Lanzarote: Trekking In the Timanfaya eruption Natural Park.

About This Experience

An 8-kilometre circular trek through the wildest reachable part of the lava country, run by a small local outfit and rated the highest of any tour on this site. Like the other guided walks it works the Los Volcanes Natural Park rather than the National Park interior — the difference being that here you spend three hours inside the landscape rather than an hour looking at it through glass.

The circuit takes in several separate volcanoes, following the lava rivers out from their vents. The guide is local and the commentary is as much about the living park as the geology — which lichens colonise fresh basalt first, how the vegetation of the area has adapted, what the eruptions did to the villages that were buried.

Halfway round, the group stops for a tasting of typical Canarian products with a glass of white wine from the islands, followed — this is the operator's own tradition — by a minute of silence in the middle of the lava field. Rescue and liability insurance, water and sunscreen are all included in the fare.

Highlights

• Feel the energy of volcanoes in Timanfaya
• Taste wine in Timanfaya Natural Park
• Taste local products in the middle of Timanfaya
• Trek through the volcanoes

What's Included

• ✓ Local guide
• ✓ Hotel pickup and drop-off (fees may apply), excluding Playa Blanca, with the possibility of pickup in Yaiza
• ✓ Rescue insurance, accident and civil liability
• ✓ Canarian appetizer and wine
• ✓ Water
• ✓ Sunscreen

What to Bring

• Sports or trail shoes
• Passport or ID card
• Water
• Sun protection and a warm layer for the later start times

Good to Know & Caveats

• This trek is in the Los Volcanes NATURAL Park, not inside Timanfaya National Park — the Ruta de los Volcanes and the Islote de Hilario demonstrations are not part of it.
• Start times shift with the sunset: around 17:00 in June, around 14:30 in December. Check your confirmed time.
• The circular route is about 8 km and takes roughly 3 hours.
• Hotel pickup carries an extra fee and is not offered from Playa Blanca; drivers can join at Yaiza.
• Bring photo ID — the operator asks for a passport or ID card.
• Drones are not permitted anywhere in the protected area.

Meeting Point

Trailhead in the Los Volcanes Natural Park. Hotel pickup and drop-off is available for an additional fee from everywhere except Playa Blanca, with the option of joining at Yaiza if you are driving yourself.