Proven, English-speaking crew in the Canary Islands.
Our Tenerife team has the local resources to pull together nearly any size production on the Canary Islands and underwater. Browse through our crew list categories below. Further details are listed at ENG • SNG crews and TV / Film & Commercial / Promo crews.
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Others Thanks to their privileged geographical position, the Canary Islands Archipelago enjoys a spring climate throughout the whole year. The average number of rainfall days is 6.5 annually and the average temperature is 22ºC (ranging in the 70´s F). The climate therefore helps to make the Canaries the perfect set for any film or photo shoot, with almost guaranteed sunshine throughout the year! Don't hesitate to ask for more information. Just let us know what you need when requesting a quotation, and we'll put together a quality team built especially for your production. Some 700 miles Southwest of mainland Spain and just off the coast of Saharan Africa, in an area of transition between the continents of Europe, Africa and America, seven islands make up the archipelago of the Canary Islands: Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Politically the islands belong to Europe and Spain, but geographically to Africa. The seven islands that make up The Canary Archipelago offer the film producer an array of varied and interesting locations: from city scenes to rural villages; rain-forests and wild mountains to desert sand-dunes and from a beach paradise to a war-torn Middle Eastern hell hole! In fact, almost any country or environment can be represented in The Canaries, all within a very short distance from our base.
 These locations, coupled with the availability of state-of-the-art equipment, highly experienced staff and the remarkable benefit of having one of the busiest airports in Spain, with daily flights to London and other European media centres, makes shooting in The Canaries, a very viable proposition.
Camino Media offers a full location "scouting” service covering all 7 of the Canary Islands. Our staff has unprecedented knowledge of the islands and over the years we have built up an extensive picture library, which is at your disposal.
Information about the individual 7 Islands:
Tenerife
[Area] 2053 square kilometres [population] 850.000 [capital] Santa Cruz de Tenerife (250.000 inhabitants).
Tenerife is the largest island of the Canaries and has the greatest diversity of flora and fauna, due to several very different micro climates. It can quite easily be called "the smallest continent on earth”. The geological structure and the ever changing landscape are a frequent reminder of the island’s volcanic origins. The peculiar relief gives it a unique character, within which its natural diversity is its most brilliant asset.
 Nature has been generous to Tenerife; an island full of species both endemic and unusual. The fabulous Mount Teide, situated in its centre, dominates the island with a height of 3,718 metres. As well as being the highest peak in Spain, the inactive volcano of Teide also gives its name to one of Europe’s most singular and attractive National Parks. In Tenerife it is still possible to see luxuriant laurel forests - authentic relics of prehistoric vegetation, which still survive here in all their splendour, converting the island into Nature’s museum.
Travelling down from the "Top of Spain" to sea level (a journey of 40-70 minutes by car) Tenerife presents you with an entire continent: from the high volcanic areas we descend into alpine forests and into a middle European temperate climate zone, with gorgeous vegetation. We then pass through a barren, desert land in the south or into big, urban city life in the Northern capital of Santa Cruz; a metropolis that is best described as the smaller, but more beautiful version of Buenos Aires. There are other unusual cities too; like La Laguna, which resembles the look and feel of Trinidad, or Orotava with its typical Canarian version of a city centre; and many other towns, all of which have their own unique buildings and scenery.
Without the continuous flow of the North-East Trade Winds, the islands would suffer a climate equal to Sub-Saharan Africa; but these stable winds cool the temperatures, even in the summer, to a very pleasant and warm working environment. Tenerife offers a great variety of interior and exterior shooting possibilities; with only one slight concern: in general, if you do not wish to include any houses or "fincas" in your "frame”, very wide-angle shots can prove tricky. However for extremely wide scenes we can take you over to one of the neighbouring islands like Fuerteventura or Lanzarote. So if you are looking for lush green flora, tropical environments, exclusive pool scenes and luxury villas, or if the fantastically rare, black sandy beaches combined with crystal clear waters and accentuated lighting are what you are after, then you can find really eye catching locations on our "home-base” island: secluded coves of black sand in the north, splendid golden beaches in the south, lunar landscapes and exuberant forests, gorges... ok stop! You had better come and see it with your own eyes!
Fuerteventura
[Area] 1731 square kilometres [population] 40.000 [capital] Puerto del Rosario (20.000 inhabitants).
Fuerteventura is the epitome of the beach island and is an absolute "tropical paradise”. Its infinite white beaches, which are often several hundred meters broad, are lapped by a dazzling turquoise ocean. Along with its panoramic desert region, with drifting sand dunes as tall as houses, this island really does offer some unbelievable views and scenes.
Getting our "unit” to Fuerteventura is relatively straightforward but allow 1 day’s travel by ferry for vehicles; 40 minutes flying time for personnel.
Fuerteventura is the driest of all the Canary Islands, with a very bare but exciting landscape, allowing for wide and boundless views, for takes with an endless expanse and depth. One of the many highlights is the desert-peninsula, Jandia, the "Sahara" of Canary Islands located to the south. Because of the large number of remote beaches and the different wind conditions, Fuerteventura has also become one of the world’s most visited windsurfing Mecca’s. The vivid turquoise sea and the bright white of the endless beaches combined with outstanding natural lighting and production conditions, makes Fuerteventura one of the world’s finest sports and fashion locations for the film and photo industry.
