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Tenerife: Private Catamaran Charter & Snorkeling with Hotel Pickup

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Duration3h

GroupPrivate

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PickupAt your hotel

Three Hours on the Water: Dolphins, Lunch & Your Own Route

You board a private catamaran at Puerto Colón with your group and help decide the route as the crew takes you toward dolphins and whales. Lunch, drinks, and snorkeling gear are included; you swim or stay on deck as you prefer. Hotel pickup and drop-off mean you don't arrange transport, and three hours on the water leaves you back on land by early afternoon.

Step-by-step itinerary

Hotel pickup and transfer
Board private catamaran
Sail from Puerto Colon
Spot whales, dolphins, turtles
Relax on sundeck and fly-bridge
Enjoy drinks, fruit, snacks, tapas
Swim and snorkel in crystal waters
Return to hotel by transfer

The Experience

The crew at Puerto Colón knows the regulars by name. When you arrive for pickup, they're already checking the weather and the marine reports—the kind of thing that happens when a boat runs the same waters every day and actually cares where the whales are. You board with your group (up to 24 people, so it stays manageable), and the catamaran pulls out toward the open coast where the water changes color and you start to see why people come back to Tenerife.

The three-hour private catamaran charter gives you something most tours don't: you decide where to go. The crew knows the spots—where dolphins tend to surface in the morning, where the water's calmest for snorkeling—but they're not running a fixed route. You want to linger off a particular stretch of coast? Stay. You'd rather move on? They move on. Lunch arrives while you're still deciding: tapas, fruit, snacks, and proper drinks (wine, beer, spirits—not the watered-down stuff). The sundecks are wide enough that you're not packed shoulder to shoulder, and the fly-bridge gives you a view that doesn't get old even after an hour of staring at it.

Snorkeling gear is included, which means you don't rent separately or show up without equipment. The water off Tenerife holds sea turtles, smaller fish, and the occasional larger visitor if you're lucky. Most people get in at least once, even if they're not confident swimmers—the crew knows how to read a group. Hotel pickup and drop-off are built in, so you're not figuring out how to get from your accommodation to Puerto Colón or back again. That detail alone saves the morning and evening.

Bring sunscreen. The sun reflects off the water and you'll feel it even when you think you're in shade. The catamaran rocks gently once you're out past the breakwater, but nothing dramatic—it's not a speedboat, and the crew moves at a pace that lets people eat and talk without spilling things.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off.
private catamaran charter for up to 24 passengers.
lunch with tapas, fruit, and snacks.
alcoholic beverages and soft drinks.
snorkeling equipment rental.
all fees and taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Monte Cristo Catamaran

Is this one for you?Ideal if your group wants a private boat without arranging transport or buying snorkeling gear separately—the three-hour window and included pickup fit tight schedules, and deciding your own route means you're not locked into a fixed itinerary.