Private tour
Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura & Lanzarote
9 Days
Private tour
Las Palmas
MULTI-DAY PRIVATE TOUR · 9 DAYS PRIVATE
A 9-day private tour of the eastern Canary Islands
This 9-day private tour of the Canary Islands covers the three great islands of the province of Las Palmas — Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote — in one seamless island-hopping itinerary. Gran Canaria is famously a ‘continent in miniature’: pine forests, sheer ravines and a volcanic heart crowned by Roque Nublo, with the golden dunes of Maspalomas rolling into the Atlantic at its southern tip.
Fuerteventura, the oldest of the Canary Islands, feels like the Sahara adrift at sea — endless white-sand beaches, the turquoise lagoons of El Cotillo and the protected sand dunes of Corralejo Natural Park. Lanzarote is the youngest and the strangest: the Timanfaya eruptions of the 1730s buried a quarter of the island under lava, and the artist César Manrique turned that volcanic landscape into one of the most remarkable art-and-nature projects in the world — Jameos del Agua, the Cueva de los Verdes and the Mirador del Río.
We travel between the islands by ferry and short flight, staying in carefully chosen hotels — a fully private, tailor-made Canary Islands itinerary with your own expert guide, at your own pace. Nine days, three islands, and scenery that changes completely every single day.
9
Days
3
Islands
100%
Private
🇮🇨
Las Palmas
OUR IDENTITY
100% tailor-made — adapted to you
“No two travellers are the same — so no two of our journeys are either. A fully personalised trip, shaped around you, is our identity.”
Every itinerary on this page is a starting point, never a script. Before you travel we get to know you — how you like to travel, what excites you, what pace feels right — and we adapt the whole journey to your type of traveller: the routes, the hotels, the activities, the meals, the rhythm of each day.
- Couples — romantic stays, sunset moments and unhurried days
- Families — kid-friendly activities, shorter drives and flexible timings
- Active travellers — hiking, snorkeling, surf and summit walks woven into the route
- Food & wine lovers — local markets, tastings and the tables only locals know
- Slow travellers & photographers — golden-hour timings and time to simply be
DEPARTURES & LOGISTICS
Departures from mainland Spain & island hopping
This tour can depart from Madrid, Barcelona or Seville: we arrange the direct flight to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and meet you at the airport — or, if you prefer, you can fly into Gran Canaria directly from anywhere and we begin there. Every connection of the journey is organised for you.
- Departures from Madrid, Barcelona or Seville — direct flights to Gran Canaria arranged as part of the tour
- Island hopping by boat or by plane: the 30-minute Corralejo–Playa Blanca ferry, and ferry or short flight between Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura — whichever suits your pace
- All transfers, tickets, ports and airport logistics included and arranged for you
WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL
Trip highlights
- Vegueta old town & Casa de Colón in Las Palmas
- Roque Nublo & the island's mountainous heart
- Maspalomas and Corralejo dunes
- Timanfaya National Park — the Fire Mountains
- César Manrique's Jameos del Agua & Mirador del Río
THE ROUTE, ON THE MAP
The three islands and their highlights
Gran Canaria
Fuerteventura
Lanzarote
· Mapa interactivo — toca un marcador para ver el detalle
Gran Canaria
- Las Palmas — Vegueta old townThe Cathedral, Casa de Colón and the colourful San Juan hillside
- TerorBasilica of the Pino and carved wooden balconies
- Roque NubloThe island's iconic volcanic monolith — summit walk
- Agaete — Puerto de las NievesFishing harbour and natural pools
- Maspalomas dunes400 hectares of golden dunes, lagoon and lighthouse
Fuerteventura
- Corralejo dunesProtected natural park of white-sand dunes
- Isla de LobosTurquoise lagoon islet — boat trip & snorkeling
- El CotilloLagoons and sunset beaches
- BetancuriaThe island's 15th-century former capital
Lanzarote
- Papagayo beachesCrescent coves under ochre cliffs
- Timanfaya National ParkThe Fire Mountains — Ruta de los Volcanes
- La Geria wine regionVines in volcanic ash — Malvasía tastings
- Jameos del AguaCésar Manrique's volcanic cave and pool
- Mirador del RíoClifftop views across to La Graciosa
- TeguiseLanzarote's serene old capital
DAY BY DAY
The full 9-day itinerary
Private transfer from Gran Canaria airport. We begin in Vegueta, the oldest quarter of Las Palmas, founded in 1478: cobbled lanes, the Cathedral of Santa Ana and the Casa de Colón, where Columbus is said to have stopped on his way to the Americas. First canarian dinner — papas arrugadas, mojo and fresh Atlantic fish.
- Vegueta old town & Cathedral of Santa Ana
- Casa de Colón
- Triana shopping street
- First Canarian dinner
Overnight: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The north of Gran Canaria is a surprise of banana plantations and colonial towns. Arucas with its extraordinary black-stone neo-Gothic church and historic rum distillery; Teror, the island’s spiritual heart, with its carved wooden balconies and the Basilica of the Pino; and the Caldera de Bandama, a perfect volcanic crater you can walk around, with views across the island.
- Arucas — church & Arehucas rum cellars
- Teror — balconies & basilica
- Caldera de Bandama crater rim
- Banana plantation country
Overnight: Las Palmas or Tejeda
Into the island’s centre — a landscape Unamuno called a ‘petrified storm’. We walk to Roque Nublo, the 80-metre volcanic monolith that is Gran Canaria’s symbol, with Teide floating on the horizon across the water. Lunch in Tejeda, one of Spain’s prettiest villages, and a visit to the cave-village of Artenara, the highest on the island.
