Paragliding in Tenerife. Photo: Ed Ewing
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Adventure Mode: Escaping the winter in Tenerife

"We have a great variety of flying sites, meaning windward flying, lee-side flying, soaring at ground level and thermal flying."

8 December, 2025, by Martin Stieber, local guide. Photos: Erwin Voogt

The most special thing in Tenerife is Mount Teide (3,718m), the live volcano in the middle of the island (last eruption 1909). This gives us lots of options because we have the Atlantic Ocean all around and we have a great variety of flying sites, meaning windward flying, lee-side flying, soaring at ground level and thermal flying. Our highest take-offs are at 2,200m, so there’s a great variety.

The tandems fly all year round but in spring and summer we have more stable weather. The high season is winter, which is when...

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