- Excursion to visit Mount Teide by night
- Stargazing on Mount Teide using professional equipment
- Behold the sunset from a viewpoint in the National Park
- Let certified astronomical guides unravel the sky’s mysteries for you
- Visit Mount Teide on a night trip to one of the three best skies in the world to gaze at the stars
- Round-trip transportation from a meeting point near your hotel
- Professional observation of the Universe using long-range telescopes
- Certified Starlight guide in Spanish or English
- Sunset from a viewpoint before the astronomical observation
- Picnic-style Teide-dinner (optional)
- Starlight guide in other language than indicated
- Teide Cable Car tickets. If you wish to enjoy the experience with cable car included, we recommend Sunset & Stars.
- Night hiking on Mount Teide
Information
Pick-up points and hours
The schedule depends on the collection point which you indicate when making your reservation, and varies throughout the year, depending on the sunset time. Once you have formalised your reservation, we will inform you of the pick-up time and location.
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Restrictions
Children under 8 are cannot participate in the Mount Teide by night trip. Proof of age is required.
- Pets are not allowed.
Important information
- All our guides are astronomical guides certified by the Starlight Foundation.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PRODUCE THE BOOKING CONFIRMATION, EITHER PRINTED OR DISPLAYED ON A MOBILE DEVICE.
For organisational reasons, the schedule may be modified and notified.
Prepare for your visit
To make the most of your Mount Teide Night Tour, please follow our recommendations:
- Wear warm, comfortable clothing and proper footwear.
- If you have health problems, consult with your doctor before undertaking this activity.
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Pick-up from the south + picnic
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FAQs
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Where does the astronomical observation included in the Mount Teide Night Tour take place?
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Does the Mount Teide Night Tour include round-trip transportation?
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Can I ascend Mount Teide by cable car on the same day with this excursion?
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Is it possible to combine the Mount Teide Night Tour activity with a stay in the Altavista Refuge or at the Parador hotel?
Are pets allowed on the night tour to Mount Teide?
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Reviews of the Tenerife stargazing tour
Pick-up in the south
Wonderful experience! We learned so much about our night sky. It was a birthday present for our 8 years old who has a passion for astronomy, he absolutely loved it!
Amazing experience!
Highly recommended!
The entire trip lasted more than 7 hours and approx 4 hours was dedicated to transportation. We felt cheated and at the price point of 65 euro per person for the group of 8 people this should have been organized in a much more customer friendly experience respecting our time. Not only I will not recommend your service but I will highly discourage anyone of my friends going to visit Tenerife to buy your package. You should call this package : Hotel pick up tour + additional visit to the Mount Teige
Cool experience, long drive there but awesome guide with a good knowledge of the stars.
Really great guide who was friendly and helpful. He gave really clear explanations of the night sky objects we were viewing and the constellations. Funny and informative. We would have liked a little longer at the sunset viewing (Maybe an extra 15 minutes) as that part felt a little bit rushed. But overall a good experience...and when they turned out the lights and the stars suddenly appeared above us all - wow!
Nice planned excursion, and the view is amazing
Det var en gennemført god oplevelse, som startede med at bussen som skulle samle os op kom til det aftalte sted på det aftalte tidspunkt - god start. At overvære solnedgangen på Teide er virkelig spektakulært - og der var god tid til at få alle faserne med. “Hovedretten” i form af stjerne- og planetkiggeri både med det blotte øje og specielt gennem teleskoperne var fascinerende - specielt Saturn og detaljerigdommen på månen gjorde stort indtryk. Guiden til den del af arrangementet var både vidende og god til at gå i dialog med deltagerne. Alt i alt en virkelig anbefalelsesværdig tur
The program is excellent: sunset view from Teide is fascinating, and after the starry sky also. Our guide was well preapared, with interesting knowledge about the island, volcanos and also about astronomy. The timing was good: we arrived to the viewpoint in a very good time to see the sunset. After that, the dinner time and the skywatching were also very good both in timing and the experience itself. The transfer was quick and correctly planned. We really enjoyed the whole program, it absolutely worth its price!
In general I was disappointed and regret spending over 7 hours of my holiday on this tour. It all started with pick-ups, where we were driving around in bus for almost 1,5 hours and looking for people in smaller villages. Then we were bought to enjoy to some parking space to "enjoy sunset" - when we asked the tour guide in bus, what should we do here - his reply was look into the sun. During our driving he have no information whatsoever and was only discussing with the bus driver the whole day. Would been much more interesting 2,5 hours drive up in case he gave some facts etc etc. Up on Teide we were put in some room to wait - nobody understood what should we do there? For how long? Some people were eating their sandwich, but most were just looking in phones. Then the part started which was OK - why I rated 2 stars. The guide showing the stars was on good level - the jokes and the text were memorized well. ONLY PROBLEM - over half of people were really freezing outside. Why cannot you supply/rent/sell some simple blankets to keep people warm. After 15 minutes half of group was jumping and hoping to get to the bus soon again.... So it was a relief when finalized, when we could start heading back - again almost 2 hours and the guide all way speaking with the bus driver in Spanish..... I hope you get some ideas from this, how to improve your service on this tour!
Uninspiring. No cable car included or possible. Bring a sandwich.
Great excursion! Will try do this again in summer when *** Way is visible. Pity the two most interesting objects (***) weren’t visible. Very good choice of objects for telescopes (Orion nebula, Misar binary, cigar galaxy and open star cluster). Would have liked a bit more information on the telescopes used. Very good show! *** (Molecular Biologist)
I was noticed only one day before the activity that they can not luckily from my hotel. The hotel was in the pickup list when I booked the activity. The star observation location is not the best. The cliff on the side blocked 1/3 of the sky.
