Excursion to Mount Teide with children: enjoy the volcano with your family

Are you travelling to Tenerife with your children in the near future and looking for a Mount Teide family excursion? 

If you’re adventurous types, you’re sure to love what we’re about to tell you!

Below are details about booking an excursion to Mount Teide with children and information is provided about the minimum age for each. Shall we get started?

We’ve divided each excursion to Mount Teide with children into activities that include a guided tour of Teide Observatory, and excursions that use the cable car to ascend to La Rambleta at an altitude of 3,555 m.

And don’t forget, all the excursions detailed here include return transport from your accommodation on board a comfortable vehicle for small groups so you can share a fascinating trip across the island with your children. 

Booking a Mount Teide family excursion is a wonderful activity that helps to protect the National Park by preventing the traffic jams caused by the small number of available parking spaces, thereby contributing to a sustainable Mount Teide.

Family excursions to Mount Teide—cable car included

There are two day excursions available: each excursion to Mount Teide with children includes a fascinating cable car ride up the slopes of Mount Teide. It lasts 8 minutes and takes you from the base station at an altitude of 2,356 m up to the upper station at 3,555 m, also known as La Rambleta, the departure point for your chosen activity.

Teide Tour (3+ years old)

This excursion to Mount Teide with children is an excellent way to discover in daylight the colours, landscapes and textures of the trails that start at La Rambleta, and you’ll also enjoy views from a magnificent viewpoint. On the journey up you’ll be joined by an official guide who will share fascinating details with you to get you ready for your visit to the top station.

Once there, you can choose between the trail that leads to the Pico Viejo viewpoint and the trail that takes you to La Fortaleza viewpoint. The first has views of the Atlantic with the other Canary Islands in the distance, and the second looks out towards Anaga and northern Tenerife. Each excursion to Mount Teide with children will delight the whole family: trails scattered with fumaroles, the scent of sulphur in the air and volcanic landscapes that are bound to impress. 

Look, here’s an example of this Mount Teide family excursion:

Are you convinced?

Ascent to the Peak (6+ years old)

This excursion is very special because it’s the only excursion to Mount Teide with children that takes you all the way to the peak of Mount Teide, the highest point in Spain, accompanied by an official guide. And did you know that Mount Teide is the third highest volcano in the world, measured from the ocean floor?

Alt: Mount Teide family excursions with cable car tickets

The high altitude of Mount Teide is the reason why this Mount Teide family excursion is only suitable for children who are 6 years old and above. There is far less oxygen at the volcano’s peak and this can be a big challenge for younger children.

This excursion to Mount Teide with children includes cable car tickets at a time that perfectly matches the time of your permit, and also saves you the hassle of having to obtain a permit yourself.

In case you didn’t know, to visit Mount Teide’s crater you need a special permit issued by the National Parks website. 

If you don’t request a permit several months in advance, there probably won’t be one available. Instead, on this excursion to Mount Teide with children we’ll take charge of getting the permits for you, for both children and adults, because part of the permits that are issued each day are reserved for official guides and we work with these guides.

And what will you get up to on your Mount Teide family excursion to the National Park? You’ll be joined by one of our guides who will share fascinating information with you about the surprising and unusual Telesforo Bravo trail that runs from La Rambleta to the crater. And at the top, one of the best views on the planet will be waiting for you with the endless expanse of the Atlantic Ocean at your feet.

If you’d like further information, don’t miss this article about ascending to the peak with children.

And if you’re already sure:

Excursion to Mount Teide with kids—Teide Observatory included

Astronomic Tour (8+ years old)

On this excursion to Mount Teide with children you’ll visit Teide Observatory in the afternoon, so when you leave the observatory after an engrossing tour with our official guides and a jaw-dropping sunset, we’ll take you to the cable car base station. This point in the park is at an altitude of 2,300 m so when you go stargazing, you’ll be able to admire the far depths of the firmament.

The stargazing session included on this excursion to Mount Teide with children uses long-range telescopes and you’ll be assisted by Starlight guides who will tell you all about one of the three best skies in the world for stargazing. Did you know that from Mount Teide you can see 83 of the 88 known constellations?

Younger family members will have non-stop fun with these two excursions to the observatory. They’ll love the guide’s explanations and the scientific world within the walls of Teide Observatory, and then the stargazing experience on the Astronomic Tour will blow their minds like never before!

We said it: non-stop fun.

Summary table

Below is a table that includes everything we detailed above:

Still struggling to decide?

We understand: all these activities are perfect to enjoy as a family. Each one seems as good as the next. What child wouldn’t be thrilled to gaze up at the infinite universe through a telescope? Or to look out from the “balcony of Spain”, the highest point in a National Park that is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Which one to pick?

To help you make the right choice we’ve created a free weekly activities calendar where you can see all the planned activities at a glance:

Have you decided?

Then it’s time to say goodbye for now… Have a great trip—and see you here!