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title: Whale & Dolphin Watching in Tenerife
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alternate_de: https://guidekin.com/de/spain/tenerife/whale-watching-tenerife/
type: tour_collection
city: Tenerife
country: Spain
tours: 16
price_from_eur: 25
reviews_total: 14372
as_of: 2026-09-17
canonical: https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/whale-watching-tenerife/
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# Whale & Dolphin Watching in Tenerife

> **Guidekin** is a hand-picked catalogue: we read every listing ourselves and keep only operators rated 4.5★ with 30+ traveler reviews. [How we choose tours](https://guidekin.com/how-we-choose-tours/) Catalogue data as of September 17, 2026.

## Guidekin's verdict (last checked September 2, 2026)

All 16 whale and dolphin trips read in full, our deepest Tenerife review base. Three earn a pick.

- **Best overall:** [Los Gigantes Sail Charter](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/los-gigantes-whale-watching-charter-by-sail-boat/?format=md). A sailboat under the Los Gigantes cliffs with a cove swim and cava poured, quiet enough to hear the pods breathe: 4.99 from 651 reviews at €75 per person. Trade-off: West coast start, not the south. — now €75 per person, 4.99 (651)
- **Best value:** [Hydrophone Eco-Catamaran](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/whale-watching-listening-eco-catamaran-tour-with-snacks-drinks/?format=md). The hydrophone boat: you listen to the whales as well as watch them, with sandwiches, drinks and a snorkel stop at €36 per person. 4.92 from 1558 reviews. Trade-off: A busier deck than the sails. — now €36 per person, 4.92 (1558)
- **Best adults-only:** [Adults-Only Glass Catamaran](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/tenerife-whale-watching-only-adults-exclusive-chill-out-catamaran/?format=md). Twelve seats, a glass floor and no children aboard, with catering served on deck: 4.93 from 543 reviews at €54 per person. Trade-off: No kids: families look elsewhere. — now €54 per person, 4.93 (543)

Also compared:

- [No-Chase Eco Encounters](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/leaders-in-eco-respectful-no-chase-whale-and-dolphin-encounters/?format=md): Ethics at the lowest price. Trade-off: 90 minutes, a short outing. — now €25 per person, 4.59 (2260)
- [Catamaran with Buffet](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/whale-and-dolphin-watching-catamaran-with-transfer-and-buffet/?format=md): Transfer and a real buffet. Trade-off: The busiest format here. — now €63 per person, 4.83 (2843)
- [Five-Hour Gigantes & Masca](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/watching-and-listening-whales-visiting-los-gigantes-masca-food-drinks-included/?format=md): Lunch, cliffs and Masca bay. Trade-off: Five hours, plan the day around it. — now €50 per person, 4.89 (217)
- [Family Whale Sailboat](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/whales-and-dolphins-watching-in-exclusive-sailboat/?format=md): Kids welcome, 11 aboard. Trade-off: Sandwiches, not a buffet. — now €48 per person, 4.93 (496)
- [Beyond-3-Miles Yacht](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/discover-whales-in-tenerife-yacht-tour-with-bath-and-lunch/?format=md): Licensed past three miles. Trade-off: 32 reviews, a small base yet. — now €58 per person, 4.87 (32)

Commissions never affect the order.

