Astrophotography workshops and tours in Tenerife

Astrophotography in Tenerife, June 2025

Name: Tenerife Astrophotography Tour 2024
SKU: TENERIFE2329JUNE2025
Price: 2295.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£2,295.00

23rd – 29th June 2025

New Dates for 2025

Workshop Leader: Sam Scicluna

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This photo tour is solely run by the highly experienced Sam Scicluna

Join Sam Scicluna on this once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the amazing landscape and night skies in Tenerife.

Brilliant night skies, epic volcanic rock formations and dramatic landscapes, Tenerife has a stunning
high-altitude desert to ensure that you capture some great images.

Tenerife is the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, off West Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is dominated by Mt. Teide, a dormant volcano that is Spain’s tallest peak. Tenerife may be best known for its Carnaval de Santa Cruz, however it has recently become a hot spot for Astrophotography due to its protected dark skies, and indeed the Teide Observatory (Astrophysics) can also be found in Tenerife.

You will start your journey after being collected from Tenerife Norte Airport before being whisked to your 4 Star hotel for six nights in Puerto de la Cruz.

You will be visiting many of the most iconic locations Tenerife has to offer including the stunning Roque Cinchado, which is a volcanic rock formation regarded as emblematic of the island and it is set within the Teide National Park. La Crucita, La Tarta, La Cathedral, and Las Minas will all feature on the itinerary.

Of course, no visit to Tenerife would be complete without experiencing the Milky way over the Teide Observatory in the Mount Teide National Park. The Teide Observatory is Europe’s finest solar telescope and is located 2,390m above sea level. They make stunning subjects to include within your images under the night stars.

This astrophotography workshop in Tenerife will leave you with long lasting memories. There are just six places in total ensuring a small, friendly, informal group with plenty of personalised 1-2-1 tuition on offer from your tour guide and photography tutor Sam Scicluna.

We will be based in the seaside town of Puerto de la Cruz, so we are ideally positioned to reach all the best locations in a relatively short amount of time. As a result of this, we will not have a fixed itinerary, but will go to each location based on the weather and conditions at the time, looking for the best light and weather to give us great images.

Note: The photo tour will be an intense 7 days of mostly shooting throughout the night hours, so make sure you are well rested before the start of the tour!

Collection from Tenerife Norte Airport at 14:00 Thursday 6th June 2024

Drop off to Tenerife Norte Airport at 11:30 Wednesday 12th June 2024

Typical daily schedule:
07:15 – Sunrise
08:30 – Return to Hotel for breakfast
09:00 – Rest / Sleep

Note: The Middle of the day will be mostly free time for you to catch up on sleep, explore the area around the hotel or go to the beach.
18:00 – Dinner
19:30 – Head out for Sunset
21:15 – Sunset
23:00 – Shoot the Milkyway overnight

Note: We will skip a sunrise or sunset session twice throughout the week to enable us to do post processing and image critique sessions.

Your accommodation for this astrophotography workshop is the beautiful 4 Star Hotel AF Valle Orotava, based in Puerto de la Cruz.

You will each have your own double en-suite room. Breakfast is included. There is no single occupancy supplement charged.

https://www.hotelafvalleorotava.com

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Exertion Level
Medium – We will not be doing any long hikes throughout this tour, however some locations can only be reached on foot, and can take anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes depending on pace. Some of these hikes are at an altitude of around 2250 meters above sea level (7400 Feet), this is where we will shoot the majority of our Astro images, high above the clouds. Some of the hikes pass through terrain that can be rough, steep, or uneven. These sections require good fitness, balance, and mobility and there may be some mild rock scrambling needed to reach some of the coastal locations.

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Date and Time
14:00 Thursday 6th – 11:30 Wednesday 12th June 2024

Duration
Six Nights

Price
£2,495
(£200 deposit, £2,295 balance to be paid by the 6th March 2024. If booking after the 6th March 2024, full amount is payable)

Workshop Leader
Sam Scicluna

Workshop Attendees
6

Meeting Place
14:00 Tenerife Norte Airport

Photography Locations
Ayosa
La Crucita
La Tarta
La Cathedral
Las Minas
Teide National Park
Teide Observatory

Included

Six nights accommodation (double room, en-suite, single occupancy)

Breakfast

Dedicated 1-2-1 photography tuition

Collection and drop off at Tenerife Norte Airport

Transport during the workshop in a modern, comfortable minibus

Excluded

All meals and drinks other than breakfast

Flights

Travel and camera insurance

Flights are not included in the workshop price

Sam will collect all the workshop participants at 14:00 from Tenerife Norte Airport on Thursday 6th June 2024

Our mode of transport for this workshop will a modern, comfortable minibus which will ensure that there is plenty of space for us all including luggage, clothing, and camera equipment.

Sunset in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Teide National Park.

Tenerife, Canary Islands. Teide National Park.

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