tales of the pirates who roamed these waters, and the trip, which lasts about two hours, includes a swim in the sea before heading back to port.

Jetski corralejo Fuerteventura

This Corralejo operator, in the north of Fuerteventura, runs guided jet ski excursions. The short route heads for the Isla de Lobos and then carries on along to the dunes, with up to two people on each jet ski. There is also a longer combo trip to Lobos with a stop to snorkel using an electric underwater scooter, as well as private tours just for your own group. Every outing starts with a safety briefing.

Mirafondos Centro de Buceo

Mirafondos is a dive centre in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, specialising in technical diving, which runs guided day and night dives from the shore or by boat, as well as try dives and training at every level. It rents and sells equipment and has a repair workshop. Its dive sites around the island include wrecks in the city itself, Tufia, El Cabrón and Sardina de Gáldar.

Bahianus Club

Bahianus Club is a diving school in Puerto del Carmen, on Lanzarote, which dives in small groups with an experienced instructor and matches groups and dive sites to each diver's level. Most dives are shore dives, and boat dives are organised as well. Underwater there are caves, tunnels, drop-offs and wrecks off Puerto del Carmen, with rays, angel sharks, barracudas and, with luck, seahorses.

K16 SURF SCHOOL TENERIFE

K16 Surf School Tenerife is a surf school in Playa de las Américas, in Arona, an area the school recommends for its good weather and its waves, which keep coming all year round. An official school of the Canary Islands Surf Federation, with qualified instructors and, by its own account, 21 years of experience, it offers group and private lessons, bodyboarding, adaptive surfing, surfskate and a summer camp for children.

DIVE LOVERS TENERIFE - DIVE CENTER

Dive Lovers Tenerife is a Polish-run SSI dive centre in Costa del Silencio, in Arona, with courses for beginners, children from age 8 and certified divers. The try dive is an individual dive of about 40 minutes with an instructor among volcanic rock formations and shoals of fish, where with some luck turtles, rays or angel sharks appear. For certified divers there are caves, wrecks and small groups.

Diving on the Moon Tenerife - Sea Trek

Diving on the Moon Tenerife offers Sea Trek helmet dives in Playa de las Américas, in Arona: you walk on the seabed breathing normally, with no diving licence or previous experience needed. The helmet is fed with air from the surface and keeps your head dry, so glasses can stay on. People aged 8 and over, non-swimmers and people with limited mobility can take part, always with a personal guide, at depths of up to 5 metres.

Blue Ocean Sports

Blue Ocean Sports runs outdoor activities on Gran Canaria by land and by sea: buggy routes through the island's moon-like, volcanic landscapes, jet ski safaris off the Maspalomas dunes and Can-Am Ryker rides along the coast and up into the mountains towards Mogán and Fataga. The trips are guided and include pick-up from your accommodation. The base is beside the GC-500 road at Tarajalillo, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana.

Blue Spirit Catamaran - Gran Canaria

Blue Spirit Catamaran is a family-run business offering catamaran trips from Pasito Blanco harbour in Maspalomas, close to Meloneras, in the south of Gran Canaria. Its 14-metre catamaran takes no more than 12 passengers and sails along the island's southwest coast, stopping to swim and snorkel at Tauro and Anfi del Mar, with a home-made lunch on board. Private trips are also available.

Eden Catamaran

Eden Catamaran runs whale and dolphin watching trips from Puerto Colón in Adeje, in the south of Tenerife. Its catamaran, which holds 50 people, sails about three miles offshore, where a colony of pilot whales lives all year round, and on the longer trip it anchors in a bay for swimming and snorkelling. The company was founded in 2003 and works with the Atlantic Whale Foundation.

KAYAKING SHINGI ADVENTURES

Kayaking Shingi Adventures runs kayak, snorkelling and stand-up paddle outings in Palm-Mar, in the municipality of Arona in the south of Tenerife. Its guided kayak and snorkel tour sets off from La Arenita beach towards the Bahía de las Tortugas, a calm stretch of water facing La Gomera where turtles, fish, rays and, with some luck, dolphins are often seen. No previous experience is needed.

aventuraencanarias

Aventura en Canarias is an adventure sports company on Gran Canaria, based in Arucas, with paragliding at the heart of what it does: tandem flights with a professional pilot, courses from scratch and a guide service for visiting pilots. It also organises bungee jumping, canyoning, via ferrata, coasteering, rock climbing, multi-adventure days, paramotor and paratrike flights, rope jumping, skydiving and hiking.

