Mount Teide Night Tour

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 . See hiking excursions on Mount Teide 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. I want the Sunset & Stars with night hiking on Mount Teide 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?