Gleitschirmfliegen in Tenesar

Tenesar is Lanzarote's wild west coast: a tiny fishing village tucked between black lava cliffs and the Atlantic, on the trade-wind side of the island. The flight here is all about what you'll see.

Why fly here

• Trade-wind soaring. When the N trades blow clean (roughly 15 to 32 km/h), Tenesar delivers long ridge soaring along the cliffs, with the wind doing most of the work.
• Lava meets Atlantic. Black volcanic stone, white surf, deep blue ocean. The contrast looks like someone turned up the saturation, and the photos come out the same way.
• Timanfaya at your back. The lava fields of Timanfaya National Park spill toward the coast just a few hundred metres inland. You fly with the volcanic landscape on one side and the ocean on the other, with views over Tinajo and the Volcán de La Santa.
• Right in the action. Launches sit between 10 and 80 m above the sea, so you fly along the cliffs with the surf just below you instead of watching it from far above.

What to expect on the day

The road out follows the LZ-402 along the coast: empty, cinematic, volcanoes behind you and ocean ahead. The takeoff is a short walk from the road. A few steps, and you're flying along the cliff line above the rooftops of Tenesar village.

What you'll bring home

A camera roll heavy on cliff edges, white surf, fishing boats far below, and that low-angle Atlantic light you don't get on the south of the island. The kind of footage where people ask whether it was real or shot from a drone.

Best for

Anyone who wants to feel the trade winds carry them along a wild coastline, and anyone collecting the most photogenic coastal views on the island.