## All 16 tours, ranked by Guidekin score

| # | Tour | Collections | Price | Rating | Duration | Runs | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Los Gigantes Whale Watching Charter by Sail Boat](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/los-gigantes-whale-watching-charter-by-sail-boat/?format=md) |  | €75 per person | 4.99 (651) | 3h | daily 09:45–16:00 | up to 10 per booking · free cancel · en/es/fr/de |
| 2 | [Whale watching & listening Eco-Catamaran Tour with Snacks &Drinks](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/whale-watching-listening-eco-catamaran-tour-with-snacks-drinks/?format=md) |  | €36 per person | 4.92 (1558) | 3h | daily 10:30–17:30 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 3 | [Tenerife Whale Watching Only Adults Exclusive Chill Out Catamaran](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/tenerife-whale-watching-only-adults-exclusive-chill-out-catamaran/?format=md) |  | €54 per person | 4.93 (543) | 3h | daily 10:00–16:00 | up to 12 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 4 | [Whales and Dolphins Watching in Exclusive Sailboat](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/whales-and-dolphins-watching-in-exclusive-sailboat/?format=md) | Small-Group Tours | €48 per person | 4.93 (496) | 3h | daily 10:00–16:00 | up to 11 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 5 | [Watching and Listening Whales visiting Los Gigantes&Masca. Food&drinks included](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/watching-and-listening-whales-visiting-los-gigantes-masca-food-drinks-included/?format=md) |  | €50 per person | 4.89 (217) | 5h | Wed Fri Sun 10:30 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 6 | [Whale and Dolphin Watching Catamaran with Transfer and Buffet](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/whale-and-dolphin-watching-catamaran-with-transfer-and-buffet/?format=md) | Small-Group Tours | €63 per person | 4.83 (2843) | 3h | daily 09:30–18:30 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · pickup · en/es |
| 7 | [Kayak & Snorkel Safari: Look for Dolphins & Turtles in Tenerife](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/kayak-snorkel-safari-look-for-dolphins-turtles-in-tenerife/?format=md) | Snorkelling & Diving, Small-Group Tours | €35 per person | 4.83 (431) | 3h | daily 10:00–14:00 | up to 12 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es/fr/it/pt/nl |
| 8 | [Discover whales in Tenerife: yacht tour with bath and lunch](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/discover-whales-in-tenerife-yacht-tour-with-bath-and-lunch/?format=md) |  | €58 per person | 4.87 (32) | 3h | daily 10:00–13:00 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · pickup · en/es/fr/de/it |
| 9 | [Whale and dolphin watching tour Los Gigantes and Masca in small groups](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/whale-and-dolphin-watching-tour-los-gigantes-and-masca-in-small-groups/?format=md) | Small-Group Tours | €80 per person | 4.84 (32) | 4h | daily 10:00 | up to 11 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 10 | [3h Viking Cruise with Drinks, Whale Watching and Swimming Time](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/3h-viking-cruise-with-drinks-whale-watching-and-swimming-time/?format=md) |  | €38 per person | 4.8 (691) | 3h | Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 13:00–15:00 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 11 | [Dolphin and Whale Sailing Tour in Los Gigantes](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/dolphin-and-whale-sailing-tour-in-los-gigantes/?format=md) | Small-Group Tours | €70 per person | 4.77 (290) | 3h | daily 10:00–16:00 | up to 9 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 12 | [Tenerife Whale and Dolphin Watching + SWIM STOP](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/tenerife-whale-and-dolphin-watching-swim-stop/?format=md) |  | €28 per person | 4.77 (774) | 2h | daily 10:30–16:30 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 13 | [Tenerife: Whale & Dolphin Watching Cruise & Swim, Los Cristianos](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/tenerife-whale-dolphin-watching-cruise-swim-los-cristianos/?format=md) |  | €28 per person | 4.65 (279) | 2h | daily 10:00–14:00 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es/fr/it |
| 14 | [Tenerife: Turtle and Dolphin Kayak Tour with Snorkel and Wetsuit](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/tenerife-turtle-and-dolphin-kayak-tour-with-snorkel-and-wetsuit/?format=md) | Snorkelling & Diving, Small-Group Tours | €35 per person | 4.61 (1580) | 3h | daily 09:00–15:30 | up to 14 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es/fr/it/pt |
| 15 | [Leaders in Eco Respectful No chase whale and dolphin encounters](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/leaders-in-eco-respectful-no-chase-whale-and-dolphin-encounters/?format=md) |  | €25 per person | 4.59 (2260) | 1h 30m | daily 10:30–14:30 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es/fr/de/it |
| 16 | [Tenerife Ecoyacht Tour for Whale Watching](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/tours/tenerife-ecoyacht-tour-for-whale-watching/?format=md) |  | €30 per person | 4.55 (1695) | 1h 45m | daily 09:00–18:45 | up to 15 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es/fr/it |

