Where to Go Camping in Tenerife

One of Tenerife’s best caravan parks and campsites, Montaña Roja has plenty of facilities and an enviable position next to La Tejita beach. The site has a restaurant, bar, outdoor pool and features such as free parking and wifi. It is named after the extraordinary Red Mountain that looms over the beach and campsite. This site is in the midst of a nature reserve in the south of the island. It is open all year and has space for tents, caravans and motorhomes.

A stunning though rather basic campsite, Ramón el Caminero provides a legal place for wild campers to stay in one of Tenerife’s many pine forests. Though there are few amenities to speak of for the site’s 50 campers, there is a barbecue site across the road with seating and fire pits. Ramón el Caminero is for those committed campers who are seeking a true wilderness experience in central Tenerife’s mountains. The campsite is found along the TF-21 as you drive towards Teide National Park from the town of Aguamansa.

The large family-friendly Nauta campsite is on the southern tip of Tenerife, just north of Las Galletas on the TF-653. Bring your own tent and camp alongside motorhomes, wooden huts and caravans, some of which can be rented. With 2,500 tent sites, 40 cabins and 250 motorhomes and caravans there is plenty of space at Nauta – it also boasts two swimming pools, a cafeteria, supermarket, toilets, showers and various sporting facilities.

Nestled amongst the winding alpine roads to the north of Tenerife is the remote campsite Chanajiga. It is the ideal place for keen hikers who are accustomed to wild camping far from the comforts of civilisation. Running drinking water and free parking are the only amenities to be found in this rugged mountainous spot. Chanajiga campsite is to the south of Los Realejos and can be approached from the TF-21.

For a particularly secluded camping spot, head to the northwest of Tenerife for the isolated campsite Arenas Negras. Though there is access to drinking water, there are few other facilities here. It is however free to camp here and the site is easily accessed by car (though the car park is a fairly long walk from the actual campsite). Arenas Negras is located in the area of Garachico and there’s 9,000 square meters (97,000 square feet) of space to accommodate up to 50 campers.

Another campsite set within the pine forests of north Tenerife, El Lagar is popular for its serene setting and convenient facilities. Unlike many wild camping sites, El Lagar has drinking water in four locations, a shower block with eight showers, toilets and disabled accessibility. Relax in the sublime natural surroundings of this peaceful location, to the east of Icod de Los Vinos and south of La Guancha.