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Timanfaya National Park

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From Fuerteventura: Lanzarote Volcano and Wine Region...
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85 reviews of Timanfaya National Park

A Land of Fire

Excellent

Have you ever been in Mars? Would you like to discover a place full of volcanoes named “Land of Fire” in an island with true charm and closer than you would imagine?

If you are attracted to the idea then the only thing you have to do is get to the marvelous island of Lanzarote. There you will find really incredible surroundings inside the Timanfaya National Park.

It is located southeast of the island, in the municipality of Yaiza, and we find there a surface that leaves you speechless. As you walk towards the park, you discover how the earth becomes blacker and redder, in a land of porous rocks, where nobody would be capable of walking.


Once in the park, after paying the entrance fee, you go by car to the park’s installations where you can enjoy a bus tour around the park, seeing the more than 20 volcanoes that are there.

A recording will narrate everything you need to know about the formation of volcanoes, the recent activities and why the formations are produced, etc.

It is advisable to enjoy this tour in order to get to know a bit more about this land of volcanoes. Afterwards you will be able to enter an area with volcanic activity, where they show you the temperature of the ground through small wells. By placing some water in them you will see how the water goes up more than 10 meters above the ground due to the temperature underneath. You will also be able to see small excavations where hay lights up when in contact with the earth or you will be able to enjoy a natural barbecue where you can grill all kinds of foods with the heat of the depths.

Without a doubt, Lanzarote, with its Timanfaya National Park, is one of the jewels of Canary Islands, that shouldn’t be missed.

Important information:
Price: 8 Euros adults, 4 Euros children 7-12.
Opening Hours: 9-19:00
Last organized tour leaves at 17:00.
For more information: 'https://www.lanzarote.com/es/timanfaya/'
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Another Planet

The volcano route is a route I did, in summer, going from Hilario, which is included in the price that the visitor pays at the entrance of the touristic center in the Timanfaya National Park.

At the entrance of the park we can see de symbol of a small devil, a piece by the local sculptor, César Manrige. Once you have your ticket, we park the car in a place where there is a restaurant and where they do the “fire test” and “geyser”, throwing a bucket of cold water into a volcanic tube, from where a jet of hot water instantly comes out.

Next, the buses are the only ones that can take you to the volcano route, which is about 14 kilometers, in a beautiful landscape where we admire different types of lavas, volcanic tubes, etc. More than beautiful, I would say its “Martian”, since you feel as if you are in a different planet.


In this route, cameras didn’t stop taking pictures, even though the day was not clear. We ended up the highest part of the Montañas de Fuego, admiring the impressive craters of Timanfaya.
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A trip to Mars

Timanfaya defies expectations. As soon as you enter the park, you're sent down a long, solitary road which cuts a striking line through the massive black field of jagged volcanic rock formations. You get the distinct feeling of being very, very small.

The visitors center is basically a restaurant and gift shop, but they put on some pretty entertaining shows. Temperatures reach hundreds of degrees only a few feet below the surface, a fact that park workers gleefully demonstrate by creating man-made geysers (the audience's reaction to the loud "pop" is always fun) and even cooking food on grills over volcanic vents.


You visit the park via a bus ride that takes about 45 minutes. It's pretty inhospitable and I can understand why they don't want just anybody wandering around in there. The bus takes through all the main craters and volcanic cones (there are dozens of them) and stops at some pretty amazing displays of volcanic glass formations and stunning viewpoints.

It's 100% worth a visit. I'd suggest coming in your own rental car, though, as taxis to the park are quite expensive (trust me, I learned the hard way!).
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