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Northern Gran Canaria tour with botanical garden visit
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Northern Gran Canaria tour with botanical garden visit

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£43.00
Free cancellation
Language: German, English
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours
Entrance fees included
Guided tour
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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 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

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4 /5

Based on 145 reviews from verified customers

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    Michael

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    4.2
    1 October 2025

    Travelled as a couple

    All good guide outstanding

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    Yampy

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    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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    Lorrie

    Verified booking

    4.6
    13 September 2025

    Solo traveller

    Really good trip, the only reason I marked 9 was that we didn’t get long at each destination ( not enough time to get something to eat/drink at Firgas) By the time we left the botanical gardens it started raining and didn’t stop for the rest of the day but I know the North of the island is very different to the south. An excellent trip though

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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

    Verified booking

    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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