Our top pick5,513 reviews
2 – 3 hLanzarote: Guided Off-Road Volcano Buggy Tour
★ 4.7 · 5 513 reviews
- 2 to 3 hours, from Costa Teguise
- Peñas del Chache
- Most booked
- Free cancellation
$172
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Lanzarote volcano tour
A Lanzarote volcano tour gives you access to Timanfaya's crater road and lava fields. 22 tours compared from $48, with free cancellation and top tour rating 4.7 from 5,513 reviews. A guided walk on Timanfaya's lava fields lets you feel the volcanic ground up close.
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Twenty-two ways onto the lava
Every volcano trip Lanzarote sells ends on the same ground: the lava left by the eruptions of 1730 to 1736. Inside Timanfaya you see it from a coach on the fourteen-kilometre crater road; outside the boundary you walk it with a guide, from $48. A buggy day puts the wheel in your hands.
Half day2,785 reviews
5 hLanzarote: Timanfaya National Park - Half day tour
★ 4.4 · 2 785 reviews
- Five hours, on the Volcano Route
- Live geothermal experiments
- Craters and lava fields
- Free cancellation
6 hoursVines on ash
6 hLanzarote: Timanfaya National Park Tour
★ 4.4 · 1 019 reviews
- Six hours
- Lunar landscapes
- Geothermal scenery
- Free cancellation
Rated 4.8On foot
3 hLanzarote: Hike Across Timanfaya's Volcanic Landscapes
★ 4.8 · 1 518 reviews
- Three hours, through Timanfaya Eruptions
- Hotel pickup included
- Optional hotel transfers
- Free cancellation
Crater rimWine at the end
3 hLanzarote: Trekking In the Timanfaya eruption Natural Park.
★ 4.8 · 973 reviews
- Three hours, in Timanfaya Natural Park
- Guided hike
- White wine tasting
- Free cancellation
Rated 4.9Price from
3 h 30 mLanzarote: Guided Volcano Hike with Transfers
★ 4.9 · 945 reviews
- Three and a half hours, a small group
- Professional hiking guides
- Volcanic landscape
- Free cancellation
Park & caves9 hours
9 hLanzarote: Timanfaya Park, Jameos del Agua & Cueva de los Verdes Tour
★ 4.5 · 2 845 reviews
- Nine hours, at Jameos del Agua
- Guided day trip
- Longest tour here
- Free cancellation
$102
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South & north2,050 reviews
8 hLanzarote: Timanfaya Park and Jameos del Agua Full-Day Tour
★ 4.5 · 2 050 reviews
- Eight hours, in the south and the north
- Timanfaya National Park
- El Golfo and Jameos del Agua
- Free cancellation
$100
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Whole island3,303 reviews
9 hLanzarote: Full-Day Island Highlights Tour
★ 4.7 · 3 303 reviews
- Nine hours, in the Fire Mountains
- Cueva de los Verdes
- Jameos del Agua
- Free cancellation
From ArrecifeMorning
4 h 30 mTimanfaya And El Golfo For Cruise Passengers (Mornings)
★ 4.6 · 1 076 reviews
- Four and a half hours, on a shore excursion
- Village of El Golfo
- La Geria vineyard
- Free cancellation
2h 30mShore trip
2 h 30 mArrecife: Timanfaya and Green Lagoon for Cruise Passengers
★ 4.6 · 2 155 reviews
- Two and a half hours, through the landscapes of Lanzarote
- Timanfaya National Park
- Departs from Lanzarote
- Free cancellation
From FuerteventuraTransport
