Boat hire in Alajeró

Alajeró is the southern municipality of La Gomera, with the airport and Playa Santiago, the fishing village with the harbour and the Jardín Tecina hotel on the cliff, and it has the island's only bareboat rental company, with nearly 50 Google reviews and day motorboats from the Playa Santiago harbour. From here you sail the south coast, the most sheltered on La Gomera, east to San Sebastián (11 km, with the big-game fishing company) or west to Valle Gran Rey and the cliffs, and the channel with Tenerife, where the pilot whales live, is a few miles out. Opposite, on Tenerife, Los Gigantes (8 companies) and Puerto Colón (7) about 20 miles away.

You can sail all year, with peaks in summer and at Christmas. The south coast is in the lee of the trade wind and has the calmest sea on the island; in the afternoon the wind comes into the channel.

Indicative high-season prices from the directory's reference table, reviewed September 2026: a no-licence motorboat costs €120–250 a day; a RIB of 6–8 m, €250–650; a 10–12 m sailing yacht, €400–900 bareboat or €600–1,500 skippered; a catamaran, €1,000–2,500; a skippered motor yacht, from €900. Expect 20–40% less outside July and August. Deposits run from €300 to €2,000 and fuel is extra. Each company sets its own prices.