Canary Islands Cruise Excursions By The People Who Live Here

The best Canary Islands shore excursions are the ones that leave the harbour behind. The cruise ports are the capitals, and the islands start thirty to ninety minutes further: Teide National Park above the clouds from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Bandama crater and the towns of the north from Las Palmas, the 2021 volcano and the crystal water of La Palma, the dunes and Betancuria on Fuerteventura, Timanfaya on Lanzarote, and the Nuns' Valley and the wine lodges in Funchal. Club Canary sells private tours and small group island tours at every port, timed to your ship. See them port by port on our Canary Islands cruise excursions page.

Yes. Independent shore excursions with a local company are normal in the Canary Islands, and the ship cannot stop you walking off. The difference is who you book with. Club Canary is a licensed local tour platform from the Canary Islands with an office in Costa Adeje, so you book every port in one place, with one contact on WhatsApp for the whole cruise, and every tour is planned around your ship's all aboard time. The ship's excursions are safe and simple; ours are private or small group, per car instead of per seat, and they show you the island rather than the ring road.

That is the rule everything here is built on. Every Club Canary cruise excursion is planned to have you back at the port at least one hour before the ship sails, earlier when possible, and your driver has your ship's name and all aboard time before you step off. We recommend private tours for cruise guests for exactly this reason: if a road closes or a vehicle breaks down, a private car can be replaced or rerouted in minutes, a coach with fifty people cannot. Unforeseen delays can happen on any excursion, booked anywhere; we build the buffer in and we do everything reasonably possible to solve a problem on the day, and we say honestly that we cannot promise protection against every situation outside our control.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital, a working city with a fine square and good shopping, not the Tenerife of the brochures. The resorts and most excursions are up to two hours south, which is why we do not sell them to cruise guests. What works from the port: the private Teide and La Laguna tour, which collects you at the port gates and takes you into Teide National Park and the old town of La Laguna in about five hours, and the tourist bus for an easy day in the capital. Loro Parque is possible for groups with private transport from the harbour.

Gran Canaria is two islands in one, and from the cruise terminal in Las Palmas you can reach either side in a port day. The private taxi tour from Las Palmas runs a north route to the historic towns of Arucas and Teror and the Bandama crater in about three hours, or a south route to Puerto de Mogán, the Maspalomas lighthouse and the dunes in about five. Five minutes on foot from the port, the 海洋诗篇水族馆 is the easy option for families.

La Palma is the quiet island, with the volcano that erupted in 2021, the Caldera de Taburiente crater and some of the clearest water in the Canaries. From the pier, the La Palma taxi tour takes up to four people to the volcano and the crater viewpoints, or to the laurel forest and the natural pools of the north, in three or five hours. Ten minutes away by taxi, the small group snorkel 和 尝试潜水 at Los Cancajos fit a port day with a morning start.

Yes, for cruise guests calling at Funchal as part of a Canary Islands cruise. Madeira is Portugal, not a Canary Island, and Club Canary is a Canary Islands company, so we do not sell to visitors staying on Madeira; we look after our cruise guests there with the same team and the same rules. In Funchal we offer the private taxi tour to the Nuns' Valley with pick-up at the ship, a private Madeira wine tasting a walk from the pier, and the sightseeing bus.

Fuerteventura, yes: the 私人岛屿之旅 和 小型团队海岛游 with a maximum of eight guests are among the most popular excursions we sell, and they are often booked far in advance, so reserve early and tell us your ship so we confirm the port pick-up. Lanzarote: a jeep safari and a private island tour from Arrecife, timed to the ship, are being finished right now; the submarine safari is possible when the port hours allow. Message us with your ship's times and we tell you what fits.

You book each port on our site with a small deposit and pay the rest on the day, to the driver or at the venue. In the booking form you give us your ship's name and all aboard time; we confirm availability and the start time within 24 hours, and send you the exact meeting spot, the vehicle description and a contact number for the day. Book at least 48 hours ahead, because drivers, port access and visits are arranged per booking. Want the whole cruise sorted at once? Send us your ports on WhatsApp and we reply with one plan for every port.

If your ship cannot call at the port at all, your deposit comes back in full; it is written in the policy of every cruise excursion, not a promise in a chat. If the arrival or departure time changes, message us as soon as you know and we move the plan with the driver where possible. Your own cancellation is free up to 48 hours before the excursion, or 72 hours for groups of five or more; after that the conditions on each product page apply. We explain it before you book, not after.

Yes, and it is the thing we do best. Cruise communities, clubs, companies and family reunions at sea send us their ship, their dates and their group size, and we come back with one plan for every port: private buses where a taxi is too small, a boat where a boat is better, group rates on every island, one invoice and one contact. Loro Parque from Santa Cruz de Tenerife with tickets and private transport from the harbour is quoted for groups today. Write to events@clubcanary.com or message us on WhatsApp.

It is the easy, relaxed option, and we say honestly what it is: an open-top bus around the capital and the area near the port, busy on cruise days, with audio in your language. You see the city, not the island. It is a good choice if you have a plan, a museum, the market, a square, and want to get there without thinking. If you want to see Tenerife, Gran Canaria or La Palma, a private or small group island tour is a different day altogether. We sell both, and we tell you the difference before you buy.