## Why each made the list

- **Los Gigantes Whale Watching Charter by Sail Boat** — 4.99 from 651 reviews, the top-rated whale trip in our Tenerife catalogue: a sailboat charter under the Los Gigantes cliffs with a cove swim and cava, wine and beer poured, €75 per person. Sails, not engines, which matters when the pilot whales surface.
- **Whale watching & listening Eco-Catamaran Tour with Snacks &Drinks** — In the catalogue for its hydrophone: this eco-catamaran lets you hear the whales, not just see them, and at 4.92 from 1558 reviews it is the best-rated of the big whale boats. €36 per person with sandwiches, drinks and a snorkel stop.
- **Tenerife Whale Watching Only Adults Exclusive Chill Out Catamaran** — Twelve seats, a glass floor and no children: an adults-only chill-out catamaran with catering on board, €54 per person. 4.93 from 543 reviews; book it for the quiet as much as the whales.
- **Whales and Dolphins Watching in Exclusive Sailboat** — A family-friendly sailboat kept deliberately small, with sandwiches and drinks included at €48 per person: 4.93 from 496 reviews puts it among the best-rated of the whale sails.
- **Watching and Listening Whales visiting Los Gigantes&Masca. Food&drinks included** — Five hours instead of the usual three: whales with a hydrophone, the Los Gigantes cliffs and a swim in Masca bay, with a cooked lunch and wine included at €50 per person. 4.89 from 217 reviews makes it the quiet overachiever of the whale fleet.
- **Whale and Dolphin Watching Catamaran with Transfer and Buffet** — In our catalogue because it is the complete package of the whale fleet: transfer, a proper buffet with cava and spirits, snorkel stop and a small-group deck, €63 per person for three hours. 4.83 from 2843 reviews says the formula works.
- **Kayak & Snorkel Safari: Look for Dolphins & Turtles in Tenerife** — Paddling under volcanic cliffs to stretches of coast no road reaches: kayak-and-snorkel safari with juice and a fruit bar included, €35 per person. 4.83 from 431 reviews.
- **Discover whales in Tenerife: yacht tour with bath and lunch** — Licensed to sail beyond three miles, which most of the harbour fleet is not: a yacht that carries twenty with a full lunch, a bay swim and expert guides at €58 per person. 4.87 from 32 reviews.
- **Whale and dolphin watching tour Los Gigantes and Masca in small groups** — A quality boat out of Playa de San Juan working the whale sanctuary waters, four hours in a small group with fishing gear aboard, €80 per person. 4.84 from 32 reviews, a small base our bar still admits.
- **3h Viking Cruise with Drinks, Whale Watching and Swimming Time** — The full-length Viking option: three hours out of Los Cristianos aboard the Ragnarok with beer, wine and a swim stop at €38 per person. 4.8 from 691 reviews; same theatre as the two hours ride, more Atlantic.
- **Dolphin and Whale Sailing Tour in Los Gigantes** — A small-group-only sailboat working the ZEC conservation waters off Los Gigantes, where sighting probability is at its highest: €70 per person with snacks and snorkel gear. 4.77 from 290 reviews.
- **Tenerife Whale and Dolphin Watching + SWIM STOP** — Two hours on a Viking ship for €28 per person: the cheapest of the costume-boat rides, with a swim stop and whale watching handled by a crew that leans into the bit. 4.77 from 774 reviews.
- **Tenerife: Whale & Dolphin Watching Cruise & Swim, Los Cristianos** — The traditional boat of Los Cristianos: the Peter Pan has worked this coast for years, and at €28 per person with a swim stop it is one of the cheapest ways onto the water. 4.65 from 279 reviews; a big boat, so not the intimate option.
- **Tenerife: Turtle and Dolphin Kayak Tour with Snorkel and Wetsuit** — The classic budget way to meet Tenerife's turtles: a guided kayak and snorkel outing with wetsuits, photos and videos included at €35 per person. 4.61 from 1580 reviews, and the camera work being free is rarer than it should be.
- **Leaders in Eco Respectful No chase whale and dolphin encounters** — Here for its ethics and its licence: a strict no-chase policy and higher captain licences that allow it further offshore than the harbour fleet, where the big cetaceans are. At €25 per person for 1h 30m it is also the cheapest whale trip we list; 4.59 from 2260 reviews.
- **Tenerife Ecoyacht Tour for Whale Watching** — Made the list for one unusual promise: if no whales or dolphins show, you get a free date change. €30 per person for 1h 45m with a swim stop; 4.55 from 1695 reviews sits at the modest end of our bar, the guarantee compensates.

