Hiking the Camino Real in Tenerife - from the south on the royal path

Price overview

• Hike the Camino Real Tenerife (around 4h) - per person (age 12+) 55.-€
• Hike the Camino Real Tenerife (around 4h) - per child (ages 8-11) 27.50€

Booking option: Tenerife hike on the Camino Real

The walk on the Camino Real Tenerife leads you through the history and a scenic part of the island. The guided tour starts with a pick-up from your hotel in the south or a convenient meeting point and a transfer to the starting point of the hike in Santiago del Teide, which is located at an altitude of 900 metres in the Teno mountains. The first part of the Camino Real takes you through a unique natural environment with its magnificent view of Mount Teide. On the second part you walk between the cultivated terraces where tropical fruits like bananas, mango and papaya are grown.

Overview

• Hiking time: about 4 hours
• Duration: ~ 6 hours
• Hours: 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
• Days: Wednesday
• Altitude difference: +352m / -352m
• Months: possible all-year
• 25 December and 1 January -> Closed
• Languages: German, English, Dutch
• Difficulty level: medium
• Pick-up included in the price from: Callao Salvaje, Playa Paraiso, Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos, Amarilla Golf, Golf del Sur, Costa Adeje
• Pick-up time: depending on your location between 7:40 a.m. (El Médano) and 9:15 a.m. (Los Gigantes)

Included

• Transfer, professional guide

Detailed description

Hiking the Camino Real Tenerife - from the south on the royal path

Just for the view of the Teide, you wouldn't have to do the hike on the Camino Real Tenerife - but the route through this unique nature of Tenerife is worth every metre and it is a nice wow moment of this around 4-hour hiking tour from the plateau in Santiago del Teide down to Los Gigantes. The Camino Real takes you back in history - you get closer to the history of the Guanches with every metre you cover. This trade route used to connect the mountain villages to the coast. In its heyday, large parts of the harvest were transported by donkeys and other pack animals along the difficult route. Today it is a wonderful opportunity to get to know the pristine Teno Mountains and enjoy nature in peace off the beaten track. The view of Mount Teide is breath-taking, especially at the beginning of the hike on Tenerife.

For hikers, the Camino Real is mainly the way into a fabulous and at times very original natural landscape. At an altitude of around 900 metres above sea level, in the middle of the untouched Teno mountains, the hike on the Camino Real starts in Santiago del Teide and takes you through an areas of thick vegetation Pine forest, bushes, ferns, lush greenery. This hike on Tenerife is downhill all the way. Only 50 metres uphill need to be negotiated. Otherwise it’s just down to the sea. On the way down we slowly approach the flowering terraces and enjoy the tropical fruits that thrive here – crops like bananas and mangoes for example - and perhaps we will meet some of the goats and sheep that used to be led down into the valley along the Royal Way.

The Camino Real hike is also a worthy alternative to the Masca Gorge hike. It’s not quite as famous, but at least as varied and impressive, thanks to the gorge it passes over. You will reach the coastal town of Los Gigantes after about 4 hours of walking with your guide, which is famous for its huge cliffs. You will be transferred back to your hotel afterwards. The transfer time from the south is about 45 minutes.