tenerifefinder started with a simple frustration: the details that decide whether an excursion works for you are the hardest ones to find. This is how the site came about, who is behind it and the rules it follows.
How every fact is marked (example)
Confirmed Pickup from your area on the days listed
Conditional English guide only on some days
Unknown Exact hotel stop not published
How it started
The story in four chapters
1 · The question
The questions that decide your day
An excursion page tells you what you will see: the volcano, the whales, the cliffs. The questions that decide whether the day works for you are different. Will they collect me from my hotel, and on which day? Will the guide really speak my language? What happens if the cable car closes or I need to cancel?
2 · The search
The answers were there, but scattered
Researching Tenerife’s excursions for this project, I kept finding those answers in pieces: pickup days on an undated map, the guide’s language in the small print, the operator’s cancellation rule on one page and a booking site’s summary of it on another. “Pickup available” rarely said from where. “Multilingual guide” rarely said whether that meant your language for the whole tour.
3 · The method
Checking instead of claiming
I am not a Tenerife local and I have not taken the tours on this site. Like most visitors, I plan from a distance. So instead of telling you a boat trip was wonderful, tenerifefinder does what a very patient visitor would do: it reads each operator’s own page and the official sources, such as the Spanish government register of authorised whale-watching boats or the Cabildo’s rules for the Teide summit permit, and writes down where and when each answer was found.
Every fact gets a status. Confirmed means the source says it plainly. Conditional means it depends on something, or the sources disagree. Unknown means we could not find it, and unknown never counts as a yes.
4 · The site
One page for each situation
That is why the site is sorted the way visitors actually choose: by where you stay, then by kind of trip. Each page puts the options side by side with the same questions, the comparison comes first, and the explanations follow for anyone who wants them.
“I haven’t taken the tours listed here. What I can show you is where every answer comes from.”
Alejandro Muñoz Muñoz, creator of tenerifefinder
The starting point
What you usually find, and what you find here
What you usually find
“Pickup available”
“Multilingual guide”
A booking site’s summary of the cancellation rule
Lists ordered by popularity or commission
Facts with no date
What tenerifefinder shows
The areas and days each operator lists, and whether we could confirm them
One language per coach or several in turn, as the operator states it
The operator’s own rule, with its source
Ordered by how complete our checked information is
The date each fact was checked and when it is due for review
What guides the site
Four rules we do not break
01
A source and a date on every fact
If we cannot say where an answer comes from and when we checked it, it does not go on the page as a fact.
02
Unknown never counts as yes
When a pickup area or a guide language is not stated, the page says so. Lists never treat it as a match.
03
The order is not for sale
No operator pays to appear or to move up. If affiliate links arrive one day, they will be labelled and will not change the order.
04
Corrections are welcome
Tours change. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us and we fix it, update the date and, for big changes, add a note.
I’m Alejandro Muñoz Muñoz and I build my own web projects from Spain, to learn by doing. I come from SEO, and it shows in how this site is built: someone searching “whale watching tenerife” wants to compare trips, not read an essay first, so the comparison goes at the top and the explanations below.
I’m not a Tenerife local and I haven’t taken the tours described here. What I can do is read every operator’s page, every official notice and every set of terms with care, and show you exactly what I found and when. The owner’s full legal details are in the legal notice.
Other projects
Built with the same care
My other websites are in Spanish and have nothing to do with travel, but they follow the same idea: useful first, clear on any phone, nothing to sign up for.
Right now we earn nothing from bookings: links go to the operators’ own websites and to official sources. If we add affiliate links in the future, this section and every booking link will say so clearly.
Questions about tenerifefinder
Have you been on these tours?
No. tenerifefinder is researched remotely, from operators’ own pages and official sources, and it never claims first-hand experience. That is why every fact shows its source, its date and how sure we are.
Do operators pay to be listed?
No. Operators do not pay to appear or to be ordered higher. Right now the site earns nothing from bookings; if that changes, it will be explained on this page and every paid link will be labelled.
How often is the information checked?
Each tour record has the date it was checked and a review date. When a confirmed fact passes its review date, the site shows it as “needs re-check” until we look at it again.
Who writes the pages and guides?
Alejandro Muñoz Muñoz edits the whole site. AI tools help with programming and first drafts; every fact is checked against its source and every page is reviewed before it is published.
How do I report a mistake?
Through the contact page. Include the page and, if you can, a link that shows the change.