The pick-up was supposed to be at 4 pm initially. Then it was changed (via email) to 4:40 pm. Ultimately the bus came 45 minutes late, at 5:25. This made us miss the sunset (which was supposed to be at 6:15) on the way to the volcano. There should be less stops for the bus or instead of picking up everyone from the hotel a few meeting points in the city so that guest can walk there from the hotel and be picked up by the bus. This should make the bus be always on time. Also the goups of guests could be smaller.
The experience was just amazing. The guides were very competent and passionate, they gave the impression that they could give explanations under any sky. I loved their way of pointing to constellations with lasers and telling stories about them. The observations with the telescopes were breathtaking, I didn't expect you could see the rings of Saturn with such level of detail! And they are right when they say that the night sky on the Teide is special, you really see a lot (even with the full moon as in my case). I totally recommend the experience! (Just make sure to cover yourself because it's really cold up there.)
Pick-up in the north
Pick-up from the south + picnic
Pick-up from the north + picnic
Description of the “Teide at night” trip
Description
An excursion to Mount Teide by night that you’ll find fascinating
Much has been said about the spectacular landscape of the Teide National Park, but the transformation it undergoes when the sun sets is rarely mentioned. Our Mount Teide Night Tour wants to show you exactly that: the array of colours that adds beauty to the horizon at sunset and dyes the sky dark to expose 83 of the 88 constellations known to man.
On your way up to visit Mount Teide by night, you will see how the plant life changes with the increasing altitude. The transformation in the landscape as you ascend is truly astonishing—you will feel as if you have crossed several continents in a journey of no more than one or two hours.
Depending on the route you follow on your Mount Teide Night Tour, you will cross rural landscapes, laurel woods and pine forests. On Las Cañadas, you will find types of broom, laburnum, rosalillo de cumbre (Pterocephalus lasiospermus), and flixweed—just a few of the plants that thrive most prolifically on Tenerife’s high scrublands.
If you’re in luck, you will see tiny, harmless bats fluttering around you as the sun sets. These winged mammals have spent the day hiding in the National Park’s underground network of volcanic tunnels. The volcanic tunnels are the channels through which lava once flowed, and they are the kingdom of the troglofauna. These small invertebrates are mostly blind as they live in complete darkness, but their other sensory organs have developed great sensitivity, so they have exceptional sense of smell, touch or hearing. The majority of them are endemic to Las Cañadas, and a few are found exclusively in one particular volcanic tunnel, and nowhere else in the entire world.
Please remember that night hiking activities on Teide are not possible on this excursion. If you would like to do a hike, choose one of our day excursions that include hiking routes.
So, can you ascend Teide at night?
Well, that depends on what you mean by ascending Teide at night. Yes, you can ascend Teide and go stargazing from the cable car base station, an experience that is included in the “Teide at night” excursion. However, please bear in mind that this night tour to Mount Teide does not use the cable car to ascend Teide and reach the trails at the top station.
What if you want to see the stars from Mount Teide by night, and also ascend to 3,555 m at sunset? Then our exclusive Sunset & Stars night excursion is just what you’re looking for!
Sunset & Stars gives you the chance to ascend Teide by cable car, outside of its normal opening times. You will travel in a small group to watch an unforgettable sunset and see the giant, 3,718-m-high volcano cast its pyramid-shaped shadow across the sea. You’ll enjoy visiting La Rambleta, at an altitude of 3,555 m, and watch a spectacular sunset from the trail to Pico Viejo Viewpoint, a spot with breathtaking views. And that’s not all—after this exceptional experience, you will then go stargazing from the base station. What’s more, the excursion includes a picnic-style dinner of Canary Islands food.
If you would like to find out about more excursions to Mount Teide by night and view the prices for these experiences, please check all our stargazing excursions.
A Mount Teide Night Tour with sunset and astronomical observation to visit Mount Teide by night
Before you begin your “Teide at night” stargazing experience, you will have toured a good part of the National Park and, from some impressive viewing point you will have seen a sunset that will remain in your memory for many years to come. In the dying light, the volcanic landscape takes on colours and hues of the utmost beauty. The spectacular, oval Las Cañadas caldera (one of the biggest volcanic calderas in the world with a perimeter of 45 km) spreads out before your eyes. In its centre stands Mount Teide volcano, an immense stratovolcano, rising to 3,718 m. Everywhere you look, you will see all kinds of lava deposits clothing large areas of the caldera, the product of eruptions stretching back over thousands of years.
During your tour, you will see rounded volcanic cones covered in pumice stone, others covered in charcoal and ash, some turned black or a reddish colour by oxidisation, tongues of lava that hang from the sides of the volcanoes, and huge blocks of stone (in which you can see traces of gleaming obsidian) strewn haphazardly around.
To tour Las Cañadas del Teide at night, before your exploration of the planets and galaxies, is to take a geological journey back over 180,000 years in one of Earth’s most remarkable volcanic landscapes. And if there happens to be a full moon, you will discover the most amazing lunar landscape. It’s a “Teide at night” experience that has it all!
You’ll be pleased to know that this excursion to Teide at night also includes a stop for dinner. You can choose whether to bring your own snacks, or to book the Mount Teide Night Tour with a picnic included.
Is there any better way to visit Mount Teide by night than on this night excursion to Teide that includes ascending Teide at night to the cable car base station at Las Cañadas del Teide, at an altitude of 2,356 m? And once there, seeing the stars in one of the best skies in the world for astronomy?