In contrast to the surrounding dunes, the dark asphalt roads offer some very unique views for road, car and action shooting from land, helicopter or sea. Heading into the ocean we find extraordinary underwater conditions and a colourful liquid world suitable for almost any diving scene.
The urban centres of Corralejo, Cañada del Rio y Morro Jable, situated on the east cost of Fuerteventura also permit vistas with a Caribbean flair, colourful buildings, desert villages and some really astonishing corners in the middle of the "city".
Lanzarote
[Area] 1732 square kilometres [population] 80,000 [capital] Arrecife (40,000 inhabitants).
Lanzarote is the most Easterly of the islands and it takes a full travel day to transport our vehicles across; although for personnel, it is less than an hour by plane from our base. However Lanzarote does offer some exceptional locations that would be logistically much harder to get to in other parts of the world.
As with the other Canary Islands, Lanzarote is Volcanic in origin and nowhere in the region is it more evident than here. Due to the recent eruptions in the 18th and 19th Centuries, many parts of Lanzarote appear to be from "another world”, often described as 'lunar' or 'Martian'; so much so that the original ‘Planet of the Apes' was shot here. The dry climate (and lack of erosion) means that the Volcanic Landscape appears much as it did just after the eruptions; in 1993, this flat, volcanic Island, of sparse vegetation and fields of lava was declared a World Biosphere Reserve. Compared to other locations around the world, shooting in the volcanic areas is relatively easy, with good road access and infrastructure close by.
Gran Canaria
[Area] 1532 square kilometres [population] 715,994 [capital] Las Palmas (350,000 inhabitants).
Gran Canaria is situated just a short ferry ride from our depot in Tenerife and is therefore a very useful production base. Although quite similar to Tenerife, Gran Canaria does offer some unique and exotic locations not found on the other Islands. Here you can find an abundance of fresh water locations; remote lakes surrounded by dramatic mountainscapes; numerous streams, rivers and waterfalls with mix of either tropical or alpine back-drops. In contrast, to the south you can find the majestic sand-dunes of Maspalomas, big enough to recreate scenes from Laurence of Arabia!
There are also plenty of useful architectural scenes available; from traditional, rural Spanish hamlets to Colonial buildings, streets and squares; perfect for period drama. The capital, Las Palmas is truly the Canaries "big city”; it oozes a kind of sunny languor you would normally associate with the Mediterranean or North Africa; snarled traffic, bustling shopping districts and a thriving port.
La Palma
[Area] 728 square kilometres [population] 80,000 [capital] Santa Cruz de La Palma (18,000 inhabitants).
La Palma, the green island, is an exceptionally lush and colourful island which provides breath-taking scenery. The island boasts two world records: La Caldera del Taburiente is the world's largest volcanic crater, with a diameter of 28 kilometres and a depth of 770 meters. The view-point of Mirador de la Cumbrecita offers the most spectacular views of this terrific, natural monument. The Caldera’s interior offers some of the most dramatic and remote "off-road” scenery to be found any where on the planet. La Palma also has the greatest elevation compared to its diameter providing some exceptionally steep cliffs and giddy mountain roads, which would be ideal for car commercials. The island's highest mountain, Roque de los Muchachos, has an astronomical observatory at its summit of 2423 meters, sitting high above the clouds.
La Gomera
[Area] 378 square kilometres [population] 17,000 [capital] San Sebastian (6,000 inhabitants).
La Gomera is located just next to our "base” island of Tenerife and is reachable by a 30 minute car ferry. The Island is both lush and rugged and few places in the world have the natural "scenic” wealth of this circular volcanic island, highlighted by its eerie prehistoric character. The Gomera scenery is surprisingly varied and full of contrasts; impressive gorges, grand rock monoliths, marvellous palm groves and the Garajonay National Park, which offers an unprecedented ecological treasure of crystal clear waters and ancient, lush laurel forests, often lost in a mysterious mist. These forests are some of the oldest on the planet, the forests on the mainland being wiped out by the ice age, which didn’t make it this far south. The giddy mountain roads of La Gomera offer some very special locations for dramatic driving sequences, little seen on film. San Sebastián, the capital and harbour of the island, is a pretty, picturesque village where Columbus prepared his ships and took in water and food supplies. Some of the architecture from that period still exists today.
El Hierro
[Area] 278 square kilometres [population] 7,000 [capital] Valverdé (3,600 inhabitants).
This is the most westerly and smallest of the islands of our archipelago and is 7 hours by ferry from our base in Tenerife, or by a short inter-island flight. Not surprisingly El Hierro is known as the "forgotten island” and is characterised by its remote, rugged natural beauty. It is a mysterious and unusual location that could offer the film producer a very different "feel”. It is triangular in shape and has a coast of cliffs. In the centre, there is a large plateau; the highest point is known as Malpaso (1,501m). It looks rugged and mountainous, with sheer cliffs reaching into the sea. An exception is the inlet called El Golfo, a 14km stretch of slopes with forests, which is an interesting and curious place; its soil is fertile and there are several elevations with pine, beech and savin-tree forest. The peaks have numerous volcanic craters and are often swathed in a mysterious sea-mist.
Valverdé is the capital of the island and is a pleasant, picturesque place with beautiful flower gardens, kitchen gardens and a lovely square, from where the sea and the other islands can be seen. It has an interesting church-cum-fortress. | |
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