Walking the Island of La Palma

There's a huge variety of scenery on La Palma and this week gave us a taste of everything. The walks aren't especially long but there's quite a lot of ascent and descent so I'd agree with the grade 4 rating. Although part of the Canary Islands there's often a bit of cooling cloud about and it didn't feel too hot for walking. The accommodation was all good; six nights in aparthotels with lots of space, one in a regular hotel. The tour leader Henry was excellent, knew a lot about the island's culture, geology and wildlife and was really friendly and approachable.

Good walks in amazing scenery. A weeks winter holiday felt like a month of discovery in summer weather

This was a great walking holiday on La Palma. The itinerary was comprehensive and well thought through and encompassed the main highlights of the island. We learnt a lot during our week there and enjoyed some unforgettable walks.

An excellent week's walking in dramatic landscapes with a sociable group.

We did a variety of walks on the island through temperate rainforest, across coastal gorges, up in the high caldera ridge and through the caldera itself. The scenery was beautiful with amazing geology from volcanic activity. Our tour guide was very good and let everybody in the group find their own pace. The sunshine and light during December was a real bonus.

I had travelled to La Palma with Exodus in March 2020 and sadly the trip was cut short by the Spanish Covid lockdown without any the walks being completed. I've very glad I persevered and returned in March 2022. The walking was excellent with the walk on the rim of the caldera above the clouds, and the walk within the caldera below the clouds being the highlights of the trip. Our tour guide took us to small local restaurants for lunch on a few days, and it felt good to put a little money back into the community after covid and the eruption. The first hotel in Barlovento was excellent with really friendly and helpful staff, while the second on the edge of Santa Cruz was very spacious, but a bit soulless and could do with improved housekeeping. Weather in March was excellent and made for comfortable walking, not too hot and not cold.

A very varied place with ridge walks, forest walks and volcano walks etc. Some tough climbs and quite harsh surfaces. Not suitable for those who are unsteady on their feet or suffer from vertigo. The hotels were quite decent and the food was up to expectations although not exceptional. Henri our tour leader did a superb job he had a good knowledge of the island kept us well entertained and nothing was too much trouble for him. Overall it was a well worth while trip which I would recommend to anyone who is reasonably fit. I would certainly not be adverse to doing it again in the future.

The leader was excellent and general the trip was excellent, two things that were not excellent were: 1) The trip notes were not accurate 2) The accommodation at one of the hotels Le Galleon was not fairly allocated, I shred as a twin with a friend, we were allocated a double and when I asked to change this we were given a small twin where the beds were very close together. We later discovered that the single people in the group had been allocated apartments with two king size bedrooms!

Enjoyed the trip - good mix of walking / nature / social / food. Was in February so there was snowy conditions on the summit.

We enjoyed our week of walking with a friendly group of co travellers and a knowledgeable guide. The walks and bus transfers were well organised and it was great to experience such a large amount of the island with different landscapes.The first hotel was very good and the jacuzzi pool was great. The second hotel was well located although our room was cozy to say the least! We didn’t mind as it was just for a few days, it was clean and the bathroom facilities were modern. What I didn’t like was the indoor window; when people came in to use the lift at night and the light came on our room was very illuminated and it was disruptive to my sleep - these windows need to have blinds. In both hotels it would have been nice to have tea and cake/snacks for after the walks (as with ski holidays) because it’s a long time between early breakfast & late dinner.