## Other collections in Tenerife

- [Small-Group Tours](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/small-group-tours-tenerife/?format=md) — 15 tours
- [Day Trips](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/day-trips-tenerife/?format=md) — 7 tours
- [Snorkelling & Diving](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/snorkeling-diving-tenerife/?format=md) — 7 tours
- [Quad & Buggy Tours](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/quad-buggy-tenerife/?format=md) — 6 tours
- [Stargazing & Teide by Night](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/stargazing-tenerife/?format=md) — 6 tours
- [Mount Teide](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/teide-tours/?format=md) — 5 tours
- [Hiking Tours](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/hiking-tenerife/?format=md) — 4 tours
- [Paragliding](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/paragliding-tenerife/?format=md) — 4 tours
- [Masca](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/masca-tenerife/?format=md) — 3 tours
- [Boat Trips & Sailing](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/boat-tours-tenerife/?format=md) — 3 tours
- [Jet Ski Tours](https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/jet-ski-tenerife/?format=md) — 3 tours

## FAQ

**How many whale & dolphin watching tours in Tenerife are available on Guidekin?**

16 whale & dolphin watching tours are available for booking in Tenerife on Guidekin. The top-rated is Los Gigantes Whale Watching Charter by Sail Boat with 4.99/5 from 651 reviews.

**How much do whale & dolphin watching tours in Tenerife cost?**

Prices range from €25 to €80 per person. The most affordable option is Leaders in Eco Respectful No chase whale and dolphin encounters at €25. The premium choice is Whale and dolphin watching tour Los Gigantes and Masca in small groups at €80.

**What are the best whale & dolphin watching tours in Tenerife?**

Based on 14372 traveler reviews across 16 tours, Los Gigantes Whale Watching Charter by Sail Boat leads our rating, weighted by review volume: 4.99/5 (651 reviews).

**How long do whale & dolphin watching tours in Tenerife last?**

Duration ranges from 1h 30m to 5h. The shortest is Leaders in Eco Respectful No chase whale and dolphin encounters at 1h 30m. The longest is Watching and Listening Whales visiting Los Gigantes&Masca. Food&drinks included at 5h.

**How do I book whale & dolphin watching tours in Tenerife on Guidekin?**

Browse 16 available tours above, select your preferred date and group size, and start booking on Guidekin; checkout completes with our booking partner. Most tours confirm instantly, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.

**What is the cancellation policy?**

Most whale & dolphin watching tours offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Check the cancellation policy on each tour page for exact terms.


## Query this catalogue with URLs

Every listing accepts filter parameters directly in the URL, so you can hand a user
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| Group | Parameters | Values |
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| Private or shared | `tour_type` | private, shared |
| Group size | `group_size_max` (stated cap), `party_size` (your group fits) | people, e.g. 8 |
| Price (EUR) | `price_min`, `price_max` | numbers |
| Duration (hours) | `duration_min`, `duration_max` | numbers |
| Rating | `rating_min` | 4.5, 4.8, 4.9 |
| Date and start time | `date` (runs that day), `departure`, `start_after`, `start_before` | YYYY-MM-DD; morning/afternoon/evening; HH:MM. `date=` means the tour is scheduled to run that day, not that seats remain |
| Included in price | `tickets=included`, `pickup` | pickup: hotel, cruise |
| Booking terms | `free_cancellation=true`, `instant=true` | booleans |
| Family and access | `kids=true`, `wheelchair=true` | booleans |
| Order | `sort` | price_asc, price_desc, rating, popular, duration_asc (default: Guidekin weighted rank) |

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- Private, fits 6 people, with hotel pickup: https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/whale-watching-tenerife/?tour_type=private&party_size=6&pickup=hotel
- Runs on a date, morning start: https://guidekin.com/spain/tenerife/whale-watching-tenerife/?date=2026-10-01&departure=morning

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