7 hFrom Fuerteventura: Timanfaya and southern Lanzarote
★ 4.5 · 1 375 reviews
- Seven hours, on a day trip from Fuerteventura
- Timanfaya National Park
- Aloe vera museum
- Free cancellation
1 hourUnder water
1 hLanzarote: Real Submarine Dive
★ 4.6 · 1 490 reviews
- One hour, in the waters of Puerto Calero
- Marine life in their natural habitat
- Floor of the ocean
- Free cancellation
Lunch aboard2,082 reviews
6 hLa Graciosa: Island Cruise with Lunch and Water Activities
★ 4.5 · 2 082 reviews
- Six hours, along the coast of La Graciosa
- Lunch on board
- Swim, snorkel, and kayak
- Free cancellation
CatamaranLunch
Day tripLanzarote: Day Trip to the Papagayo Beaches by Catamaran
★ 4.4 · 1 112 reviews
- On a catamaran boat trip
- Welcome cocktail
- Open bar and lunch
- Free cancellation
Sailing day6 hours
6 hFrom Lanzarote: Sailing Day Trip Around La Graciosa
★ 4.3 · 1 180 reviews
- Six hours, in the waters of La Graciosa
- Swim, snorkel, and kayak
- Drinks and lunch
- Free cancellation
Lowest fareSkip the line
Day ticketLanzarote: Ferry to La Graciosa
★ 4.7 · 1 128 reviews
- From Orzola in the north
- Direct boarding
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
Next island9 hours
9 hFrom Lanzarote: Day Trip to Fuerteventura and Corralejo
★ 4.2 · 1 030 reviews
- Nine hours, to the neighboring island
- Sand dunes and beaches
- Fishing village of El Cotillo
- Free cancellation
Sunset3,146 reviews
2 hLanzarote: Dolphin-Watching Sunset Cruise with Transfers
★ 4.2 · 3 146 reviews
- Two hours, Puerto del Carmen
- Wild dolphins
- Mojito on board
- Free cancellation
2h 30mFast boat
2 h 30 mLanzarote: 2.5-Hour Sunset and Dolphins Cruise
★ 4.2 · 1 676 reviews
- Two and a half hours, in the Atlantic Ocean
- Sunset over the sea
- Biosfera Jet boat
- Free cancellation
1h 30mSwim stop
1 h 30 mPuerto del Carmen: Dolphin-Watching Speedboat Tour with Swim
★ 3.8 · 2 309 reviews
- One and a half hours, in their natural habitat
- Dolphins and sea life
- Panoramic views of Lanzarote
- Free cancellation
Small groupYou steer
20 m – 3 hLanzarote: Jet Ski Tour
★ 4.7 · 1 061 reviews
- 20 minutes - 3 hours, the volcanic coastline
- Beaches and rock formations
- Jet ski activity
- Free cancellation
Two questions
Which Lanzarote volcano tour is yours?
Four answers, and the page points at one: the wheel in your own hands, the crater road by coach, the flows on foot outside the park, or the park plus the lava tunnels in one day.
See it before you pay for it
From the coach, on foot, or behind the wheel
Three ways to spend a day in the Lanzarote volcano country, filmed. The park loop is a coach on the crater road with the heat demonstration at El Diablo. The guided walks cross the 1730 flows outside the boundary. The buggy day is the one where you steer.
Side by side
Seen through glass, walked on, or driven
People read Lanzarote volcano landscape and picture themselves wandering the craters. The park works differently: the tours that include it are coach tours with stops. The walking trips are a separate product on the fields beyond the boundary, and the buggy is the one you drive.
