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Roque Nublo Hiking Guide 2025

Quick Facts

  • Location: Center of Gran Canaria
  • Difficulty: Moderate, manageable for casual hikers
  • Time: ~1 hour each way
  • Reservation: Required between 9am-5pm, free
  • Transport: Car to Tejeda + Bus 18 (€9 return)
  • Trail conditions: Rocky, some paved sections

Our plan

Writing this up in the hope that it will help someone planning a Roque Nublo trip in 2025.

Me and my partner are expecting a child in July this year and decided to have a “babymoon” trip to somewhere sunny to escape the freezing cold UK weather during February.

After some research Gran Canarias emerged as a perfect location, though I’ll admit I had my reservations about it having a reputation for package holidays and crowded beaches, which is really not my thing. Because of this we rented a car and watched a few videos on getting the most out of our trip.

Planning

One particular trip that we wanted to do was the Roque Nublo hike / viewpoint, this is a beautiful volcanic rock formation located in the center of the Gran Canaria. We found this great video showing off the wonderful views https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ5qLdl6Gnc& which sealed the deal and got us planning.

Upon doing some more research we found that not long before we arrived in Gran Canaria a free reservation was required to visit the formation between 9am and 5pm. I assume this is to protect the natural beauty of the area which makes sense.

The website to we made our reservation on was https://reservasroquenublo.com/reservar

And fill the form in with:

  • Click Particular
  • Input the date of travel “Fencha”
  • Input number of people “Nº de personas”

We made our booking 2 days before our hike, so we either got lucky or the Rock isn’t busy during February. There were plenty of available slots on that day but we decided to start at 3pm in order to not miss the last bus from Roque Nublo to Tejeda.

Once submitted you’ll get an email, keep it handy as you’ll need it on your visit.

Getting there

I can only comment on travelling straight from “Tejeda” as we rented a car and parked there. I’ve attached a map view of where we parked (in blue), this car park was pretty packed, and there was only a single space available when we arrived (this was at 2pm on a Tuesday)

The parking area marked in red is apparently free, however there was a ramshackle A4 paper sign saying 2 Euro (without anywhere to pay)

Once parked there we headed down to the bus stop outlined in blue and waited for the 18 bus to arrive here https://maps.app.goo.gl/WkxNHU871yT5NKyQA the bus parks in the bay so don’t worry about being on the wrong side of the road. Here is the bus timetable for reference https://reservasroquenublo.com/assets/docs/guaguas.pdf. In total the cost of the bus was about 9 euros return.

When the bus reached Roque Nublo the driver let us know that we were at Roque Nublo and so our hike started.

The Hike Experience

My partner read online that the hike might be a little difficult, and that you require lots of gear to do the walk, however this was far from the case. (Even for my 18 week pregnant partner)

For reference I’m a semi fit developer in his mid thirties who sits in front of a desk from 9-5 and my partner is mid thirties and 18 weeks pregnant. We both managed in about an hour with some stops in between to enjoy the views.

Upon starting the walk (location here), there was an official waiting to scan our reservation QR code, so have that handy. From there the paths were quite obvious to follow with some areas where we needed to use our hands to support ourselves, and this was mainly at the peak.

There are tonnes of photo opportunities on route, here are a few:

Tips & Recommendations

Other things worth mentioning:

  • There’s various places in Tejeda to get food and drink, including restaurants, a supermarket (SPAR) and a mini market in the petrol station next to the bus stop.
  • Once you take the bus from Tejeda there are no toilets.
  • There’s a mini van selling food, drink and ice cream in the location you arrive in after the bus from Tejeda.

Things to bring:

  • Water & Snacks
  • Comfortable Shoes
  • Cash / Credit Card for the bus
  • Phone / Print out of reservation (QR Code)