
The full journey
Pro XC · Long Duration
The complete cross-country paragliding experience. 30–45 minutes from 1,000–1,100 metres, the longest flight we offer. Your pilot navigates between mountain ridges, thermal columns, and coastal wind patterns, covering the greatest distance possible. This is the flight that shows you why pilots dedicate their lives to this sport.
Expansive, meditative, the real thing.
The experience
Why we fly
The complete cross-country paragliding experience. Thirty to forty-five minutes from 1,000 to 1,100 metres, the longest flight we offer. Your pilot navigates between mountain ridges, thermal columns, and coastal wind patterns, covering the greatest distance Tenerife's south coast allows. This is the flight that shows you why pilots dedicate their lives to this sport. Recommended for returning customers and for anyone who wants the most immersive version of paragliding available from a single takeoff.
The air does the work. Fifteen minutes in, you have stopped thinking about the harness. The wing is a shape you no longer need to see. What you notice instead is the way the ridge pulls the air upward in one place and lets it drop a few hundred metres further on. The way a thermal starts as a tremor and becomes a circling climb. The way two pilots, flying the same route on the same day, will end up a kilometre apart because one of them read the column better. You will not read anything. You are the passenger. But for forty minutes, you are present inside a calculation that most people will never see from the inside. That is the Pro XC. It is not an experience. It is a window.
You take off from Ifonche, at 1,100 metres, on the eastern side of the ridge. This is the site pilots use for long-distance flights because the geography does the heavy lifting: the ridge generates lift along a three-kilometre stretch, thermal columns rise off the volcanic slopes below, and the coastal sea breeze draws everything westward toward the landing. Your pilot will work between all three. On a good day, you will fly as far as the edge of Los Cristianos before turning back toward Playa de Enramada. On an exceptional day, you will gain altitude after takeoff rather than losing it. This is the flight that Touch The Sky's founding pilot flew solo on his first visit to the island. It is the one that made him stay.
What's included
- Return transport from your pickup point
- Certified pilot and professional safety briefing
- All equipment, harness, helmet, reserve parachute
- Flight insurance
Optional add-on
Photo + video package: €30 per passenger
Add it at checkout or decide on the day, your choice.
Takeoff site
Ifonche
Ifonche is our high-altitude launch. It sits at 1,100 metres on the ridges above the Barranco del Infierno, higher and more exposed than Taucho, and it is where the flying gets serious. We use it for one flight only: the Pro XC. This is not a first tandem. It is a longer, more committed cross-country flight for people who want distance, altitude, and more time in the air, alongside a pilot who knows every line of the mountain.
Common questions
Common questions
- No, but the Pro XC rewards passengers who have. If this is your first tandem flight, the Premium Experience or the Calm & Smooth gives you a gentler introduction. The Pro XC assumes you already know what takeoff, thermalling, and landing feel like, and want more of it, for longer, at higher altitudes.
- No. The Pro XC requires specific conditions, stable south-coast thermals, workable ridge lift, and a manageable sea breeze. On marginal days, we will offer you the Premium Experience at the same price window or rebook you for the next Pro XC day. We would rather fly you a shorter excellent flight than a longer compromised one.
- Tony flies every Pro XC personally, or he pairs you with the pilot on our team who has the most cross-country hours. This is the flight where experience matters most, not because it is dangerous, but because the pilot's ability to read the day determines how far you go. You will know who you are flying with before takeoff.
Other flights
- First flight
Calm & Smooth
For first-timers and anyone overcoming a fear of heights.
€110See flight - Learn to fly
Instructional Flight
The only tandem in Tenerife that teaches you to fly.
€125See flight - Full experience
Premium Experience
Our most popular flight, 20–30 minutes with thermal gains.
€135See flight - Premium comfort, bigger mountain feel
Ifonche Special
The Premium formula flown from Ifonche: higher takeoff, wilder mountain scenery.
€135See flight
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30–45 min · Ifonche · The full journey
