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This private tour serves you up Gran Canaria on a plate. You'll get a flavour of the island and its cuisine while drinking in its natural beauty. The Bandama crater, the rum-producing town of Arucas and a typical Canarian farm are all on the menu. Maria, one of our expert local guides, says, ‘The rum from Arucas is so exquisite that within a year of the distillery opening in 1884, it received a royal warrant as purveyor to the then queen regent. Some of the rums it produces nowadays are aged in oak barrels for up to 30 years.'
First up is the vast Bandama volcanic crater – it's more than 200 metres deep, or the equivalent of a 60-storey building. Take some snaps before heading to Arucas. Its colourful homes and flower-filled parks are overshadowed by the volcano-framed Church of St John the Baptist. Unusually for the Canaries, it's in the neo-Gothic style. You'll drop into the town's historic Arehucas distillery to sample some of its famed oak barrel-aged rum. Afterwards, we'll visit a family-owned restaurant for a traditional Canarian lunch made from locally sourced ingredients.
But the best is yet to come. The highlight of the day is the award-winning Finca La Laja – a typical Canarian farm – located in a deep, vegetation-filled gorge near Agaete. In this wild and rugged setting, you'll get to taste local wines, cheese, Teror chorizo, Canarian ‘wrinkly' potatoes, cake and the farm's trademark coffee, which is grown here. You'll also learn how to prepare spicy ‘mojo' sauces.