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Full Day Island Tour from Las Palmas: Explore Volcanic Landscapes, Historic Streets, and Ocean Dunes
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Embark on a full-day island tour from Las Palmas and experience the diverse landscapes of Gran Canaria. Explore volcanic craters, historic streets, and ocean dunes with a professional English-speaking guide.
Embark on a full-day island tour from Las Palmas and experience the diverse landscapes of Gran Canaria. Explore volcanic craters, historic streets, and ocean dunes with a professional English-speaking guide.
Duration:
8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Caldera de Bandama - Caldera de Bandama - from a nice viewpoint you will have great views over the island’s largest volcanic crater.
- Santa Brigida - Santa BrÃgida - a small city with a pretty historical center. Due to the water sources the place is surrounded by green areas full of lush vegetation and palm trees. You will walk its lovely…
- Caldera de Bandama - Caldera de Bandama - from a nice viewpoint you will have great views over the island’s largest volcanic crater.
- Santa Brigida - Santa BrÃgida - a small city with a pretty historical center. Due to the water sources the place is surrounded by green areas full of lush vegetation and palm trees. You will walk its lovely streets and have a chance to grab a quick coffee in a typical old coffee shop.
- Pico de las Nieves - Pico de las Nieves - from the highest peak of the island you will have amazing views over the mountanous countryside. Your photos will be dominated especially by two mysterious rocks in the heart of the island - Roque Nublo and Roque Bentayga and if you are lucky, maybe Tenerife island will be visible far on the horizon.
The weather on Gran Canaria is mostly great, but in the unlikely case of bad weather for this stop the day of your tour there might be no views from Pico de las Nieves. If that happens we would try to stop for you in other viewpoints on our drive down to the south of the island, where the weather is usually sunnier.
- San Bartolome de Tirajana - San Bartolomé de Tirajana - in this lovely mountain village you will visit and interesting museum created in an old house of a well positioned family. Here you will find out more about the life in the villages in the old times.The museum opens for free.
- Fataga - Fataga - a charming village surrounded by hundreds of palms seems like a small oasis in a canyon-like countryside. Here you will have approximately 1 hour free time that you can enjoy for having a lunch in a traditional taverna. The meals are delicious and start on 7.50 euros/person/main dish.
- Reserva Natural Especial de Las Dunas de Maspalomas - Sand Dunes of Maspalomas - get yourself lost in the waste sand dunes. You will have 45 minutes to spend here, so don´t forget your swimwear in case you wish to have a quick jump to the ocean. You will be dropped off and picked-up by the pretty pond of Charco de Maspalomas situated on the edge of the dunes.
What's Included
- Reduced groups up to 25 persons
- Professional guide in English
- Air-conditioned transport
- Reduced groups up to 25 persons
- Professional guide in English
- Air-conditioned transport
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Travel from the northern end to the southern tip of the island. Marvel at the island’s most sizable volcanic crater, and explore the historical lanes of Santa BrÃgida. Take in the breathtaking sights from Pico de las Nieves, enjoy a traditional meal in the delightful village of Fataga, and finish your journey by basking in the sun by the mighty sand…
Travel from the northern end to the southern tip of the island. Marvel at the island’s most sizable volcanic crater, and explore the historical lanes of Santa BrÃgida. Take in the breathtaking sights from Pico de las Nieves, enjoy a traditional meal in the delightful village of Fataga, and finish your journey by basking in the sun by the mighty sand dunes near the sea. This tour is facilitated by an English-speaking professional guide.
- Minimum age is 7 years
- There are many winding roads in the mountains. If you suffer road sickness, please be sure to bring your medication.
- The tour is guided only in English
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Restaurante Casa Fataga
Parque de Santa Catalina
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(481 Ratings)
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Q4609ubnicholasl
Aug 23, 2025
Couldn't see Gran Canaria any better! - Absolutely amazing experience. I couldn't fault it at all. Pavel is an exceptional guide, making friends with everyone in the group regardless of country or background. He had great stories/jokes to tell during transit, plus a few bonuses (no spoilers).
The sights were breathtaking and he really knew the best spots for all those photo ops. Even jumping into the fray and helping the restaurant serve us food!
I would definitely recommend this trip to any and everyone, as we had an exceptional trip. Might have to make it an annual thing.
All in all 10/10 for the experience, 15/10 for the guide.
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Bernard
Aug 21, 2025
Enjoyable day out - Worth it, guide was knowledgeable and relatable. Learnt a lot about the island in a fun environment. Visited some spectacular spots on the Island
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James_w
Jul 23, 2025
Kool and chill, wavy as hell, swag unleashed - Dude was mad chill and wavy as hell. Knowledgable and witty and funny and kool. He also has the same name as my great grandfather, so we connected on a deep spiritual level.
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E1845ijanastasial
Jun 12, 2025
Highly recommend! - Great tour to take if you’re visiting Gran Canaria. The guide was so nice and overall amazing vibes. We also had lunch and I had canarian stew which was SO delicious!
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Daniedada
Jun 11, 2025
Reception, great guide, spend visits - Pavel led us very well through the stages, with conviviality and an overview on all naturalistic, cultural and economic aspects, and local stories, with attention to each of us and to the various needs, as well as the driver. All with a cheerful spirit and places not touristy but sought after, as well as the trattoria where he led us (for those who wanted). Really #1. Thanks, I'd do it again tomorrow
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Mrsandmrsriches
Jun 7, 2025
Great Day Trip! - Went on the Full Day Across the Island tour. It's a guided day bus trip with Angor as the driver and Pavel as our guide. Both were friendly and welcoming.
Pavels funny and great fun and his commentary throughout the trip was interesting, engaging and informative – he really brought each place to life and added lovely personal touches, including facts related to where some guests were from.
The day was very well organised, especially around lunch – Pavel handed out menus and took our orders ahead of time so everything ran smoothly.
The stops and villages we visited were fantastic, with just the right amount of free time to explore. The viewpoints we stopped at were absolutely stunning – some truly out-of-this-world scenery.
A brilliant day out all round.
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Lukaspk1664km
May 1, 2025
Amazing day trip around the Gran Canaria. - Great trip! Although the weather wasnt very good at the beginning, we had a great time. Our tour guide shared alot of knowledge about the island. We had fantatstic food at Labrador restaurant! Amazing day out and we definitely recommend it! Monika and Lukasz.
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133outil
Apr 23, 2025
Lovely day trip around the island - We had a lovely full day trip. Expectation was to see beautiful scenery and experience different sides of the island. This was fully met. The tour guide was excellent, and we heard interesting historical and modern day facts of Gran Canaria and its people. One of the stops was to have lunch, and local food was a nice experience as well. Last stop of the trip was at sand dunes - what a beautiful place.
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Londonsparrow
Apr 22, 2025
A great day! - Me and my partner did this tour a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. Pavel was a great guide, so knowledgeable enthusiastic. I can highly recommend this tour. We had an excellent lunch at the half way point at the restaurant (Labrador) and my partner who is an enthusiastic wildlife photographer enjoyed the final stop at the Maspalomas nature reserve so much, that we went back by bus a couple of days later! Thank you Pavel for a great day. Alison and Jim.
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Iesha
May 7, 2025
Ok trip - This is really good but only on days where you do not have low clouds/too much cloud cover.
Our Guide had an interesting point of view and humour but this didn’t affect the trip too much.
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