It's dusty but amazingly beautiful. - We wanted so that bit different and weren't unhappy. We were picked up from our hotel and traveled to a meeting point where all the jeeps assembled. A quick briefing and a photo (which you can purchase and we did), then it was off. Up twisty roads (you get used to them here) with some photo stops. Then it's off road for a bit... Its dusty. Personally we didn't find it too bad but you do need to be prepared for it and perhaps think about finding a bandana or bringing out a covid mask (as someone did in our group). Once back on the road it's a stop in Fataga for a meal (extra cost) but we didn't feel pressured so just got soft drinks and sat outside for 1 hour which we enjoyed. A quick drive to an aloe vera plantation and a few testers before heading back. All in all a great time and experience.

Amazing experience!! - Absolutely stunning views! Found out so much about the island Very friendly guide tours, always making sure your all ok Would definitely want to do it again Thank you Antonio you were are guide for the day and made it fantastic 😊x

Super nice trip. - It is a super fun trip (sometimes a bit rough but that is nice) If the other side of the island wants to see nap is definitely recommended! Really had a great day and got to know nice new people. The Guide was very sweet and took into account the people who were carsick.

Excursion definitely recommended! - Booked: Guide to English A super nice Guide / driver, happened to speak Dutch (nice). Pick up point you can choose, for us only 5 minutes walk, favorable. Arrived on time, drive to meeting place shop center. Group photo taken, possibility for toilet. 30 minutes or so. It explains exactly what we can expect, where we are going. You have to be able to withstand the bumps, since there is also driving between the mountains, this can go crass and hard because of stones and potholes. For us it was super fun and laughable. (This was also mentioned beforehand that we have to counteract bumpy road and you can be shaken). If you are less resistant to dust, bring a scarf or bandana. For us it wasn't so bad, but if you don't encounter that's a tip. Drivers who get along nicely, play jokes. All respectful and entertaining for all of us. Lots of laughs. Lunch in a nice village (stopover) for 15 euros that you are offered (running buffet, as much as you want) also everything you want to drink, delicious! Add water and sangria. The stops were perfect with time, not too long but also not too short. Possibility for questions and explanations is certainly there! You also have plenty of time for the photo moments. All in all, very successful excursion!! Definitely recommended. Extra deserved compliment to our driver Paul.

Great adventure - We had a lot of fun and our guide was great too. We drove to some great viewpoints and had enough time to look at everything at each stop. We didn't like the buffet at lunchtime. The price of €15 wasn't justified for us. But you don't have to eat there. It was voluntary.

Great expierience - Thank you so much for our amazing trip! Our guide guy was incredible, so much information and so much fun, totally recommended.

Wear clothes that you don't want to wear again during the holiday as you will get dusty. Also take bottled water. - We booked this tour via an agent based down near the beach in Playa des Ingles. I think it may have been cheaper booking direct - but we were happy due to the convenience of using the agent and the process was easy and we were given all the relevant information. We were picked up in a jeep direct from our hotel at the agreed time then drove to the main rendezvous point with all the other jeeps. Note that the drivers all speak a variety of languages - so you may end up with a driver who doesn't speak your language. On our trip there was a mixture of tourists from UK - Germany - Spain and Netherlands. So at each stop you just meet up with the guide who speaks your language. For us that meant our driver didn't give any extra commentary during the drive because she only spoke Spanish - but she was friendly enough so we didn't see this a problem. The trip itself take you up into the mountains of the island with a few stops along the way for either toilet break or a photo opportunity. The English speaking guide was really fun - engaging and informative. Our favourite bit of the trip was where we went off road and it gets a bit bumpy - really fun but unfortunately for us this is actually only a very short section of the trip. The views were really spectacular and for me totally unexpected for the Canary Islands. You stop at an Aloe Vera farm which is OK - Yes they do try and sell you their products but I think that's to be expected after all that's how they make a living - and you can always say no. The lunch stop was OK - nothing special. The dinner is an optional extra - but realistically we didn't really have time to find an alternative place to eat. The offered buffet wasn't too expensive and included drinks so we were happy to pay. Overall I would recommend this trip as something a bit different to do while on holiday and you do get to see a little of the sland beyond your hotel walls.

