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Patea tus montes – activities and adventure

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Last month I discovered a really good company, which is organizing excursions and sports activities all around the isle of Tenerife. The young and innovative company is called patea tus montes, what means more or less: hike through your mountains. José and his team are offering their service since 1996. Their headquarter is located in La Orotava, in the North of the isle. With patea tus montes you can hike all over the isle. Excursions are offered round Mount Teide National Park, the vulcanic landscape, in the Anaga mountains and Teno and many other interesting places on Tenerife. With the professional guides you get a lot of background information about fauna, flora and geological conditions of the isle.

We got some instructions from José before we entered the cave José and his team are offering as ...

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Dive and Sea Tenerife

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Dive and Sea Tenerife is one of the best diving schools situated in Amarilla Golf in the south of Tenerife. The diving school is based at San Miguel Marina, which is the newest marina on the island. Dive and Sea Tenerife chose a variety of different locations which best match your experience level so that you can enjoy your diving experience. You can visit dive sites in the north as well as in the south of Tenerife. The diving school provides quality equipment for you to use on your dive. Sea Turtle Tenerife

Dive and Sea Tenerife offer Scuba Diving Courses for beginners and advanced divers. One of the most popular courses is the open water course. With this level you can dive anywhere in the world up to 18 m of depth. The courses offered ...

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Official Test Centre

Friday, July 17th, 2009

The Official Test Centre is a windsurfing centre with a difference, which has been co-founded by Tris Best (Britisch Test Editor for magazines) and Australian Ben Wood. The Official Test Centre is situated in the South of Tenerife, in El Médano. The centre stocks equipment from nearly every major windsurfing brand. The equipment is available to test for all the key disciplines from wave to crossover and from freestyle to freeride.

Equipment in the Offficial Test Centre In El Médano the surfing conditions are ideal and you can find three superb sailing areas. On the beach of El Médano you can enjoy realistic coastal freeride conditions. One of Europe’s best wave sailing arenas - El Cabezo - is situated as well in El Médano. The OTC (Official Test Center) provides equipment from more than 18 important windsurfing brands. You have the opportunity ...

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Tenerife Dogs

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Tenerife Dogs is a website dedicated to helping Tenerife's hard working dog rescue shelters and is a mine of useful information about all things doggie on the island and world-wide. The site was set up by Nikki Attree, a digital artist, and her pooch Basil - who explains the idea: "Not all dogs land on their paws like me, and some even find themselves roaming the streets - for them it's 'dog eat dog' ! ... so Nikki set up this website to support all the kind humans who help those poor abandoned pooches find a new home." On the site you'll find all the latest news from Tenerife's rescue centres: Live Arico, Dingo Dogs and K9 ... as well as contributions from local vet Miquel Los Santo (who runs the 'Animal Centre Sur' in El Medano), and Sharon Haslam - a dog trainer and commitee ...

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Loro Parque

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

The Loro Parque is a huge zoo in Puerto de La Cruz, situated on the North of the isle of Tenerife. This attraction has been founded by Wolfgang Kiessling and his father. This Park is like a botanic garden and a zoo. Herre you can find many attractions beside a huge variety of animals. Early Loro Parque has been a zoo for lots of species of birds an parrots, some of them in danger of extinction. Nowadays it is one of the most famous and visited tourist attractions on the isle of Tenerife. If you visit Loro Parque you can get immersed in the fascinating world of animals. One of the highlights in this zoo are different animal shows, which you can enjoy in Loro Parque. The latest attraction is a show with Orcas, who have been braught to the zoo in 2006. As well you can enjoy ...

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