Off-road buggy tour to Peñas del Chache, Lanzarote's highest point

The tour starts in Costa Teguise, where the guides hand out helmets, a windproof jacket and dust goggles, give a safety talk and put each pair in a two-seat buggy. Then the convoy heads north behind a guide to Guatiza, leaves the tarmac and crosses the old volcanic quarries known locally as roferas, past the cactus fields of Mala, where prickly pear is still grown for the cochineal insect. The operator says up to 70 per cent of its routes are off road.

From there the tracks climb to Peñas del Chache, the top of the Famara massif. Its trig point stands at 673.5 metres in the Spanish geographic institute's survey (most maps round it to 670 or 671), next to military radars, so you stop on the ridge and at the Mirador de las Nieves rather than at the fence. The operator's route description promises views over the north of the island and its neighbours; reviewers single out Famara beach, far below the cliffs. The route then drops back through Teseguite and the El Mojón quarry to Costa Teguise. The 3-hour version adds the coast at Los Cocoteros and the natural pools of Charco del Palo. The operator says the route and timing change with the weather.

You drive. Each buggy carries one or two people; the driver must be at least 20 and must have held a full licence for at least two years, and the original card is checked: copies are refused. Passengers must be at least 1.35 metres tall, which on the operator's own listings means about 10 and over. The operator also asks for a passport or ID card for everyone, and closed shoes. It describes the tour as a guided exploration rather than a speed experience: you follow the guide in a line, and reviewers say that does not spoil it.

The price is per buggy, not per person: 150 euros for two hours on GetYourGuide on 26 October 2026, so 75 euros each if you share. The operator's other sellers list the 3-hour route at 200 euros. Hotel pickup is an extra the operator prices at 5 euros a person.

On 26 October 2026 this was the most-reviewed buggy tour on Lanzarote on GetYourGuide, rated 4.6 from about 5,700 reviews, from 150 euros a buggy. The nearest rivals all cost more: a 4- or 6-seat Can-Am tour from Costa Teguise, rated 4.5 from about 710 reviews, from 200 euros, about half of it off road; an on-road buggy trip from Puerto del Carmen to El Cuervo volcano and La Geria, rated 4.6 from about 730, from 180 euros; and a 3-hour tour near the Timanfaya park from the south, rated 4.8 from about 150, from 170 euros. Book this one for the lowest price of the four, two people to a buggy and a route the operator says is up to 70 per cent off road. Book the 4- or 6-seater if three or more of you want one vehicle, or the on-road tour if you want volcano views without the dust.

The operator, which trades as H2O Sports Lanzarote and Buggy Experience Lanzarote, sells the same routes on other sites at the same 150 and 200 euros, so there is no saving in going direct; GetYourGuide's free cancellation is the better deal. A hire car reaches the Peñas del Chache viewpoint on tarmac, and our Lanzarote hotel guide at /lanzarote/ lists the hotels nearest the north. What the buggy adds is the tracks between. If nobody in your group can drive it, book The volcanoes, on foot, a guided hike across the lava of Timanfaya, or The island in a day, which covers Timanfaya, the caves and the north by coach.