- Roque Nublo summit walk
- Tejeda village & almond sweets
- Artenara cave dwellings
- Views of Mount Teide across the sea
Overnight: Maspalomas area
Sunrise over the Maspalomas dunes — 400 hectares of golden sand between the ocean and the palm oasis, best walked in the early light. Time for the lighthouse and the beach before we cross to Fuerteventura in the afternoon, arriving in time for sunset on the west coast.
- Maspalomas dunes at sunrise
- Maspalomas lighthouse & oasis
- Crossing to Fuerteventura
- Sunset in El Cotillo
Overnight: Corralejo, Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura at full width: the protected dunes of Corralejo with Lobos island floating offshore, the turquoise lagoons of El Cotillo, and then inland to Betancuria — the island’s tiny 15th-century former capital, hidden in a valley to protect it from pirates. Goat’s cheese tasting: Fuerteventura’s majorero is among Spain’s finest.
- Corralejo dunes natural park
- El Cotillo lagoons
- Betancuria historic capital
- Majorero cheese tasting
Overnight: Corralejo
The short ferry to Playa Blanca on Lanzarote. The Papagayo coves — a string of perfect crescent beaches under ochre cliffs — then into La Geria, Lanzarote’s astonishing wine region, where vines grow in individual volcanic-ash hollows behind stone walls. Malvasía tasting at a traditional bodega as the sun drops.
- Ferry crossing Corralejo–Playa Blanca
- Papagayo beaches
- La Geria volcanic vineyards
- Malvasía wine tasting
Overnight: Lanzarote
Timanfaya — the Montañas del Fuego. The eruptions of 1730–36 created a landscape so pristine that NASA studied it before the Moon landings. The Ruta de los Volcanes through the heart of the lava fields, geothermal demonstrations where the ground still burns a few metres down, and the camel-train tradition of the volcano’s slopes. Afternoon at El Golfo’s green lagoon and the Los Hervideros blowholes.
- Timanfaya — Ruta de los Volcanes
- Geothermal demonstrations
- El Golfo green lagoon
- Los Hervideros lava blowholes
Overnight: Lanzarote
Lanzarote’s north is César Manrique’s open-air masterpiece. The Jameos del Agua — a collapsed lava tube turned into the world’s most beautiful concert hall, home to blind albino crabs found nowhere else on Earth. The Cueva de los Verdes lava tunnel, the clifftop Mirador del Río gazing across to La Graciosa, and the Manrique Foundation, built inside volcanic bubbles. Optional boat hop to La Graciosa, Spain’s eighth island.
- Jameos del Agua
- Cueva de los Verdes
- Mirador del Río
- César Manrique Foundation
- Optional La Graciosa boat trip
Overnight: Lanzarote
A final morning in Teguise, Lanzarote’s serene old capital of whitewashed lanes and quiet plazas — Sunday market if the timing is right — before a private transfer to Arrecife airport. Nine days, three islands, and landscapes you will not see anywhere else on the planet.
- Teguise old capital
- Santa Bárbara castle viewpoint (optional)
- Private transfer to Arrecife airport
Overnight: End of tour
A GLIMPSE
The islands in pictures
MAKE IT YOURS
Choose your adventure — we'll include it
Every itinerary we run is a starting point, not a script — and the eastern Canaries are a natural playground. Tell us what adventure you’d like to live and we’ll build it into your route: guided hiking trails, snorkeling in turquoise volcanic coves, or anything else that moves you.
- Guided hiking routes — Roque Nublo and the summits of Gran Canaria, the Corralejo dunes or the volcanoes of Lanzarote
- Snorkeling adventures — the turquoise lagoons of Isla de Lobos and El Cotillo, or the volcanic reefs of Papagayo
- Surf or windsurf lessons on Fuerteventura's world-class beaches
- Boat trips — La Graciosa island, dolphin spotting or a sunset sail
- Any adventure you can imagine — tell us and we'll include it in your itinerary
EXTEND YOUR JOURNEY
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Frequently asked questions
Completely — it’s our identity. Before the trip we get to know how you like to travel and we adapt everything: the pace, the hotels, the activities and the daily rhythm. The same route becomes a different journey for a couple, a family with children, a group of hikers or a photographer chasing the light. Tell us who you are and we’ll shape the islands around you.
Nine days is the ideal duration to visit the three eastern Canary Islands without rushing: three to four days for Gran Canaria’s north, mountains and Maspalomas dunes, two days for Fuerteventura’s beaches and Betancuria, and three days for Lanzarote’s Timanfaya National Park and the César Manrique sites. This private itinerary links them with short ferries and one inter-island hop.
The Canary Islands enjoy spring-like weather all year round, with temperatures between 20°C and 27°C. Winter (November to March) is ideal for escaping the European cold, spring and autumn offer perfect hiking conditions, and summer brings the warmest sea. This tour runs year-round.
You can hop between the islands by boat or by plane: we combine the 30-minute ferry between Corralejo (Fuerteventura) and Playa Blanca (Lanzarote) with a ferry or short flight from Gran Canaria to Fuerteventura — whichever suits your pace. The tour can also depart from Madrid, Barcelona or Seville, with direct flights to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria arranged for you. All transfers, tickets and logistics are included.
Yes — like all our multi-day journeys, this tour is 100% private: your own guide and vehicle on each island, hotels selected for character and location, and an itinerary that adapts to your pace and interests, from hiking Roque Nublo to wine tasting in La Geria.
Absolutely — that’s what makes it tailor-made. We can include guided hiking routes (Roque Nublo, the Corralejo dunes, Lanzarote’s volcano trails), snorkeling in the turquoise coves of Isla de Lobos or Papagayo, surf lessons, boat trips and more. Just tell us what adventure you’d like to live and we’ll build it into your itinerary at the right point of the route.
Book your journey
- Style: Private tour
- Duration: 9 Days
- Region: Las Palmas
- Price from: Inquire