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The ultimate guide for walks, hiking and mountain trekking on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, Spain
Gran Canaria is a paradise for hill walking in the Canaries, with inhabited cave villages, lake side walks, spectacular mountain scenery and wonderful flora & fauna especially in the Spring.  There are a great variety of hikes on outstanding trails, many of these are off-the-beaten-track and the climate is excellent for trekking.
 


     - Palm tree on Fataga barranco trail, San Bartolome de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain - - Hiking in La Culata, independent self-guided walking group leaving Tejeda municipally, Canaries, Spain - - Roque Nublo, through rock window, famous landmark of Gran Canaria, Spain - - Prickly pear cactus, on a mountain trail, seen while hill walking in the Canaries - - Mountain near Mogan, off-the-beaten-track and ridge walking via the Caminos Reales trekking routes, walking holiday in Spain -  

  Don’t leave Gran Canaria without seeing it

THE definitive Guide for hikers by Rambling Roger, resident in Gran Canaria, Spain    
    
 

 

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"Roger and Eileen opened our eyes to the beautiful parts of Gran Canaria, beyond the beaches, that we did not realise existed.

Their expertly guided walks took us to such incredible places, inland lakes, waterfalls, valleys and challenging peaks, quite unique in natural beauty.

Roger's extensive knowledge of the island makes the walks so interesting and fun with his amusing anecdotes and warm sense of humour.

We shall be eternally grateful to them both"

Pauline and Mike Williams

 

- Gran Canaria, the Canaries - the ideal mountain walking holiday destination, ideal for independent self-led hiking tours -

 
"I have now been walking regularly in the mountains of Gran Canaria over the last 5 years.  It is an amazing island - it is truly a miniature continent - so varied, that you never get tired of walking on the more than 1200 km of footpaths, that the locals claim the island has.
And maybe the most important thing:  The weather - it is said to be spring all year long and that is ideal for walking.
I can't think of any better place to walk!"
Jens Ole Jespersen, Agüimes

 

  

 

Links - Gran Canaria

If you are looking for a 7 day hotel-to-hotel Trek in Gran Canaria we can recommend New Experience Holidays - we helped design this Trek, finding the hotels and the writing of the walks.

If you are looking for personalised guided walks in Gran Canaria we can also recommend Franz at Discovery Gran Canaria if we are already fully booked.

Geführte wanderungen / Guided hikes / Caminatas guiadas
 

- Discovery Gran Canaria, guided hikes in Gran Canaria for private groups -
 

I have been hiking with Roger for over a year now and enjoyed every single walk.  He knows Gran Canaria really well and goes out of his way to design the most fascinating hikes.  I especially appreciate the variety of his walks in terms of length and degree of difficulty.  He has something to offer for everybody

Franz Miltenburg, Discovery Gran Canaria, Playa del Inglés

 

 

   Gran Canaria official tourism website
The Gran Canaria tourist board is an excellent website, you can get a taste of the real Gran Canaria by looking at their pages on Nature and much more - it also has an excellent selection of Podcasts of the main tourist sites, to download and listen to.

 

 

 

- Nordic Walking on Maspalomas beach, Gran Canaria, Spain - - Free Motion - Bike & Outdoor Center Gran Canaria, Spain - - Mountain biking on Gran Canaria, Spain -

'Free Motion - Bike & Outdoor Center Gran Canaria' is run by a German friend of ours, Michael.  My CD-Guide / Printed-Guide can now be purchased at his outdoor pursuits shop which is open 7 days a week.

Free Motion's shop is on the ground floor next to the entrance to the Sandy Beach hotel ( map ) - which is on the main road to Playa del Ingles beach on Avenida de Sargentos Provisionales, about 250 metres from the beach.

For Michael mountain biking comes first, he offers many tours etc for cyclists and has a large range of mountain bikes and equipment for hire etc.  They also host Nordic Walking ( on the stunning beach of Maspalomas! ), Quad-Safaris ( exhilarating off road action! ) and several hiking tours on the most beautiful parts of Gran Canaria.

 

Rural Accommodation ( B&B, Hotel, Villa etc )

If you need help with accommodation and wish to rent a rural house or cave ( Casa Rural ) the website Canarian Association for Rural Tourism will be useful to you.

 

Car Hire

Car hire on Gran Canaria is not expensive,  you can usually prebook a car for about £100 / €133 per week ( car hire links:  Hertz, AVIS, CICAR, Orlando ). 

 

 

Hiking Club Links

Scandinavian Club in San Agustin

There is no British Club in the South of Gran Canaria, so I joined the Scandinavian Club in San Agustin about 10 years ago, mainly to take part in their bridge club. When the secretary discovered about my knowledge of walking routes she asked me if I would be prepared to guide a walk for them about once a month during the winter season.  They wanted relatively easy walks, about Grade 3 on my scale, because of the age and ability of their members.  We started guiding walks for them over 5 years ago, we also provide tapas lunches for this group after their walk.


 

Grupo Montañero de Mogán - Gran Canaria
Caminatas  -  Fjellvandringer  -  Mountain walks  -  Bergwanderungen

This group was founded 15 years ago, and does weekly walks on all parts of the island every Sunday for Members and Non-members.

There walks are demanding, from a Grade 6 upwards on Rambling Roger's Scale.

Their members are mostly from Scandinavia, but several other countries as well, I am a regular guide for this club.

  

Walk - Christmas Day 2005

- Grupo Montañero de Mogán - Gran Canaria, Spain -

 


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