Northern Gran Canaria tour with botanical garden visit

Northern Gran Canaria tour with botanical garden visit

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£43.00

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Language: German, English

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Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours

Entrance fees included

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Why you’ll love this…

The tour is designed to give you the best summarised look at Gran Canaria's northern coast
There's time for you to taste some organically grown fruit and local snacks at a banana plantation
You'll head to the island's biggest botanical park and learn about all the local flora
Some free time at the fountain-filled village of Firgas is included in your itinerary
Your expert local guide will show you around and share all the insider info about your stops

What to expect

Northern Gran Canaria is all non-stop natural beauty. This tour delves into this often-overlooked part of the island's treasure chest. You'll visit Spain's largest botanic garden, and a banana plantation. David, one of our local guides, says, ‘Bananas are our national fruit – they're a symbol of the Canaries. Explorers sailing to the Americas would take green ones that ripened en route. And we exported so many to Britain that Canary Wharf in London got its name from us.'

First up is a deep dive into this island's continent-like biodiversity. Planted on a hillside, Jardin Canario is the largest botanical park in Spain. It boasts more than 2,000 species of plants, 500 of which are endemic to the island. Tour the tree-lined grounds and learn all about the initiative's conservation efforts and environmental education programme. Next up is a banana plantation, where you'll discover 13 varieties of plantain from all over the world.

The final stop will include a guided tour of charming Firgas village, a cluster of narrow streets lined with traditional Canarian houses. Explore the photogenic streets with your guide, who will explain the presence of so many fountains in this little town. Afterwards, you'll have free time to discover more of the delights of Firgas at your own pace, perhaps stop for a leisurely coffee or look for souvenirs.

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What's included

Transport
Guide
Admission fees
Local delicacy tasting

What to remember

Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility
Bring suitable footwear
Bring warm clothes
Bring your passport or official EU identification
Not suitable for wheelchairs

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Provider

TUI España Turismo, S.L.U, with Tax Number B08089187 and Travel License Number GCMD-4

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

Great

3.9 /5

Based on 118 reviews from verified customers

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Michael
Verified booking
4.2
1 October 2025
Travelled as a couple
All good guide outstanding
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Yampy
Verified booking
1.4
19 September 2025
Travelled as a couple
Picked up on time yet rushed throughout the whole trip, from 08:00 till we was dropped off at 15:30 we wasn't allowed any food (not enough time) or drink, not allowed to eat or drink anything on the coach and it was an extremely hot day, as I said not enough time given at any of the places to go and get any food or even find a shop that we could buy water from and drink before getting back on the coach, total waste of a day and couldn't wait to get back to the hotel
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Mr Haynes
Verified booking
1.4
6 August 2025
We spent more time picking up and dropping off at other hotels than time spent at the stops. Very rushed apart from at the banana plantation.
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A C
Verified booking
1
3 July 2025
Travelled with family
We were devastated, we paid a lot of money for 3 adults, this was one of 3 trips we booked with TUI coming to over €450. We were told the botanical gardens were closed and taken to a small park with a kids playground in Telda, given 30 minutes to queue for toilet, queue for coffee, quickly rush around park and church! Then rushed into Banana plantation and ended up in German group for half of it, then brought to one fountain in next town but no real tour of streets. It did not deliver
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Malcolm Kane
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3
2 July 2025
Travelled as a couple
Botanical gardens visit cancelled could you not have told us beforehand we were dropped off in a public park in Telde instead. It was rubbish. The visit to the Banana plantation was good staff there were excellent. The Tui guide was awful got off the coach and charged ahead every time we stopped several people could not keep up with her - awful.
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Robin Newman
Verified booking
4.2
19 June 2025
Solo traveller
Would've liked to see a wee bit more on botanical visit due to timescale. The guide was informed by myself as deaf and she was very good in ensuring I was with her whenever she explained details.

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