El Rincón, La Orotava valley

A banana farm in the Orotava valley

4.7 from about 1,100 reviews on GetYourGuide

About an hour among the bananas on a family farm in the Orotava valley, with a tasting and a shot of banana liqueur, from 20 euros. Every visit is guided in Spanish and English together, so you hear everything twice.

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Duration: 50 minutesStart times show in the calendar
Live guideEnglish and Spanish

The farm is on the Carretera El Rincón in the lower Orotava valley, a few minutes' drive inland from Puerto de la Cruz, among the plantations that cover the valley floor. The visit is a guided walk through the banana rows with the family who farm them, followed by a tasting of their fruit and a shot of banana liqueur for adults. The farm's own site says its visits last about an hour; GetYourGuide says 50 minutes. The operator says every visit is guided in English and Spanish together.

The farm calls itself eco, not organic, and names no certifying body. The owners say they grow without pesticides or chemical fertilisers, planting herbs and cereals among the bananas to bring in useful insects, and that the farm is 95% self-sufficient and grows more than 150,000 kilos of bananas a year. Those are their figures.

The fruit is Plátano de Canarias, protected by the European Union as a geographical indication since 2013. The protected description credits the islands' mild temperatures and humid winds for the plant's slow growth and the fruit's longer ripening, and enzyme activity for the small brown spots on the skin. La Orotava was a pioneer of banana growing in the Canaries from the second half of the 19th century, the town hall says, though the crop has since lost ground to building. Canary growers produced about 374,000 tonnes in 2025, ASPROCAN reported, the second lowest harvest in 25 years.

Why this one

The honest comparison is with Finca Las Margaritas, a banana farm near Las Galletas in the south: it was rated 4.7 from 1,572 reviews on GetYourGuide, from 10 euros, against 4.7 from about 1,100 reviews and 20 euros here. From the Costa Adeje and Guía de Isora hotels in our edit, Las Margaritas is the one to book: this farm is over an hour's drive away. From Puerto de la Cruz, this one is five to ten minutes away, in the valley the plantations made.

Be clear about what it is: a short, simple visit to a working farm, not a half-day excursion. Book it for a farmer's own explanation of the crop, a taste of bananas that never reach the shops and the liqueur; skip it if a drive past the plantations would do.

Good for

Guests in Puerto de la Cruz with an hour to spare
Anyone curious how a banana grows before they eat one
A short stop on a day in La Orotava

Not for

Guests on the south coast: the farm near Las Galletas is closer and cheaper
Anyone who wants French or printed information
Travellers expecting a long, single-language tour

When to go

What a late-morning visit is like, month by month. Temperature and cloud are modelled for the farm, 176 metres up in the Orotava valley, at 11:00, from five years of historical weather.

Month	Temperature	Clear sky
Jan	18°C / 15°C	37%
Feb	18°C / 15°C	39%
Mar	18°C / 16°C	35%
Apr	19°C / 17°C	31%
May	20°C / 19°C	27%
Jun	22°C / 20°C	29%
Jul	24°C / 22°C	49%
Aug	25°C / 23°C	54%
Sept	24°C / 23°C	33%
Oct	23°C / 21°C	37%
Nov	22°C / 19°C	41%
Dec	19°C / 17°C	46%

Temperature is the median at 11:00, with the coldest morning in ten after it. Clear sky is the share of mornings with little cloud at 11:00.

August is the clearest month

At 11:00 the sky over the farm is clear on 54% of August mornings, the only month over half, and the median temperature is at its highest, 25°C. May is the cloudiest, at 27% clear. In winter the valley is mild: 18°C at 11:00 in January.

A bunch of green bananas on the plant near Puerto de la Cruz

From our Tenerife hotels

Drive times are routed to the farm on the Carretera El Rincón. No transport is included, from any hotel. From the two hotels in Puerto de la Cruz it is a 5 or 10 minute drive, or a walk of 49 minutes from Hotel Botánico and about an hour from Gran Hotel Taoro, mostly uphill.