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| Lanzarote: Guided Volcano Hike with Transfers | TOP PICKLanzarote: Guided Off-Road Volcano Buggy Tour | Lanzarote: Timanfaya National Park - Half day tour | |
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| Price per person | $48 | $172 | $68 |
| What it is | A guided walk on the old lava flows | A buggy you drive yourself, in convoy | The park by coach, on the crater road |
| Time it takes | 3h 30m | 2 - 3 hours | 5 hours |
| On your feet | On foot the whole way | Only at the photo stops | A few steps at the viewpoints and the centre |
| Who is driving | Nobody: this one is on foot | You are, with a guide leading the line | The park’s own coach driver |
| Inside the park | No — walking is done outside the gates | No — back roads and tracks to the north | Yes — the 14 km road no car may use |
| The heat show | Not part of this one | Not part of this one | Yes, the demonstration at El Diablo |
| Group | A guided group on the path | Small group, two seats a buggy | A coach seat with everyone else |
| Rating | 4.9 across 945 reviews | 4.7 across 5,513 reviews | 4.4 across 2,785 reviews |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation up to 24 hours | Free cancellation up to 24 hours | Free cancellation up to 24 hours |
| Check dates | Book this one→ | Check dates |
TOP PICK
Lanzarote: Guided Off-Road Volcano Buggy Tour
$172- What it is
- A buggy you drive yourself, in convoy
- Time it takes
- 2 - 3 hours
- On your feet
- Only at the photo stops
- Who is driving
- You are, with a guide leading the line
- Inside the park
- No — back roads and tracks to the north
- The heat show
- Not part of this one
- Group
- Small group, two seats a buggy
- Rating
- 4.7 across 5,513 reviews
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours
Free cancellation up to 24 h · Reserve now, pay later
Lanzarote: Guided Volcano Hike with Transfers
$48- What it is
- A guided walk on the old lava flows
- Time it takes
- 3h 30m
- On your feet
- On foot the whole way
- Who is driving
- Nobody: this one is on foot
- Inside the park
- No — walking is done outside the gates
- The heat show
- Not part of this one
- Group
- A guided group on the path
- Rating
- 4.9 across 945 reviews
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours
Lanzarote: Timanfaya National Park - Half day tour
$68- What it is
- The park by coach, on the crater road
- Time it takes
- 5 hours
- On your feet
- A few steps at the viewpoints and the centre
- Who is driving
- The park’s own coach driver
- Inside the park
- Yes — the 14 km road no car may use
- The heat show
- Yes, the demonstration at El Diablo
- Group
- A coach seat with everyone else
- Rating
- 4.4 across 2,785 reviews
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours
Verdict
Take the buggy if you want the wheel
This is the trip where you take the wheel: a guided convoy along the volcanic tracks for two to three hours, with a briefing first and a lead vehicle in front, instead of the same ground through a coach window — 4.7 across 5,513 reviews, at $172. Keep the park visits for the day you want the crater road and the heat demonstration at El Diablo.
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The park is seen from a coach
Three different days are sold under the same words, and the first thing to settle is which one you are buying. The park is a coach on the crater road with the heat demonstration at El Diablo, from $68. Walking happens outside the boundary, on the 1730 flows, from $48. The buggy at $172 is the one you drive yourself.
Two-minute check
Can you walk in the park, and is it still hot?
Searches for a Lanzarote active volcano get a plain answer: the eruptions belong to the eighteenth century, and the ground at El Diablo is still warm enough to light dry brush. You cannot hike inside Timanfaya; the walks work the fields outside it.
How many of you are going?Most run as shared groups with hotel pickup; buggies are booked by the vehicle
When are you on the island?These run all year; what changes is how hot the black ground gets
How much of the day are you giving it?Two hours cover the park road; a full day reaches the lava tunnels
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.
Six ways to see the same ground
41,771 reviews across twenty-two Lanzarote trips
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Lanzarote: Guided Off-Road Volcano Buggy Tour
From $172 · 5,513 reviews
★★★★★
The one where you hold the wheel
A small convoy of buggies leaves Costa Teguise and works off-road up to Peñas del Chache, the highest point on the island, over two to three hours. Every other trip on the lava seats you and drives you. Rated 4.7 across 5,513 reviews, and the listing we point at first.
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Lanzarote: Timanfaya National Park - Half day tour
From $68 · 2,785 reviews
★★★★★
The park the only way the park is seen
The crater road inside Timanfaya is closed to private cars and to walkers: the way in is the park’s own coach, which runs a 14 km loop through the flows, and the geothermal demonstration at El Diablo beside it. Five hours door to door, rated 4.4 across 2,785 reviews.
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Lanzarote: Trekking In the Timanfaya eruption Natural Park.
