Explore the natural beauty of Lanzarote from an open-top, 4x4 jeep on this exciting 6-hour tour! With an experienced driver at the wheel of your 6-seater jeep, trundle across the island's moon-like landscapes and trace dramatic roads along the craggy west coast. See Lagomar, the surreal cave-like house once owned by Omar Sharif, and visit shimmering white villages sprinkled beneath dark volcanic peaks. On the way enjoy time free to swim or relax at Playa Famara, one of Lanzarote’s most spectacular bays.
Your experience starts with a pick-up at your Puerto del Carmen, Playa Blanca and Costa Teguise. Then, Start your jeep adventure at the town of Tahiche. Discover the excursion route and climb aboard your uncovered 4x4 vehicle. Then,relaxas your guide drives you into Lanzarote’s striking interior, passing tranquil villages, craggy volcanic peaks and postcard-perfect bays.
Heading northwest from Tahiche stop at the village of San Bartolomé, where there is the largest sweet potato (“batata”) plantation in the Canary Islands is located. Then, you will stop at the town of Nazaret to admire Lagomar, an extraordinary cluster of whitewashed houses once owned by the Hollywood actor Omar Sharif. While viewing the site’s exterior, learn how this bizarre complex of cave-like buildings, ponds and gardens was built, and how Sharif lost the property during a single, misguided game of bridge.
Continue traveling through the lunar-like countryside and stop to take snaps of some of the spectacular places lining the route. Enjoy time free to explore the island’s former capital of Teguise, admiring its elegant buildings and handsome squares. Also, look round the tiny hamlets of Tinajo and Tinguaton, where whitewashed houses and palm trees lie in the shadow of mountainous Timanfaya National Park.
Enjoy a break at Playa Famara, home to one of Lanzarote’s most beautiful beaches and where rustic windmills speckle the hills. Swim from the sandy bay or stroll along the water’s edge absorbing the magnificent setting. You can see the islands of La Graciosa, Montaña Clara and La Alegranza that from, with Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste, the Chinijo Archipielago, a natural beauty located off Lanzarote’s northern coast. You can enjoy a break on Famara beach, home to one of the most beautiful beaches on Lanzarote and where rustic windmills are scattered among the hills. Enjoy a swim in the sandy bay if the weather is good or enjoy a stroll along the shore to observe the magical environment.
Then, continue your journey to the pretty coastal village of La Santa. From here you will reach the village of Mancha Blanca where you will visit the Visitors Centre to have an idea of how the ancient inhabitants lived with an active volcano. At the center you can enjoy a simulation of a volcano inside a cave.
After the visit to the Visitors Center you will head to La Geria through an interior track to see the malvasía (typical Lanzarote grapes) plantation. The plantation is visible at both sides of the road, covering all of La Geria.
Each jeep holds a maximum of six guests. Bring a camera and, if you want to swim at Famara, don't forget your bathing suit and a towel!.
Absolutely brilliant trip.It was everything promised and much more.
Review by: Fred L, December 2017
Forget about it! Pick up information was miscommunicated. Guide left much to be desired. Viator apparently subcontracted tour to a firm that subcontracted the tour. Impossible to reach the tour company to confirm the pickup information. Ridiculous!_br/_ Could not hear the guide describing anything since the roof was removed, windows open and the guide was looking ahead while speaking. Jeep was old, horn didn't work, so the driver/guide made the sound of the horn when he felt the need to blow the horn. Cute but not safe._br/_ Tour company combined a full day tour with a 4 hour tour, giving those of us on the half day tour more to see, but at our expense as we could not do other things in Lanzarote. Guide was argumentative as to when he would return us to the port. He wanted to spend more time with us, as 2 of the 6 paying guests paid for a full day._br/_ Guide was immature to be polite._br/_ Worst Viator trip we have ever had!
