The Teide by Night Sunset & Stargazing Tour is the thing to not miss, because these experiences you cannot get in any other place in the world at once. Moreover, our Teide Sunset & Stargazing Tour is a perfect compromise between exclusive and more expensive Teide Night private tour and a cheaper mass tour by bus in a big group. Our Teide by Night trip will suit those who prefer to be in the warmth and comfort of being on the minibus while visiting Teide. Each of our minibuses takes maximum 8 passengers and we try to have only 2 minibuses per tour in order to keep our group small. So consequently we don't have a long queue for the telescope and everyone gets enough attention from our guides. That means more private, quiet and friendly atmosphere along whole the excursion.
You are picked up by guide directly from your hotel at the evening, if your hotel is located in Los Cristianos, Playa de Las Americas or in Costa Adeje. If you stay somewhere outside of these resorts, but wish to participate in our night tour to Teide, simply choose any bigger hotel in one of mentioned towns and come there by yourself to be picked up at the chosen hotel.
At the evening most of tour buses and crowds of tourists with rental cars are already left Teide National Park and this also the best time to admire incredible landscapes looking like from another planet while we are visiting pre-historic caldera of Teide. It allows you to appreciate the area in its true essence. The softer sunlight casts a different hue over the spectacular landscapes making it even more extraordinary. After picking up clients from the hotels in the south, we make our way up to mountains before stopping at a very special sunset observation spot in the Teide National Park. Here you will be over the clouds on the altitude over 6500 ft (2000m) and you have a view to the ocean and other islands for at least a hundred kilometres to the ocean seeing other islands, the highest peak of Atlantic and amazing sunset that changes colours as in a movie. Your guide will take professional photos of the group and individuals.
While you are watching sunset by Teide your guide will serve you a glass of sparkling wine, so you have even more pleasant experience. You can be sure the sunset you've seen on the Teide by Night Tour will forever remain in your memory as one of the best things you have experienced on a holiday!
After watching the sunset and when it is getting dark, we will drive towards the centre of Teide National Park. Here's our stargazing spot and maybe you don't know this fact, but Teide is one of the three the best spots in the world to observe the stars, together with Chile and Hawaii. It because the high altitude and Teide is thousands kilometres away from any very populated and industrial areas that produce pollutions. Here, the sky is always darker and clearer, and you can gaze at the Milky Way and trace the various star constellations. Moreover, every night it is different, because from one side when it's no moon or very thin moon, then you can observe even without telescope extremely starry skies in the complete darkness. From the other side when it's full moon you can literally walk around without any flashlight, because the moonlight is so strong that your eyes see everything almost like during the day. Your guide will set up the professional telescopes and we will be ready to observe the night sky of Tenerife. It is also possible to take pictures of the stars with your mobile phone or camera through the lenses of our telescopes. Your guide will be using a green laser to point out some notable and visible constellation to the group.
Meanwhile, along the stargazing part of Teide by Night Sunset & Stargazing Tour a picnic will be served, consisting of sandwiches, fruits, chocolate and beverages such as sparkling wine, tea and water. At the end of stargazing we will leave Teide at night to drop-off the Teide by Night Tour participants at their initial pick-up points before the midnight.