From $54 · 973 reviews
★★★★★
Boots on the ground, outside the gates
Walking on the flows happens beyond the national park boundary, with a guide who knows which ground is safe to cross. Three hours over the old lava and around a crater rim, with island produce and a white wine at the end. Rated 4.8 across 973 reviews.
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Lanzarote: Guided Volcano Hike with Transfers
From $48 · 945 reviews
★★★★★
The lowest fare, and the best rated listing
Three and a half hours with professional hiking guides in a small group, transfers written into the fare, over the cone fields that the 1730 flows left behind. Rated 4.9 across 945 reviews.
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Lanzarote: Timanfaya Park, Jameos del Agua & Cueva de los Verdes Tour
From $102 · 2,845 reviews
★★★★★
The park and the tunnels in one day
Nine hours that join the two halves of the island: the crater road in the south, then Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua in the north, where the same eruptions left tubes you walk through. Rated 4.5 across 2,845 reviews.
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Arrecife: Timanfaya and Green Lagoon for Cruise Passengers
From $56 · 2,155 reviews
★★★★★
Back on board in two and a half hours
Built around a call at Arrecife: the park, a vineyard in the ash pits and the green lagoon, in two and a half hours with the coach doing the distance. Rated 4.6 across 2,155 reviews, and the shortest way to see the south if the ship leaves in the afternoon.
What it really costs
What a day on the lava costs
Prices are per person and cover the guide, the transport named in the listing and the stops written into it. Three things move Lanzarote volcano tour prices: how long the day runs, whether a vehicle carries you, and how much of the island comes attached.
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| What you do | Price | What that buys | Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided walk on the lava outside the park | $48 | 3h 30m on foot, transfers included | Free cancellation |
| The park and the green lagoon from the ship | $56 | 2h 30m by coach from Arrecife | Free cancellation |
| A day around the whole island | $58 | 9 hours: the park, El Golfo, La Geria | Free cancellation |
| The classic half day inside Timanfaya | $68 | 5 hours: crater road and heat demonstration | Free cancellation |
| The park plus both lava tunnels | $102 | 9 hours, Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos | Free cancellation |
| Drive the volcanic tracks yourself | $172 | 2–3 hours in a guided buggy convoy | Free cancellation |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- Park entrance is in some fares and beside others. The listings say which, and it is the line to read when two park visits look identical.
- The clock starts at your hotel. A five-hour listing is counted from your door, and Playa Blanca or Costa Teguise add road time at both ends.
- The camel station is its own attraction. It sits by the road into the park and sells its own ride with its own ticket.
- Food, drink and tips are yours. A meal is written in where the listing says so; the coffee at the viewpoint and the wine tasting at La Geria are usually separate.
What is genuinely included
- Hotel pickup on the listings that name it
- The drive to Timanfaya and back, inside the stated hours
- A guide on every listing that crosses the lava on foot
- The coach route and the heat demonstration on the park visits
- Park entrance where the listing writes it into the fare
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before, with a full refund
The honest answer
Is the buggy worth three times a coach seat?
The coach tours do their job: the crater road, the commentary, the heat at El Diablo. What they cannot give you is contact with the ground. The buggy is the one volcano on Lanzarote experience where you sit behind the wheel; the guided walks put it under your boots.
What makes it worth it
- The ground is the 1730 to 1736 flows, still bare three centuries later
- The buggy at $172 is where you steer instead of ride, rated 4.7
- Guided walking on the flows starts at $48 and holds the highest score here
- The park has its own coach road and the heat shown at El Diablo, from $68
- All twenty-two listings carry free cancellation, so an early date costs nothing
Keep in mind
- Nobody walks inside the park: the way through is the 14 km coach road
- On the coach loop you stay aboard between the viewpoints
- The camel station at the entrance is a separate attraction, not part of these tours
- The black ground holds the heat, so the walks want closed shoes and water
- The lowest fare here, $33, is the ferry to La Graciosa, not a crater trip
The day, hour by hour
The Lanzarote Timanfaya volcano landscape, hour by hour
Hold the date while the week settles
Free cancellation runs to 24 hours, so a booked date costs nothing until the day before. The buggies and the small-group walks fill first.