Review by: Melanie F, October 2017
Shortly after booking this trip on Viator, the jeep company contacted me to say that we couldn't do the safari on the date I had booked as they didn't run the trips every day. This was sorted out easily enough and we were able to choose a different date. We were picked up from our hotel at 8:30am on the morning of our booked trip by a very friendly Italian woman called Patrizia. Fortunately we knew some Italian and she knew a little bit of English so we got by. She drove us to the meeting point in Costa Teguise an hour away where two other jeeps joined with our one to form a small convoy. Louis was one of the other drivers and he spoke very good English so most of the information we were given throughout the day came from him at the various stops. The first thing he told us was that the trip we had booked the one listed on Viator which was apparently a tour of the centre of the island was not being run that day but that they were doing a tour of the North of the island which would also mean some additional costs as we were heading to some caves with an entrance fee. We didn't mind too much and there wasn't much we could do at that point anyway! The trip itself was great fun and we saw LOADS of the island, including a stop at a beautiful beach for a swim. The mountains and volcanoes of Lanzarote were spectacular and the route we were taken on included some fantastic scenery Mirador del Rio gave amazing views of the island of Graciosa. The off-road bits were good fun - my teenage boys would have loved more! All in all, it was a great day which I would highly recommend - but at no point did we know what was coming next or where we were actually going, so you have to be prepared to just go with it and trust in the drivers! We were returned to our hotel in Playa Blanca right down in the South of the island at 5pm so a really full day and good value for money. Take food, drinks and swimming stuff.
Review by: Gemma R, October 2017
Our driver Louis was a great character and was very knowledgeable of the area. He knew the best off road routes and a nice restaurant to stop for lunch. We would recommend this tour to anybody.
Review by: mytravel8, April 2017
Great tour and the guide was excellent. All four of us enjoyed the trip. Good way to see the island.
Review by: MARTIN B, March 2017
With Louis,our driver and guide at the helm we managed to see many parts of the island we may not have got to see. Very informative and some unbelievable driving skills made our tour 1st rate. With beach and cliff tours plus a walk into a volcano crater its a must for any avid adventurer,with a little wine tasting thrown in too. Massive respect to the driver who had great knowledge of the island and driving skills to match the best,and one of the funniest guys you will meet. Would recommend to anyone who wants to see the island off the beaten track.
Review by: Donald B, October 2016
brilliant day out ,louis the driver.knew his onions. and made the trip very pleasant and fun
Review by: Richard D, October 2016
A great day out and a great way to see parts of Lanzarote that we would of missed during our stay! Our guide was informative and yet great fun. Our only suggestion would be for the pick up jeep driver to explain that we were going somewhere else to meet the other jeep and driver as nothing was said and were a little confused! All in all a thoroughly good day!
Review by: William W, October 2016
was a really good day out was shown lots and told alot of the history of the island the guides were also a great deal of fun . i did this trip 14 years before the only thing missing this time was the trip to the volcano my granddaughter really wanted to see that other wish the trip was amazing _br/_ thanks for a great day out
Review by: gloria P, September 2016
Luis our driver picked us up at our hotel exactly on time. That 4x4 jeep was comfortable and quite spacious. Luis spoke 5 different languages and was passionate about the island....a fountain of knowledge! Driving off road was great Craic! A must do event on your hols. Gloria - Ireland
Review by: timfoster16, July 2016
A great trip and the guides were very informative. Seeing parts of the Island that can't be accessed was fun.Lovely dinner stop and the fresh tuna was divine. The volcano centre was very interesting, It was a shame that it was cloudy and it rained!!! Throughly recommend
Review by: Ozzy16, July 2016
A great trip and the guides were very informative. Seeing parts of the Island that can't be accessed was fun.Lovely dinner stop and the fresh tuna was divine. The volcano centre was very interesting, It was a shame that it was cloudy and it rained!!! Throughly recommend
Review by: Damien O, June 2016
First of all the jeep was an hour late collecting us from our hotel, the driver had English but was difficult to understand some things he was saying. 20mins into our trip the driver got a phone call to go back to the resort to pick up two people that he had not collected. Trip not worth money paid
Review by: LINA Z, January 2016
9 january i had fantastic trip by jeeps .Fantastic trip and big big thanks to driver Luis. DRIVER-GIDE number one!!!!
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