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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Sea and land
Dos personas en moto de agua sobre el mar y un buggy por una pista de tierra

1 h jet ski + 2 h buggyPuerto RicoPick-up included

Jet ski + buggy package

No fees

from120 €per personper person with two of you: shared jet ski and 2-seater buggy

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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. Seven of the nine 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, 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.

The 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 speedboat: there is no pick-up at all. It leaves from the harbour at Puerto de Mogán, and your group meets it there.
  • Everything else has it folded in: both group catamarans, the buggy tour, the jet ski + buggy package, 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 the catamarans, the jet skis and the buggies, the harbour at Puerto de Mogán for the private speedboat, 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 seven activities with hotel pick-up.
ActivityDeparts fromDuration
Catamaran boat tripDeparts Puerto Rico · 10:304 h
Glass bottom boat tripDeparts Puerto Rico · 10:304 h
Jet ski safariMogán–Puerto Rico coast · free pick-up30 or 60 min
Buggy tourDeparts Puerto Rico · pick-up Maspalomas–Mogán2 h · max. 6 buggies per departure
Jet ski + buggy packageDeparts Puerto Rico · pick-up included (Maspalomas–Mogán)1 h jet ski + 2 h buggy
4x4 jeep safariDeparts Maspalomas · pick-up Maspalomas / Playa del InglésHalf day
Diving & try diveMogán coast · hotel pick-upDepends on the programme

Frequently asked questions

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

On seven of the nine activities, yes. The two exceptions are the boat party, whose transfer is billed separately at €5 per person there and back, and the private speedboat, which has no pick-up at all because it leaves from the harbour at Puerto de Mogán.

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 nine 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.