Five driving days in, most groups on the Tenerife route have covered switchbacks, volcanic plains, and rainforest canopy roads — and day 7 is where the itinerary deliberately stops asking anything of anyone behind a wheel.
Why a rest day, and why here
Placing a full no-driving day on day 7 rather than earlier in the trip is a deliberate structural choice: by this point, the group has been through Masca’s technical switchbacks, Teide’s altitude and volcanic plains, the Costa Adeje yacht afternoon, and Anaga’s cloud forest — five driving days of increasing variety, if not always increasing intensity. A rest day dropped in the middle would break the momentum of the route; placed here, right before the trip’s final farewell dinner, it lets the group arrive at that last evening rested rather than depleted.
The morning at Loro Parque
The day includes an exclusive experiential visit to Loro Parque, a well-established zoological and marine conservation park near Puerto de la Cruz — one of the northern coast’s best-known attractions, and a genuine change of pace from five days of engine noise and mountain roads. It’s a walking morning rather than a driving one, deliberately unstructured compared to the tightly-scheduled driving stages earlier in the week.
The afternoon in La Orotava
From Loro Parque, the day moves to La Orotava, a town built around one of the Canary Islands’ best-preserved historic centers — narrow streets lined with colonial-era buildings and the elaborately carved wooden balconies the town is specifically known for, a distinct architectural style that reflects Tenerife’s long history as a trading stop between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. It’s a relaxed walk rather than a guided tour with a fixed itinerary, giving the group room to wander at whatever pace suits a day that’s supposed to feel unhurried.
The farewell dinner
The day closes with a celebratory dinner in the alleys of Puerto de la Cruz — the trip’s formal send-off, timed for the evening before departure so the last shared meal of the week isn’t rushed by anyone needing to be up early for a driving stage the next morning. Groups that have spent six days building a genuine rapport on the road tend to treat this dinner as the actual emotional close of the trip, more than the final departure morning itself.
What to actually do with a free day
Guests who want more structure than “walk around” often use the free hours around Loro Parque and La Orotava for exactly what a rest day is supposed to offer: a slower breakfast, a swim without a departure time attached to it, or simply catching up on everything five packed driving days didn’t leave room for. Nothing about day 7 is mandatory beyond the Loro Parque visit itself — it’s built to be the one day of the trip where doing less is the entire point.
Day 7 is part of Pure Adrenalin’s Mustangs Tenerife — the rest day before the final departure. See the full 8-day route.