Finca Las Margaritas
Banana Experience
Explore a banana plantation in Tenerife
Explore a traditional banana farm in Tenerife South. Finca Las Margaritas in Arona has been a tradition since 1977. Choose your visit format for visit Canary Island banana cultivation
Las Galletas, Tenerife South
We are in Arona in Tenerife South.
An experience on the Canarian agricultural culture
Difficulties, tradition, idiosyncrasies and current reality of Canary Island banana cultivation
Choose your visit
At Finca Las Margaritas we offer different visiting options according to the timetable, language and number of people: routes self-guided for those who prefer to go at their own pace, guided tours with our experts or experiences to groups that seek a more didactic and participatory approach.
Since 2012 we offer guided tours in our banana farm in Tenerife.
Our farm has a large 8 hectares of land, dedicated in a 98% to the banana crop and the rest to other tropical fruit trees such as mango, papaya and avocado.
At the heart of the estate is El Cuartito, the old tack room, now converted into a cosy space for the break, workshops, tastings, exhibitions and a shop.




Prepare your visit
Book in advance, arrive in good time and let yourself be guided along our trails through the banana plantations. You will find comfortable places to rest, enjoy a final tasting and discover, step by step, how nature and Canarian culture are intertwined in every corner of the estate.
- Free parking for clients (on the left side of the property).
- Suitable for people with reduced mobility
- Toilet facilities at the end of the route
- Bus stop 50 metres away (lines 467, 468, 470).
- Only by reservation and at fixed times
- Check language according to schedule
Book your visit
Book your visit at least 12 hours in advance, you can consult the timetables and types of visits here.
We recommend arriving 15 minutes before your appointment
We recommend arriving 15 minutes in advance. On arrival you can make the payment and our staff will tell you how to proceed.
The visit lasts approximately 60-90 minutes
The guided tour lasts approximately 75-90 minutes. For the self-guided tour we recommend 1 hour.
Final tasting
At the end of the visit we have a tasting of handmade products from Tenerife (organic banana, gofio, handmade products...).
Free visit
You can enjoy the banana plantation, take photos, observe all the details. But always with respect for the space, without going outside the paths or damaging the space.
From La Palma to the South of Tenerife
Finca Las Margaritas was born in 1977 thanks to the effort and the illusion of Adolfo Guerra Gonzalez and Margarita Hernandez Perez, a family with palm tree roots that came to Las Galletas, in the south of Tenerife, The farm was founded with the dream of growing bananas in a volcanic and challenging territory. Over time, the farm became not only a place for agricultural work, but also a space to share knowledge, history and love for the land.
Banana Experience's mission:
Banana Experience's mission:
Disseminate banana farming activity
didactically showing the unique agronomic characteristics of the banana crop
Promoting environmental and cultural education
we offer an immersion to explore the banana culture and respect for the conservation of the volcanic territory.
Linking agriculture, education and tourism
to create a space for learning and discovery in Arona.

Everything you need to know before your visit
Are you planning your visit to our banana farm at Las Galletas, Arona (Tenerife South)? Here we answer the most common questions about schedules, reservations, accessibility, discounts and other details so that you can make the most of your experience.
Do you have any further questions?
From October 2025 onwards our guided tour will change its timetable, it will be
takes place only on Tuesdays and Thursdays in 2 sessions per day.
Tuesday: at 9.45hrs our guide explains it in English and at 10.45hrs our guide explains it in Spanish-English.
Thursday: at 9,45hrs our guide explains in English-Spanish and at 10,45hrs our guide explains in English-French the highlights of the banana.
It is very entertaining and fun, and suitable for all ages. The duration of this guided tour is from 75 to 90 minutes approx. with the tasting included.
Guided tours are available on other days and times when a group is formed.
with more than 12 people, usually groups of friends, family or companies that request us by email the guided tour for groups at least one week in advance.
The self-guided tour allows you to do the tour at your own pace, reading the information that you will find along the way. There are 8 stops or stations and at each of them we tell you about different aspects of banana cultivation, they are very educational and are in 9 languages: Spanish, French, English, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Polish and Hungarian. The recommended duration of this self-guided tour is approx. 60 minutes including the tasting, but you can stay longer if you wish. In April 2023 we have added illustrative material and from 2024 QR codes with a downloadable video.
This visit is cheaper because it is self-guided, but when you arrive at the farm we welcome you and explain the route. At the end of the tour you will find EL CUARTITO and there, in the shade of the "manguero" we offer a small tasting of banana and gofio products at different times.
Guided tastingby a member of our team, where we explain, seated and in a group, all the details about our products: firstly
Tasting at 10.15 a.m. Second Tasting at 11,15 h. Third
Tasting at 12.15 pm. El Cuartito area, stop no. 8, next to the hosepipe.
We recommend 60 minutes for this tour. It is also possible to do it a little faster or the other way round, or to take much longer. We want you to
take your time during the visit, observing the details, sharing your impressions or asking us any questions you may have.
The route is accessible for wheelchairs or people with reduced mobility, the ground is made of earth and pebbles. There are no ramps or inaccessible spaces. The route is not long and you will find several seats to take a break. At the end is the toilet and the tasting area. The tasting area is located outside under the shade of a 40 year old hosepipe and sheltered from the rain with a roof made of banana leaves, next to the old tool room of the farm EL CUARTITO, which has been fitted out as a space for rest, workshops, tastings, exhibition and shop. The set represents a wooden hut inside a banana plantation with wooden and cement seats. .
We are particularly sensitive to our environment and therefore facilitate the arrival of Canarian residents, families with children and social groups.
We want to be an affordable place to visit for all audiences and pockets. For them we have established different discounts between 5% and 20%.
On our website you can find 2 formats of guided tours:
- SELF-GUIDED visit, Wednesday and Saturday
- GUIDED tour, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Individual visits guided o self-guided are for couples, small groups or families and is the one that most of the people who visit us do.
The website software does not allow reservations after 7pm the day before. Some people come without a reservation and we have generally been able to receive them, but it is more difficult to find free places every day. It is advisable to make the request 12 hours in advance, by web, email, or wasap, so that we can confirm your reservation with certainty. The individual visit is not paid for on the website, payment is made on arrival at the finca either in cash or by credit card.
Visiting groups only takes place now when a group of 12 people or more is formed in advance and you need at least 2 hours for the visit.
(group of friends, large families, company incentives, associations, educational centres). It is necessary to book by email at least 1 week in advance, it has different schedules to the usual visits and the payment will be made by
transfer, we make the refund in case of cancellation.
The banana bunches or pineapples have an average weight of 50 kgs on our farm, with specimens weighing more than 70 kgs. In each bunch we can find between 200 and 250 bananas, but we never really count them. What is counted in a pineapple are the banana hands, which are usually between 13 and 17 hands. And what is packed in boxes for distribution is half of each hand, i.e. a bunch of bananas.
We have a rustic style unisex restroom next to the tasting area, accessible to people with reduced mobility.
The parking area is located to the left of our entrance as you arrive by car, just 50 metres away. Special care should be taken when walking from the car park as the route runs along a busy road, especially when holding hands with children.
Throughout the year we keep the same opening hours, except for 25th December and 1st January when we close. In summer we change our opening hours to avoid the heat and we open earlier and close earlier.
We communicate it 1 month in advance on our WEB.

Opinions that fill us with pride and desire to continue growing.
Every day, we continue to make this family project a reality, taking care of the simplicity and authenticity of our agricultural space. To see how visitors enjoy and get excited when they discover the farm is the best reward for our work.