Top bird guide for Parque Nacional Cajas - When you get up before dawn to visit El Cajas National Park outside Cuenca, you want the day trip to go as planned. It did when we booked with Edison Juca and Polylepis Tours. With decades of personal knowledge, Edison (Eddy) knew every spot for birds and views. His field expertise as a bird guide and naturalist is backed by education/training. Under lousy conditions (rain, fog and chilly cold) we saw nearly 3 dozen species, including target birds (and we heard the noisy Turquoise jay). Cajas Park is notorious for its moody weather, but Eddy anticipated a downpour in time to find us cover so that we could continue birding, We expect that any tour with Polylepis Tours would be equally successful.

Impressive - Something k see if or if. Impress the road but it's worth it. All well preserved and I will definitely go again. Great day

Definitely a must-do in Tenerife - Great! Our guide was very informative and the scenery was gorgeous. From pick-up to drop-off it was a wonderful excursion.

Great tour and excellent guide! - What a great experience! Booked easily through TripAdvisor. Pick-up location three minutes from hotel was sent by WhatsApp the evening before. Pick-up was punctual in a clean, modern vehicle. Picking up other guests was quick because of the small group size. Some great stops at Vila Flor and el Pino Gordo. But the highlights were really the Roques de Garcia and the lava fields. At the Roques de Garcia we had a full hour to walk around, enjoy the views, explore the trails and visit the visitor centre/museum and cafe/gift shop. The lava fields are also really impressive - photos just don't capture it. Our guide, Ozzie, was just fantastic and really made the experience special. Multilingual (English, Spanish, Dutch and more) and with an amazing knowledge of both the history of the island and the science of the volcanoes. This really made it special as we got so much in-depth information that I'm not sure you'd get with other tours. The tour maximum size is 8 people, which is a great size for a personal experience. Space-wise in the van, we were 7 people and it was fine. But with 8 it would be a bit tight as the front seats are only really for 1.5 people. Also, if you're in the back you can't see the views so well when driving along because of the tinted windows. But plenty of great sites to see at the stops! Overall, a really great tour, very reasonably priced for the fantastic experience you get, and totally recommended! Thank you Ozzie!

Great trip! Well... - Great trip! Well organized with enough time at each location. Interesting info about volcanos, friendly atmosphere

Fantastic trip - Fantastic, lovely trip to Teide. We were 8 people in the group and we saw different landscape types and the guide was good at telling about the many volcanoes and their history. With photo stops in the right places. Nice guide and comfortable car.

Fun trip! - Great trip, Ozzi was a fun and knowledge host for the journey. Landscape is spectacular and the history fascinating

Not to be missed! - This trip was amazing and not to be missed. It was so good to see more of the area and get out to explore a little more. Lovely little surprises too which are worth seeing. Ozzie was so informative and interesting to listen to. This was a great way to end our holiday.

Great trip with spectacular views, well worth the money! - Very interesting trip, really enjoyed it. We saw some beautiful scenery and stopped off at a nice cafe /shop. The only negative was that being in the back I couldn't hear what the guide was saying to the people sitting next to him. They seemed to be getting more info than the rest of us. Maybe some kind of speaker system would help. Over all though a great trip.

Tour operator not up to Viator standards - This a five hour tour and went all around sights near El Teide as expected. They used 2 vans for our English tour and we were in one with only Spanish driver. We were directed to the wrong pick up spot and wanted over 20 mins to find the driver. Then he drove like a racer up the narrow mountain roads, passing cars as he went.