Lanzarote Sea Tours

Lanzarote Sea Tours runs boat and land excursions from its base on Avenida del Varadero in Puerto del Carmen. Its programme includes a speedboat mini cruise to look for dolphins, a sunset cruise, a catamaran trip to La Graciosa, a half-day trip to the island of Lobos and full-day routes that combine the Teguise market or the work of César Manrique with a visit to La Graciosa.

Atlantic Eco Experience

Atlantic Eco Experience offers whale and dolphin watching and diving on the south coast of Tenerife, from Puerto Colón, with a focus on protecting the marine environment. It approaches the animals with engines off and at a safe distance, collects the plastic it finds on every trip and works with the La Tahonilla wildlife recovery centre. It also runs adapted sailing and diving and PADI courses.

One Two Dive Tenerife

One Two Dive Tenerife is a PADI 5 Star dive centre located inside the GF Isabel hotel on Avenida de Moscú in Costa Adeje. It offers discover scuba dives, PADI courses from Open Water up to Divemaster, guided boat and shore dives and snorkelling, always in small groups. Pickups are available from Los Cristianos, Las Américas and Adeje, and a VIP service pairs divers with a personal instructor.

Aquasports Fuerteventura

Aquasports Fuerteventura runs water sports and excursions from the port of Morro Jable in the south of Fuerteventura. Its options include a buggy tour from the pier to Punta de Jandía, a guided jet ski safari and the Funny Day Boat, a family dolphin-watching trip that also covers the importance of marine conservation. The Aquasports company was founded in 2006 and also operates on Gran Canaria.

Gran Canaria Trekking

Gran Canaria Trekking is an active tourism company based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria that organises outdoor activities across the island. Its guides lead hiking and trekking routes, canyoning descents and adventure trips, and the company also runs mountain courses, orienteering sessions and trail running training. Routes for groups are arranged on request, including versions adapted for children and for people with visual or hearing impairments.

The Big Blue Team

The Big Blue Team is a diving and water sports centre based in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, in the south of Gran Canaria. It offers scuba diving, snorkelling, surfing, jet skiing and catamaran trips, as well as tailor-made excursions for every level, from first-timers to experienced participants, led by certified instructors and with close attention to safety procedures throughout each activity.

Los Gigantes Blue

Los Gigantes Blue runs sea activities from the Los Gigantes marina in Santiago del Teide, on the west coast of Tenerife. The programme covers guided jet ski safaris along the Teno-Rasca coast, a kayak and snorkel route to the bay of Masca, small-group boat trips, whale and dolphin watching outings and private sailing boat hire with a crew on board.

Tenerife Paragliding Center - Kangaroo Tandem

Kangaroo Tandem in Costa Adeje runs tandem paragliding flights over the south of Tenerife. The standard, plus and premium flights take off in the Costa Adeje area and usually land on La Enramada beach, while the elite flight starts in Teide National Park and lands in Puerto de la Cruz. Flights include photos and video and pick-up from hotels in Costa Adeje.

Adventure kayak in Tenerife

Adventure kayak in Tenerife is a kayak and canoe tour agency based on Calle Juan Reverón Sierra in Los Cristianos, in the municipality of Arona in the south of Tenerife. The coast around Los Cristianos, with its harbour and beaches, is a common starting point for kayak outings along the island's southern shoreline.

Canary Kayak Tenerife

Canary Kayak Tenerife runs kayak trips from Los Cristianos in the south of Tenerife. The outing combines paddling with a snorkelling stop, a visit to a sea cave and a look at the local marine life. Equipment is included, the trip is adapted to all levels of experience, and underwater scooters can also be hired for the snorkelling part. The trip lasts about two and a half hours.

Flowsurfproject Fuerteventura

Flow Surf Project is a surf school in the south of Fuerteventura that teaches on the beaches of La Pared and Costa Calma, choosing the spot each day according to wind, tides and the group's level. It offers lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced surfers in groups of up to eight students per instructor, as well as private lessons for one or two students and surfskate sessions to sharpen technique.

