The highlight of the tour was to happen today, going up the Mount Teide Volcano
We were collected by the coach (which we had for the day) and headed for the El Portillo Vistor Centre at 6500 feet. We got to briefly tour the botanical gardens and see Mt Teide in the distance
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| El Portillo walk |
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| Teide from El Portillo |
We then continued to the Teide lower cable car cable station at 2356m
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| The cable car route |
Our cable car reservation was at 1130 cable car booking. We were issued with wrist bands and sent up the 7 minute ride to the top cable car station at 3555m
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| Cable car top station at the left, the summit straight ahead |
The cable car top station is the highest you can go, you need a permit (takes 2-6 months) to go up the additional 150m to the summit Upon arrival we were met by our guide who led us a tour
Next door was Pico Viejo, the second highest volcano in the Canary Island
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| Pico Viejo |
He pointed out El Chinero, a smallish mount where the last eruption on Tenerife happened in 1909, We also got to see the extent of the Caldera (Teide is NOT in the centre)
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| The Caldera wall with Gran Canaria in the Distance |
We came back down after the allocated hour. The next stop was at the Canada Blanca visitor centre, but we were given the option of walking there rather than going on the bus, which i took. very different walk across a variety of surfaces including a sand dune. 3.21 miles in 1 hour 7 minutes at 7550 feet
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| Lunchtime walk |
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| The view from the top of the sand dune |
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| The view back to Teide |
After the delayed luch we continued on our 3.05 mile afternoon walk around the Roques de Garcia which was very scenic
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| The afternoon walk |
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| Pillow Lava |
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| Teide from the Roques |
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The Roques
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We returned on the coach to the hotel at 1740 for a well deserved dinner in the total
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