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VIP Small Group Tour of La Gomera: Exclusive Exploration with Official Canary Islands Guide
4.9
69 Ratings
Los Cristianos
The tour is conducted by an expert guide carrying an Official Guide card issued by the Canary Islands government. The tour is also limited to 18 participants, making it feel rather exclusive. Some locations on our itinerary are usually bypassed by commercial tours, affording you an authentic exploration of the island.
The tour is conducted by an expert guide carrying an Official Guide card issued by the Canary Islands government. The tour is also limited to 18 participants, making it feel rather exclusive. Some locations on our itinerary are usually bypassed by commercial tours, affording you an authentic exploration of the island.
Duration:
11 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- San Sebastian de la Gomera - Departure from the Port of San Sebastián de La Gomera towards Roque de Agando.
- Roque De Agando - We will admire the area of the monument of the rocks, where the most emblematic is the Roque de Agando. A phonolitic python 1250 meters high that stands out for its size and shape.
- Chipude - a stop in the main…
- San Sebastian de la Gomera - Departure from the Port of San Sebastián de La Gomera towards Roque de Agando.
- Roque De Agando - We will admire the area of the monument of the rocks, where the most emblematic is the Roque de Agando. A phonolitic python 1250 meters high that stands out for its size and shape.
- Chipude - a stop in the main square to visit the church of La Candelaria and take a break to try some typical product of La Gomera. Then we will admire the Fortress, today a natural monument.
- El Cercado - We will visit the museum of the Loceras, which are a group of women who continue to keep the tradition of pottery alive
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Valle Gran Rey - We will stop at the Palmarejo viewpoint, the work of the Majorero artist Cesar Manrique where we will have the opportunity to admire the ravine of the homonymous city.
An example of how in the past the Gomerans took advantage of every inch of the soil for the production of sugar cane.
Undoubtedly the most beautiful viewpoint on the island. - La Laguna Grande - A unique stop to see the Laurislva ecosystem up close by walking on a small path. In the restaurant you will have the opportunity to try the typical La Gomera cuisine choosing several dishes (lunch not included in the price). At the end there will also be a demonstration of the gomeran whistle.
- Mirador De Juego De Bolas - We will have time to visit the visitor center where we will see other typical La Gomera traditions and for customers who want to, they can buy the best La Gomera cookies on the island (made with gofio).
- San Sebastian de la Gomera - Free time to visit the old town of the capital of the Colombian island and the tower of the count, which is the oldest military building in the entire Atlantic Ocean, and then return to the ferry
- Puerto de San Sebastián de La Gomera - we take the ferry to return to tenerife
What's Included
- Professional official guide
- Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
- Ferry transportation included
- Convenient pick-up service
- Professional official guide
- Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
- Ferry transportation included
- Convenient pick-up service
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
- Mandatory to present passport or identity document to board
- Face mask
- Mandatory to present passport or identity document to board
- Face mask
Location
Fred. Olsen Express | Oficina de venta y terminal de embarque en Tenerife Sur (Los Cristianos)
Inside the maritime terminal, at the Fred Olsen ticket office. The guide will have a GETHOLIDAY polo shirt or jacket and the Official Guide card of the Government of the Canary Islands.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(69 Ratings)
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Deborahadams24
Aug 27, 2024
VIP tour La Gomera - Amazing. There were 5 of us, 2 from London who spoke a little Spanish and a family of 3 from Madrid who spoke some English. The tour itself was brilliant. Basil, our guide, took us all around the island, telling us lots about the island, life on the island, and the geology of the area. His knowledge is extensive, and he went out of his way to talk and answer any question, switching between Spanish and English in the same breath. My friend and i really enjoyed ourselves and made some friends along the way. Worth every penny.
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Ioanan681
Jun 20, 2024
La Gomera amazing tour - It was a beautiful experience to visit La Gomera by car, very comfortable and efficient. Our guide, Basso, was an excellent driver, an excellent guide, he talked to us about everything we saw, in real time, about flora and history of the island, about local flavors and traditions, about volcanoes and flowers, he stopped to show us everything important and interesting. It was a pleasure to admire the landscapes and to listen about the history of the island. The VIP tour felt exactly like VIP because of the confort of the car and our guide Basso. La Gomera is amazing.
