Gran Canaria is an island of adventure in the Spanish archipelago, with a great set of activities to enjoy outdoors and taking advantage of the variety of landscapes in the Canary Island; a long coastline and the Atlantic Ocean, mountains and amazing flora and fauna.
For example, buggy tours are quite popular where visitors are given car to drive on the open road across the mountains and also beaches and sand dunes, like the ones in Maspalomas as definitely of the best destination for buggy tours. El Parque Nacional La Fataga is another common place to enjoy buggy rides, Jet Ski Safaris and parachuting.
And of course, activities related to water are worth mentioning with possibilities that include fly board, Jet boat, kite surf, surfing and more. Snorkeling is of the preferred activities in water in Gran Canaria, because of the turtles and dolphins in the southern coast of the island.