If you want to go bungee jumping in Gran Canaria, we help you by telling you which are the main jumping zones, the companies that provide this activity, like also several advises to make this activity the best one in your life!

Who can do this activity?

Bungee Jumping in Gran Canaria is one of the few ways, among adventure sports, we have to experience that sensation of falling into the nothing with a free fall. Is the easiest and most accessible due to it can be done by anyone who doesn’t suffer from any severe muscular illness, heart conditions or is pregnant. Minors can also jump, normally from the age of 16, and brings an authorization from its parents or responsible tutor.

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There exist several schools and companies that will organize your bungee jump. Nevertheless, one the characteristics of this activity are that the perfect place for it needs to be found to guarantee a safe adventure.

Where to do bungee jumping in Gran Canaria?

That’s why the activity takes place in the La Calzada bridge, less known as the La Angostura bridge. This name corresponds with that landscape we will from its structure that connects both sides of the ravine.

La Calzada bridge is located in the Tafira zone and has 26 meters in height. It will provide us with a 1-second fall and one that concentrates a very high dose of intensity at so little time. To arrive, you will need to take the GC 320 road, in the direction to Santa Brígida, but if you don’t have your own vehicle or are only celebrating your holidays in the island, there will be transportation services that will pick you up from your hotel or wherever you are.

Jumpers safety is guaranteed when everything is respected, including the material that is prepared for a maximum of 135 kilos although this exclusive requirement will be set by your instructor when you reserve the jump. The harnesses hold your legs or waist and the monitor will be placed in the correct way before going to the platform that has enabled the bridge for this adventure.

When booking an individual bungee jump in La Calzada, you can talk with the instructor about how you want to do it. You can choose the basic one or, if you are repeating the experience, try other alternatives to increase the adrenaline feeling, with postures that Superman or jumping backward, among other ways.

The ideal thing is to try several ways on the same day and to do that, you need to book the offer that includes two jumps for the same price as one.

You will pay a lower price for your jump if you are part of a group, if not, they will indicate the dates on which it is available for you to join individually.

A variant with an even more extreme touch is the rope jump. It is advised to those who have already done bungee jumping although if you are clear that you want to start with this jumping experience you can also do it. It is a spectacular version in which the bridge is changed by the cliffs of El Puertillo. This way you jump over the Atlantic Ocean thanks to a system of ropes that takes you away from the rocks during the fall.

To rope jump in Gran Canaria a system composed by a total of 4 harnesses and 3 ropes that reinforce the participant's safety to the limit. There are 30 meters of the jump for which a minimum group of 5 people is requested or that you sign up to the appointment that is planned of which the organizers will inform you previously in detail so that you do not miss it.

To get to the Puertillo you have a car park which is accessed via GC-2, known as Carretera del Norte. To locate it, leave this road before reaching the kilometer 9 milestone.