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Expedition443867
Mar 20, 2024
Highly recommend the VIP tour to La Gomera - This was a great tour to a beautiful island. Ilke our tour guide was excellent and very informative. Everything was as described. My only suggestion would be to recommend bringing a jacket as the wind and mist makes it cooler at the higher elevations.
We enjoyed it very much!
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Wise24
Feb 28, 2024
Definitely worth the money ! - Super day - so glad we didn’t drive ourselves - very difficult steep roads . Our tour guide was excellent and gave of himself the whole day . Johan was also an excellent driver . We visited places we would never have stopped at if we were on our own !
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Raysablade
Feb 10, 2024
Two memorable journeys one much shorter than the other - Let us start with the bad bit; my booking was made with Viator who failed to mention the need in their myriad reminders , for UK nationals at least, to bring your passport. They also stated that the start time was 9:30 when that was actually the time the ship left the port. Fortunately we were early so I had 16 minutes to; get a taxi back to my hotel, find our passports and return to port to be the last but 2 on the ferry.
My advice would be to book with Getholiday direct, something I plan to do next year for a trip to La Palma. That’s especially because this was a perfect and comfortable day out. Timings were good and explanations clear, particularly the impact of altitude on the biosphere. The small size of the group, 16 iirc, made for relaxed and trouble free stops. The lunch stop was a real opportunity to sample local food and enjoyable for that. It’s certainly not haute cuisine and one dish of anything is enough.
La Gomera did the rest, breathtaking scenery and some harsh unforgiving history borne out in the landscape and natures reclamation of it. Packing so much beauty and variety into a small space reminded me of Skye and the Faroe Islands in a completely different climatic context in the North Atlantic. If you love either of those I am sure you will love this.
I did not get the chance to thank Basso at the end of the day so will do here especially for his patience during my Los Christianos Grand Prix
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Charador
Feb 7, 2024
Great and well organised trip around La Gomera - We found the booking a little difficult. We did not understand the reason for the different price levels between the two La Gomera trips. Securing the meeting place was a little difficult because our AirBnB accommodation only provided address details at the last moment. An earlier direct telephone link or more direct email link with Getholiday would have helped.
On the day we were picked up exactly on time by Basso who was an excellent guide. All of the trip went exactly to plan. Basso’s knowledge about the La Gomera, the Canary Islands in general and amazing horticultural knowledge astonished us. He was also engaging and friendly. The minibus was a top of the line transport - very beneficial considering the hairpin bends on island roads.
We had considered staying in La Gomera for a few days but in the end found that the day trip which covered most of the island was a better option.
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301witoldb
Feb 6, 2024
La Gomera with Basso - The views was great. Basso - our guide - was full of humor, competent and tells interesting stories, especially about environment and plants. He took us to many view points and to nice restaurant with silbador :). He fulfilled our minor requests without any problems. His English was impeccable. We are very satisfied.
Witold and Anna from Poland.
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Christinesq6412qy
Jan 31, 2024
La Gomera is very special. - La Gomera is a beautiful island with fascinating and varied scenery. Our guide was very knowledgeable particularly about the plants growing here. The length of the trip was perfect and well organised.
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679stenf
Feb 11, 2024
Had a great week in a beautiful area. - Was in a small, lovely and peaceful hotel with a formidable view from the room. It was by itself out in a plantation, so I got to go for long walks in the area and along the coast. The weather was fine, 22-24 degrees, and the food good and varied.
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Esm42
Jan 30, 2024
Lovely day out, but take your own lunch! - The driver was late both picking us up from the hotel and meeting the ferry on the way home. However, he was friendly and the vehicles at either end were clean and comfortable. Our guide on La Gomera (Elka) was very friendly and informative and took good care of us. Our stops were well timed to avoid clashing with large tour parties.
The barraquito (Canarian coffee) in Sonia's is a must! The island is truly beautiful and very interesting. Our only problem was the restaurant at La Lagoon Grande where we stopped for lunch wasn't great. Infact one of out party found her lunch so unappetising she couldn't eat it. I would strongly recommend taking a packed lunch as this would've have made the day perfect.
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