How the pick-up actually works

Gran Canaria excursions with hotel pick-up

Most of what we run starts with a minibus outside your hotel. This page is about that part: which resorts the driver covers, roughly when he turns up, and the point on the map where the pick-up simply stops.

At sea
Two people riding a jet ski across turquoise water

30 or 60 minPuerto RicoPick-up included

Jet ski safari

No fees

from65 €per jet ski30 min (1–2 people) · 60 min: €100 (1 p.) / €120 (2 p.)

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On land
Customers with their buggy in the volcanic landscape of southern Gran Canaria

2 h · max. 6 buggies per departurePuerto RicoPick-up included

Buggy tour

No fees

from65 €per personwhole buggy: €130 (2 seats) · €189 (3) · €249 (4)

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At sea
A group of divers on a dive in the waters off Mogán

Depends on the programmePuerto RicoPick-up included

Diving & try dive

No fees

from35 €per personsnorkelling €35 · try dive €85

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Which resorts the driver covers

Collection runs along one stretch of coast: the arc between Maspalomas and Mogán. That takes in Playa del Inglés, San Agustín, Meloneras, Puerto Rico, Amadores, Taurito and Puerto de Mogán. Six of the eight activities carry that transfer inside the price you are quoted, so there is nothing to hand over on the day.

If your hotel is on a pedestrian street or inside a large complex, the meeting point is usually the nearest road a minibus can stop on, not the reception door. We send the exact spot on WhatsApp the evening before, with your time.

What time you will be collected

The group catamarans leave Puerto Rico at 10:30 and 15:30, so collection lands correspondingly earlier depending on where you are staying. The boat party casts off at 15:00 with pick-up around 14:00. The jeep safari is a half-day trip out of Maspalomas. Times shift with the number of stops on that run, so yours is confirmed the night before rather than printed as a fixed hour.

If the driver can't find you

Be outside five minutes early, phone on, our number saved. If the minibus pulls up and nobody is waiting, the driver gives it a few minutes and moves on, because everyone else aboard has a boat to catch. Message us the moment you realise. Sometimes we can add you to a later stop; sometimes the boat has gone. Better read now than argued about at 09:40.

Two departures that don't include the transfer

  • Boat party: the transfer is charged separately at €5 per person, there and back, on top of the trip itself from €59.
  • Private catamaran charter: no transfer at all. You make your own way down to the boat in Puerto Rico.
  • Everything else has it folded in: both group catamarans, the buggy tour, the 4x4 jeep safari, the jet ski safari and diving.

Where the pick-up stops

We do not collect from Las Palmas, the north of the island, Puerto de las Nieves or the airport: too far out of the way to fold into a route that still has to reach everyone else on time. Staying outside the arc does not rule you out: drive to the departure point yourself and you can join anything. That means the harbour at Puerto Rico for anything on water, and Maspalomas for the jeep safari.

Where each excursion leaves from

The departure point is where the activity begins, not where you are collected.

Departure points and durations for the eight activities.
ActivityDeparts fromDuration
Catamaran boat tripSale de Puerto Rico · 10:30 y 15:304 h
Glass bottom boat tripSale de Puerto Rico · 10:30 y 15:304 h
Jet ski safariCosta Mogán–Puerto Rico · recogida gratuita30 o 60 min
Buggy tourSale de Puerto Rico · recogida Maspalomas–Mogán2 h · máx. 6 buggys por salida
4x4 jeep safariSale de Maspalomas · recogida Maspalomas / Playa del InglésMedia jornada
Diving & try diveCosta de Mogán · recogida en hotelSegún programa

Frequently asked questions

Is the pick-up included in the price I am quoted?

On six of the eight activities, yes. The boat party bills the transfer separately, and the private catamaran charter carries none at all.

Can you collect us from an apartment rather than a hotel?

Usually, as long as it is inside the Maspalomas–Mogán arc. Send the address on WhatsApp and we will tell you the nearest point a minibus can stop.

Areas & guide

The eight activities, with real departure points and real prices, are all in the catalogue. See the full catalogue

The island is waiting.

Pick your activity and how many you are. Pick-up, availability and confirmation are on us.