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Exceptional views and a fantastic paraglide on offer at Los Giles on the north east coast of Gran Canaria. The island’s most popular paragliding site allows you to fly safely over the capital city Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and its fabulous Las Canteras beach and come down with a soft landing. The flight is possible almost year-round and offers excellent wind conditions.

The laminar wind, ranging from light to moderate in Las Coloradas, in the northwest of the island of Gran Canaria make it a privileged place for the enjoyment of spectacular evenings from the air, with the added extra of being able to carry out top landings easily. The flights, which can last for hours and hours, make it possible to contemplate beautiful views over the bay of El Confital, Las Canteras beach and even the mountains of Gáldar, if you are lucky and the weather is good.

The north of Tenerife is home to one of the best areas for paragliding in Tenerife: La Corona. Situated in the municipality of Los Realejos, the launch site gives a take-off with north-easterly winds of mild to medium intensity. Starting at 785 metres above sea level, the jump flies over Los Realejos down to the landing site on the soft black sand of El Socorro beach. It’s a dynamic, picturesque flight over the pretty hillsides of Tigaiga, the coasline of Punta del Guindaste and the beautiful pine groves of Rambla de Castro.

Located right in the centre of Tenerife, Izaña has it all, a fact that makes it one of the best flights in Spain. The highest glide in the country and with one of the biggest drops, take off is situated at 2,200 metres above sea level in the Teide National Park – the highest peak in Spain. From there the 45-minute flight drops right down to sea level, taking you over the beautiful Orotava Valley and to the tourist resort of Puerto de la Cruz.

As well as being a paradise for nature lovers, it is also one for paragliding enthusiasts. In the beautiful municipality of Hermigua, located in the north of La Gomera, it is usual to see the sky dotted with colourful paragliders. It is the main flying spot and the busiest one on the island and has ideal conditions for doing this sport. The take off, at a height of 450 metres above sea level and the excellent face of the mountainside make the flights last for hours.

A classic flying area in Lanzarote, where the constant wind make it possible to do sports like paragliding. This take off point, situated on the Famara cliff itself, in the north of the island, is located precisely in Chimida. With a west-northwest wind direction, it is an ideal place not only for paragliding but also for hang gliding and treats gliders to spectacular views if they follow the mountainside northwards, in line with the striking cliffs which lead to Mirador del Río.

Situated in the north-west of El Hierro, the Dos Hermanas peak is one of the best places in the whole of Spain to practise paragliding. The southernmost of the Canary Islands offers fabulous conditions that make a flight here really spectacular. The trade winds, the orientation of the land itself and the possibility to take off from several different altitudes make this the ideal spot for learning and acrobatics. In fact, the island has hosted an important international annual gathering of paragliding pilots for the past 20 years, which attracts enthusiasts from all over the world.

The island’s main sports climbing zone is in the heart of the Tamadaba Natural Park close to Artenara village in north Gran Canaria. This almost pristine landscape holds one of the best preserved pine forests in the Canary Islands and is the island’s undisputed climbing hotspot with around 400 routes of medium difficulty and up to 40 metres.

The walls may not be the most vertical in the Canary Islands, but climbing in the stunning natural setting of the Cañadas, in Teide National Park, next to the highest peak in Spain - with a height of over 2000 metres - is a unique experience. Located in the centre of Tenerife, its spectacular volcanic formations have numerous designated climbing areas for all types. One of the most popular is la Cañada del Capricho with is appointed for sports and block climbing.

One of the climbing hotspots in the Canary Islands are the basalt walls of pretty Fataga valley in south Gran Canaria. Close to Fataga village, with its whitewashed houses and tiled roofs, this wild area is known as the Valley of 1000 Palms. The red valley walls contrast with the green of the palms and offer a wide range of routes for climbers of all abilities. This range of routes makes Fataga a favourite spot for climbing in Gran Canaria.