Hotel Botánico & The Oriental Spa GardenPuerto de la Cruz5 min by carMake your own way
Gran Hotel TaoroPuerto de la Cruz10 min by carMake your own way
Hotel San RoqueGarachico30 min by carMake your own way
Hacienda del CondeBuenavista del Norte43 min by carMake your own way
Gran Meliá Palacio de IsoraAlcalá, Guía de Isora62 min by carMake your own way
Royal Garden Villas & SpaGolf Costa Adeje, Costa Adeje63 min by carMake your own way
The Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, AbamaGuía de Isora64 min by carMake your own way
Royal River Luxury HotelGolf Costa Adeje, Costa Adeje64 min by carMake your own way
Bahía del DuqueCosta Adeje66 min by carMake your own way
Royal Hideaway Corales BeachLa Caleta, Costa Adeje68 min by carMake your own way

The facts

Duration: About an hour, the farm says; 50 minutes on GetYourGuide
Language: English and Spanish, together on every visit
Included: The guided walk, a banana tasting, one shot of banana liqueur for adults
Not included: Transport
Children: Under 5 free on the farm's own site; a child rate from 5 to 11; the liqueur from 18
Accessibility: Part of the farm is wheelchair accessible, with accessible toilets; a companion is required
Not allowed: Pets
Cancellation: Free up to 24 hours before on GetYourGuide
Price: From 20 euros on GetYourGuide; the calendar shows today's price
Groups: Discounts for 15 or more, booked with the farm
Run by: bananaECOplantation, Carretera El Rincón 71, La Orotava

What guests keep saying

Recurring themes in the tour’s reviews, in our words, never quoted.

Praised

The farm itself, well kept and working, not a roadside stop
Bananas that never reach the shops, because they are not straight or clean enough to sell
The banana liqueur, the part most guests mention afterwards

Complaints

Guiding in two languages at once halves what you hear

The catch

Everything is said twice
The operator says every visit is guided in English and Spanish together, and low-rated reviews describe exactly that: each point comes twice, once in each language, so the part in your language is about half the visit.
What to do. Expect a shorter tour than the clock suggests, and ask the guide your own questions.
The guiding can be thin
Low-rated reviews describe no signs or printed information to read, no French, and one visit that was mostly unaccompanied wandering with a few minutes of talk. The operator answers these reviews and says it is improving.
What to do. Keep expectations modest: this is a look round a real farm with a talk, not a lecture.
Twenty euros for a small tasting
Some reviewers found 20 euros high for a walk, some fresh banana and one shot of liqueur, next to the farm in the south at 10 euros.
What to do. Book it for the farm and the valley, not for the amount you eat and drink.
The liqueur is for adults only
The listing sets 18 as the minimum age for the liqueur. Children can walk the farm and taste the bananas; the farm's own site admits under 5s free and has a child price from 5 to 11.
What to do. Book children at the child rate, and expect them to get the fruit, not the shot.
The valley is cloudier than the south coast
In the five years of weather we looked at, the sky over the farm at 11:00 was clear on under half the mornings in every month but August. The trade winds pile cloud against the north of the island, while the south coast resorts are sheltered.
What to do. Bring a layer outside summer, and do not judge the valley's weather by the sky at a south coast hotel.

Questions people ask

Good questions about A banana farm in the Orotava valley

Is the La Orotava banana plantation tour worth it?

For a short look at a working farm with a tasting and a shot of liqueur, yes, at 20 euros. For a long, single-language tour, no: every visit is given in Spanish and English together.

How long is the banana plantation tour?

About an hour, the farm says; GetYourGuide lists 50 minutes.

Is the banana farm tour in English?

Yes, always together with Spanish in the same group, so each point is made in both languages.

Can children go on the banana plantation tour?

Yes. Under 5s go free on the farm's own site and there is a child rate from 5 to 11; the liqueur is for over 18s.

Is the banana farm organic?

It calls itself eco and names no certifying body. The owners say they grow without pesticides or chemical fertilisers.

Why are Canary Island bananas small and speckled?

The European protection for Plátano de Canarias, granted in 2013, credits the islands' mild temperatures and humid winds for the slow growth and longer ripening, and enzyme activity for the small brown spots on the skin.

Is there a cheaper banana farm tour in Tenerife?

Finca Las Margaritas near Las Galletas was 10 euros on GetYourGuide, rated 4.7 from 1,572 reviews, and is the better choice from the south coast.

Does the banana plantation tour include pickup?

No. From Puerto de la Cruz it is a 5 to 10 minute drive; from the south coast, over an hour.

The farm

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