Zeus Dive Center

Zeus Dive Center is a dive centre in Playa del Inglés, in the south of Gran Canaria, with activities for every level: boat snorkelling trips from Puerto de Mogán, try dives for beginners, dives for certified divers and the Open Water Diver course (SSI / PADI). It offers nitrox diving, is an official Aqualung partner and picks guests up from their accommodation in the southern resort area. Activities are booked online.

Scubafriends Tenerife

Scubafriends Tenerife is a PADI 5 Star IDC dive centre in the SalYTien shopping centre in Las Américas, Adeje. It offers try dives, guided dives, snorkelling and PADI courses from Scuba Diver up to instructor level, as well as Tec Rec technical training. Groups are kept to five or six people for courses and dives alike, and Course Director Salvatore, who lives in Tenerife, tailors each course to the student.

Teno Activo

Teno Activo is an outdoor activity company based at the Los Gigantes marina in Santiago del Teide. Its kayak and snorkel trips and its paddle surf outing set off from there beneath the Los Gigantes cliffs, rock walls rising almost 500 metres, alongside boat trips to watch whales and dolphins and sailing excursions. The company also runs night-time star walks in Teide National Park and electric mountain bike tours.

Deep Fin Tenerife

Deep Fin Tenerife is a dive centre in Las Galletas, in the south of Tenerife, that takes divers out on its own boat to a range of dive sites along the island's southwest coast. It works in small groups with personal attention, offering try dives for complete beginners, snorkelling, guided dives for certified divers and courses from Open Water to Diver Stress & Rescue, all led by local instructors.

Corralejo Surf School RIP CURL

Corralejo Surf School is a surf school in Corralejo, in the north of Fuerteventura, with courses for beginners, intermediate surfers and private lessons, taught by instructors certified by the Surf Federation. It runs a surfhouse with private and shared rooms and works with Lobos Tours, which organises boat trips to the Isla de Lobos with snorkelling and kayaking.

Brothers Diving

Brothers Diving is an SSI Diamond dive centre in Maspalomas, in the south of Gran Canaria. It offers try dives, courses from the first level through specialities and rescue up to professional training, and guided dives at the island's dive sites, including wrecks, night dives and nitrox diving, with quality gear and a team that dives alongside its clients.

Thalassa Buceo

Thalassa Buceo is an SDI dive centre in Los Abrigos, in the south of Tenerife, about ten minutes from Tenerife South airport. It works with very small groups, personal attention and well-kept equipment, offers SDI courses, dives at different sites along the coast and snorkelling in the port of Los Abrigos, and adapts courses for people who need special attention.

Monte Cristo Catamaran

Monte Cristo Catamaran runs trips on a purpose-built catamaran from Puerto Colón in Costa Adeje to watch whales and dolphins in their natural habitat. The tours cruise along the south coast of Tenerife in small groups, leave time for a swim in the Atlantic and include food, snacks, drinks and a transfer. Bookings are made directly on the company's own website.

Gran Canaria Boat Trips

Gran Canaria Boat Trips is a family business based in Meloneras, in the south of Gran Canaria, that organises and books boat trips from the island's southern harbours. It works with local boat owners and covers catamarans, sailing boats, yachts, glass-bottom boats and speedboats, on shared or private trips, including dolphin watching, sport fishing, diving and parties on board.

Whale Wise Eco Tours & Research

Whale Wise Eco Tours & Research runs responsible whale and dolphin watching trips from the marina at Los Gigantes, on the west coast of Tenerife. The guides are marine biologists, groups are small and the boat is a custom-built hybrid vessel. The company puts half of its profits into marine research and conservation projects. Trips can be booked online or by phone.

Ori Surf

Ori Surf is a surf school in El Médano, in the south of Tenerife, right by Playa de la Jaquita. It runs surf lessons for all levels and ages, including families, with local instructors and all equipment included, alongside wingfoil lessons and board rental. There is a children's course with board and wetsuit, and adaptive surf lessons for people with disabilities. Activities are booked online.

Jet Ski Island Tenerife

Yamaha jet ski safaris from pontoon 9 in Puerto Colón, in small groups with a swim stop.