Not up to TUI standard. No information from non-English speaking driver. - This excursion did not meet the promises made online or meet our expectations. Our driver did not speak English, one other driver did speak English but gave no information to our group apart from 'don't stand up in the jeep' & on 3 occasions trying to sell us videos (Hard sell of videos & this seemed to be his main concern throughout the excursion). We expected to be told of the day's itinerary, a brief introduction of the island, how the mountain ranges were formed and what we were actually seeing & maybe the local flora & fauna. We had no idea of what we were seeing or any points of interest. We were just passengers in a 'mystery tour' off road rally. On such dangerous tracks it is unbelievable that they need to play 'cat & mouse' to be a few feet behind the jeep in front especially in a dust storm where it is impossible to see the edge. At one stop, which we later learnt was the highest point and would have been of interest, none of our group got out of the jeep as we understood it was just to see if we could see the vehicle that had gone over the edge the previous day - very ghoulish! We had no confidence in our driver as he could not communicate with us, gave the impression it might have been his first time or that he was very inexperienced. We were also concerned at the worthiness of the jeep as nothing seemed to work on it, there was a red warning lights on the dashboard throughout the journey, the horn wouldn't work until about half way through the trip, the radio wouldn't work & both rear windows wouldn't open (not ideal on such a very hot day). The driver was unable to pick up directly outside the hotel as he didn't know how to gain access to the Hotel, the jeep picking up the German tourists had no problem earlier, and on our return had to borrow my room key to activate the barrier. At the Hotel I visited the TUI rep.,to voice my complaint but she said she couldn't do anything about it as I had booked it online and would have to make the complaint online and shouldn't book excursions in the UK I should wait until we arrive in destination and book through the rep. Is this Company policy? If so, why are they sending out emails encouraging clients to book in advance? As I didn't have the facilities to do this until I arrived home but wanted to register a complaint immediately she agreed to contacting TUI on our behalf, neither the rep. or ourselves received any reply whilst we were still in Gran Canaria. She asked if we had been shown a specific lake (No we hadn't), had we had mountain formations of 'the sleeping giant', 'the praying priest' & famous ' Roque Nueblo' pointed out to us (No we hadn't). This excursion was a fiasco and not at all what I expected or have experienced with TUI in the past.

6 hour tour including 2.5 hour stops, but somehow a rushed lunch. - Tour guide was entertaining and informative but kept having to switch between English and German – seems strange, that people speaking the same language were put in different jeeps. Met at another hotel as agreed, then had to wait at the Faro2 shopping centre 30 minutes whilst others joined us. We could have just walked to the Faro2 shopping centre in 10 minutes, under our own steam. The stops enroute comprised: Dusty road 20 mins - to listen about rock formation; Santa Lucia de Tirajana 20 mins for drink & call of nature; 15 minutes later - Fataga 60 mins for lunch; 5 minutes later - Aloe Vera to listen to sales pitch for 30 minutes; then viewing platform 15 minutes. Lunch stop should have been in the nice village of Santa Lucia de Tirajana. Instead it was offered at a pub in Fataga where a €14 buffet lunch was available including a drink. We didn’t fancy the buffet so decided to order something else from the bar – what a big mistake – paella took 50 minutes to arrive, which left us less than 10 minutes to try and eat it. Unfortunately, we managed to eat less than half of it which was expensive for €30. Other snacks or sandwiches were not an option on the menu. Our advice if you don’t want a buffet - is to either take your own snacks with you and eat them when you can or hang off eating something until you get back to Maspalomas.

Do not book this tour - We booked this trip and received a confirmation email stating we would be picked up from our hotel in Las Palmas. I didn’t check my emails again until the next morning when I saw an email saying they couldn’t pick us up from our hotel and we had to meet then 45 minutes away. We couldn’t make it in time so I called the local operator who was rude and unhelpful. They were not prepared to wait or suggest somewhere we could catch up with the tour operator hung up on me. Rude and unprofessional. I would not recommend this company.