Whale Watching From Santa Cruz & North Tenerife

Unter Santa Cruz de Tenerife the pickup is the Santa Lastenia bus stop at 12:15, every day. In Puerto de la Cruz the coach works through 12 stops between 10:50 and 11:45, including Precise Resort, Panoramica, Las Aguilas, Parque San Antonio, Alua Tenerife, Magec, McDonalds, Botanico, Kiosco Paraguitas, Teidemar and Garoe. There is also a stop at Punta del Rey bus stop at 12:30. You are dropped back at the same place at the end of the day. If your hotel is not next to a stop, message the Club Canary team and we will tell you which one to walk to.

The boat trip is 4,5 Stunden. The day is much longer, because the whales are off the south west coast and you are starting in the north. From Puerto de la Cruz you are collected between 10:50 and 11:45 and back between 20:30 and 21:00, so roughly 9 bis 10 Stunden door to door. From Santa Cruz you are collected at 12:15 and back between 19:30 and 20:00, so roughly 7 to 8 hours. A fair part of that is spent on the coach. We would rather tell you straight than have you find out on the day.

We cannot promise an exact minute, and anyone who does is guessing. The coach returns north on public roads and the traffic varies, especially in the evening. Plan for roughly 19:30 to 20:00 in Santa Cruz und 20:30 to 21:00 in Puerto de la Cruz. Do not book a restaurant table for 20:00 in Puerto de la Cruz on the same evening, and do not plan anything tight afterwards. Treat it as a full day out and you will enjoy it far more.

It is genuinely included. 68€ per adult and 45€ per child aged 3 to 11 covers the return coach from Santa Cruz or Puerto de la Cruz, the 4.5-hour cruise, the swim stop in Masca Bay, a courtesy lunch, drinks throughout, multilingual guides, port taxes and insurance. Babies aged 0 to 2 travel free. Guests aged 12 and over pay the adult price. There is no transfer surcharge added at the boat.

No, and we would rather say so. If you can get yourself to Puerto Colon, book the Royal Delfin from Puerto Colon instead. You pay less because you are not paying for transport you do not need, you skip several hours on a coach, and that page also offers a shorter 3-hour trip which this one does not. Parking at the harbour is around 1,20€ per hour. This page exists for people who genuinely cannot get south easily.

In summer, yes, it often is. The Royal Delfin has 222 seats and the operator sells a maximum of 200, and in July and August it regularly sails close to full. Expect a queue at the lunch service and people gathered around the underwater windows. It is a large, stable catamaran with indoor seating, shade and open decks, so there is room to move, but it is not a quiet little boat with twenty guests. Outside the summer months it is noticeably calmer, which is worth knowing if your dates are flexible.

No boat can promise that, and this is wild nature rather than a show. What helps here is that the pilot whales and dolphins off this coast are resident all year, not seasonal visitors, so there is no wrong month to go. The route passes through the Teno-Rasca protected marine area and the operator is licensed for sustainable cetacean watching, holding the Barco Azul flag. Because the animals are wild, no refund is given if they do not appear.

The Royal Delfin is the only catamaran in Tenerife with 16 panoramic underwater windows, each 50 inches, set below the waterline. They are a real feature and children tend to love them. Being honest about it, the clearest wildlife views are usually from the open decks rather than through the glass, and the window area gets busy when the boat is full. Treat them as a very good extra rather than the main event and you will get more out of them.

Almost certainly not, and we will not sell it to you as though you can. There is no pickup at the cruise terminal. You would need a taxi to the Santa Lastenia bus stop for 12:15, about 15 minutes away, then a taxi back after being dropped there between 19:30 and 20:00. That puts you at your ship around 19:45 to 20:15, and most ships close boarding between 17:00 and 19:00. The operator has already had cruise guests who could not make it back in time. Unless your ship stays overnight or sails very late, please choose something else, and message us and we will find you a trip that fits your hours ashore.

Not from this page, because the coach transfer is not adapted for wheelchairs. Guests using a wheelchair need to travel directly to Puerto Colon and book the Royal Delfin from Puerto Colon instead, telling us in advance. On board, the main deck is accessible and manual wheelchairs up to 68cm wide can be carried, but electric wheelchairs cannot. The upper deck and the underwater viewing area are reached by stairs, and there is no fully accessible toilet on board, though Puerto Colon has accessible toilets near the boarding area.