Teide permits and eco-tax (2026): what you pay

In short

Since 19 January 2026, hiking up to the Teide summit (Telesforo Bravo trail) and via Montaña Blanca requires a booking on Tenerife ON and, if you do not live in Tenerife, a fee: up to €15 for the summit and €6 to €10 for Montaña Blanca. Since October, three more trails require a booking, with no fee. The Roques de García trail is still free to access. Entry control at the park gates and the shuttle buses are not running yet: they are announced for late 2026 and 2027.

Updated 31 October 2026

If you're coming to Tenerife and the Teide is on your list, this year you need to check the rules before you go. Since January some trails charge a fee, since October more of them require a booking, and the Cabildo (the island's government) has announced a major change to the way you get into the park. We have sorted it into what is already in force and what has only been announced, with the source for each point at the end.

What is already in force

The summit trail and Montaña Blanca: booking and fee

Since Monday 19 January 2026, two trails charge a fee:

Telesforo Bravo (PNT 10): the final stretch, from La Rambleta (the cable car's upper station) to the crater. It's only 0.66 kilometres, but at more than 3,500 metres above sea level.
Montaña Blanca – La Rambleta (PNT 07): the hike up from Montaña Blanca to the cable car's upper station.

What you pay depends on where you live and the time slot. In the daytime slots:

Tenerife residents: free on both.
Residents of other Canary Islands: €6 for the summit; on Montaña Blanca, €3 on weekdays and €5 at weekends and on public holidays.
Visitors from outside the Canary Islands: €15 for the summit; on Montaña Blanca, €6 on weekdays and €10 at weekends and on public holidays.
Under-14s: free on the summit trail.

The booking, on the other hand, is always required, whether you pay or not. Going in without one can get you fined.

How to book

Everything goes through Tenerife ON, the Cabildo's website. First you have to register and enter the details of everyone who is going up. The key points:

Slots open every Monday at 7:00 (Canary Islands time), for the following 56 days. In high season they go quickly.
Only one booking per person every 15 days.
The permit is valid for the day and time slot you booked, whether or not the cable car is running that day. If the cable car stops because of wind, your permit doesn't move with it.
There's mandatory equipment for the climb. In ice or snow you also need crampons, an ice axe and to declare high-mountain experience. Anyone without it is turned back.

The permit not depending on the cable car is what surprises people most. In wind, the cable car stops; your booking does not.

Since October: three more trails need booking

On 14 October 2026 the Cabildo added three trails to the advance booking system. On these there's no fee, but there's a daily quota:

Pico Viejo – Mirador de Las Narices del Teide (PNT 09): 95 places a day.
Los Regatones Negros (PNT 23): 65 places a day.
Chafarí (PNT 28): 65 places a day.

That makes 225 places a day in total, 150 of them for individuals and the rest for companies. Walking a booking-only trail without authorisation can mean a fine of up to €600.

What is still free

The Roques de García trail (PNT 03), the best-known walk in the park, is still free to access with no booking, according to Tenerife ON's own official page. It's a circular loop of about 3.5 kilometres, of low difficulty, that takes less than two hours.

Driving into the park has no booking or fee today either: access control has been announced, but as of 31 October 2026 we've found nothing to show it's up and running. What you may find are occasional trail closures, which are published on Tenerife ON.

What has been announced but isn't running yet

In May 2026 the Cabildo, which has taken over management of the park, presented its plan to cut the pressure on the Teide by up to 50%. These are announced measures, not all of them approved, and the dates may shift:

Access control at the entrances at La Esperanza, La Orotava and Vilaflor-Chío, planned for late 2026.
A maximum of 500 parking spaces with advance booking, free for Tenerife residents and paid for visitors. Rental cars would have to book a parking space and pay an eco-tax, the amount of which has not yet been set.
Shuttle buses (guaguas, as buses are called here) from 2027: 28 vehicles from Puerto de la Cruz, La Laguna, Costa Adeje and Puerto Santiago, roughly every 20 minutes. Free for residents and around €7 for visitors. Inside the park, a bus every 15 minutes between the visitor centre and the Roques de García.
Limits on convoys of quads, buggies and 4x4s from 2027.
Controls at very busy spots such as Chipeque, the Roques de García and Minas de San José, which were announced for summer 2026. As of today, the Roques trail is still listed as free access.

When any of these measures comes into force, we'll update this article with the confirmed date and price.

What it means for your trip

If you want to stand on the crater

You need the Telesforo Bravo trail permit, and it's best to book it as soon as you know your dates: on a Monday at 7:00, up to 56 days ahead. If you would rather not wrestle with the website, our summit climb with cable car already includes the National Park permit. It costs €178 per adult and €89 per child from age 6, with pick-up between 07:00 and 09:30. Once confirmed, it can't be cancelled.

If going up by cable car is enough

The cable car ticket takes you to La Rambleta, the upper station, and for that you don't need a trail permit. Our cable car excursion (from €92) includes bus, guide and ticket, and spares you the hard part: getting there and parking at the top. If parking control comes in over the next few months, that saving will only grow.

If you want to walk without the hassle

The Roques de García need no booking. That's exactly where our Teide Light stops, on Thursdays: an hour and a half to two hours of guided walking, €59 per adult and €29.50 up to age 11, with pick-up anywhere in the south.

If you're going at night

Stargazing doesn't use any of the booking-only trails: the telescope session is in the car park of the cable car base station, at 2,356 metres. None of these rules affects it today.

Questions we get asked a lot

Do you have to pay to enter Teide National Park?

As of 31 October 2026, no. There's a fee for two specific trails (the summit trail and Montaña Blanca) if you aren't a Tenerife resident. Driving into the park has no charge. The Cabildo has announced an eco-tax on access and parking, but with no confirmed amount or date.

How much does it cost to climb to the Teide crater?

For a visitor from outside the Canary Islands, the Telesforo Bravo trail permit costs €15 in the daytime slots, plus the cable car ticket if you ride up. Under-14s don't pay for the permit.

Do you need to book for the Roques de García?

No. According to Tenerife ON's official page, it's free access with no booking, open to everyone.

What happens if the cable car isn't running on my booked day?

The permit is valid for the day and slot you booked, whether or not the cable car is running. What happens to the fee in that case is up to the Cabildo: check on Tenerife ON before you pay.

Sources

If you're coming this winter and aren't sure which way to go up, tell us your dates and we'll tell you what to book and when.

Teide 2026: what you pay, what needs booking and what is about to change.