Tajogaite Volcano Hike at Sunset

Name: Tajogaite Sunset Hike La Palma, Volcano Rim, Sunset and a Canarian Tasting
Brand: CanaryVIP
SKU: CV-TAJOGAITESUNSET
Price: 45.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Duration

5 hours

Route

8 km loop

Group

8 at most

Departs

Wed and Fri, 15:30

Tour highlights

The edge of the coneThe same rim the daytime route reaches, the closest anyone is allowed to walk to the volcano that erupted in 2021.

Montaña Quemada on the wayThe path sets off past the cone of Tacande, the first volcano on the island whose eruption was written down.

Sunset from Llanos del JableThe walk ends at the astronomical viewpoint on the ash plain, facing west over the sea, for the last of the light.

Canarian produce and wineA small tasting is laid out at the viewpoint while the sun goes down.

Eight people at mostThe group is small, so there is room to ask the guide things while you walk.

Driven to the start and backA shared van covers the twenty minutes between El Paso and Llanos del Jable in both directions.

What's included

Included

Guide
Shared transport between El Paso and the start of the walk
A six-minute film about the 2021 eruption
A tasting of Canarian produce and wine at the viewpoint

Full description

The volcano, then the sunset

Five hours on La Palma: the eight-kilometre loop to the rim of the Tajogaite cone, walked in the afternoon so that it ends at the Llanos del Jable viewpoint as the light goes. Eight people at most, leaving at 15:30 on Wednesdays and Fridays from El Paso.

How the afternoon runs

You meet on Calle Antonio Pino Pérez, watch the six-minute film about the 2021 eruption shot by the Palma photographer Saúl Santos, and ride twenty minutes up to Llanos del Jable in a shared van.

The path sets off past Montaña Quemada, the cone of Tacande, then drops 300 m to the viewpoints over the lava field and climbs the same 300 m to the edge of the cone. That rim is as close to the volcano as anyone is currently allowed to walk. Everything underfoot is ash and rock.

The viewpoint

The walk finishes at the astronomical viewpoint on the ash plain, which faces west over the sea, and the group stops there for sunset with a small tasting of Canarian produce and wine. If the weather makes that spot no good, the guide moves the stop. Then the van runs everyone back to El Paso.

Worth knowing

Take a windproof jacket: at that height the temperature falls quickly once the sun drops and there is usually wind. Bring proper shoes, sun protection, a hat, and one to one and a half litres of water each. The guiding is in Spanish and English, and the group never goes above eight.

Pickup & meeting point

Where to meet

Calle Antonio Pino Pérez 1, El Paso.

There is a toilet at the meeting point. Park at the Hiperdino car park (ground floor, outside, during supermarket hours), outside the El Paso school, on Calle José María Brito, or on the dirt car park.

Good to know

Small group, eight people at most. The tasting and the sunset are outdoors: bring a jacket and a windproof, walking shoes and water.

What to bring

Comfortable clothes and proper walking shoes
A windproof jacket: it gets cold and windy up there once the sun drops
Sun protection and a hat
1 to 1.5 litres of water per person, and a snack

Frequently asked questions

It is the same 8 km loop to the rim of the cone, run in the afternoon so it finishes at the Llanos del Jable viewpoint for sunset, with a tasting of Canarian produce and wine. It lasts an hour longer and the group is capped at eight.

15:30, on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Calle Antonio Pino Pérez in El Paso.

Five hours in all, with about 8 km on foot graded moderate: 300 m of descent to the viewpoints and the same climb back.

Canarian produce and wine, laid out at the viewpoint while the sun goes down.

Eight people at most.

Spanish and English.

Yes, a windproof jacket. The temperature drops a long way at that height once the sun goes, and there is usually wind.

Yes. There is a child rate from 3 to 12, and children under 3 come free.

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