Closed shoes, a hat and water
The ground is sharp and dark and it holds the sun. Trainers or boots rather than sandals, something for your head, and more water than a beach day needs.
Pickup, and the road south
Most of these collect you from the resorts and run south across the island. Lanzarote is small, and the craters start long before the park gate does.
The visitor centre, and the heat from below
At El Diablo the guides show what the ground is still doing: dry brush laid into a hollow catches from the warmth alone. It takes minutes and everyone films it.
Fourteen kilometres no car may drive
The park’s own coach runs the loop through the flows with a commentary, stopping at the viewpoints. A listing that says the park means this road.
Out of the gates, and onto the lava
The walking trips work the flows outside the boundary, where boots are allowed: three hours with a guide. The buggies take the tracks towards the high ground in the north.
The lagoon, the vines, or the tunnels
The day finishes with one of three: the green lagoon under the cliff at El Golfo, the vine pits of La Geria, or the lava tunnels in the north.
Best time of day
The light on black ground changes through the day
Early, the sun comes in low across the flows and the ridges throw shadows, so the plain looks like the surface it is rather than a flat black sheet; the reds and ochres in the cones are at their strongest, and the air is still cool enough for three hours of walking. That is why the guided walks and the cruise-morning runs out of Arrecife start early. By the middle of the day the light is straight down and the shadows go, which is when the coach route through the park copes best. Late on, the shadows come back, and the full-day trips are elsewhere by then.
On the ground
What a day among the craters looks like
Where you take the wheel
One listing here puts you in the driving seat.
On foot, outside the gates
The guided walks run on the flows beyond the park boundary.
Inside the tunnels
The same eruptions left tubes under the north of the island.
Vines in the ash
Each plant sits in a pit dug into the ash, behind a stone wall.
What it's like
One lava field, twenty-two ways to reach it
Almost everyone arrives with the same picture: a black plain with red and ochre cones standing out of it, captioned Timanfaya. A Lanzarote volcano tour is sold at every hotel desk on the island, and the listings all show that landscape. What they rarely say is how you are allowed to be in it, and that one point decides which of these twenty-two trips is yours.
Inside Timanfaya National Park you stay with the vehicle. The park is shown from a coach on a route of about fourteen kilometres through the Montañas del Fuego, with stops for photographs, and beside it the demonstration at El Diablo where dry brush held over a hollow lights from the heat alone. That is the classic purchase: the half day at $68, rated 4.4 across 2,785 reviews, and a six-hour version at the same fare.
Walking happens outside the park, and it is a genuinely different day. Guides take small groups across the lava the 1730 to 1736 eruption left, over about three hours, on ground that is sharp, uneven and open to the sky. The guided volcano hike with transfers is $48 and holds the highest score on this page at 4.9; the hike across the volcanic landscapes is $50 at 4.8; the eruption-route trek is $54.
Then there is the buggy, and it is our top pick. At $172 it is the highest priced listing here, and it carries the heaviest record on the page: 4.7 across 5,513 reviews. It is the way to drive the lava tracks yourself rather than watch them through a coach window, two to three hours with a guide leading the convoy.
The full days add the rest of the volcanic island to the park. The nine-hour trip that pairs Timanfaya with Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes is $102, and the eight-hour version with Jameos alone is $100. Those two caves are lava tunnels: the same flows ran underground here and left a corridor you can walk through, which is the one place where the lava is above your head. El Golfo adds a green lagoon in a half crater, and La Geria grows vines in pits dug into ash.
So the plan is a plain one. Decide first whether you want the park from a coach seat, the lava under your own boots outside it, or the tracks under your own wheels, because that answer removes most of this page. Then read the hours rather than the fare: three hours and nine hours are different holidays. Then check whether hotel pickup and the park entrance are written into the listing. And hold the date early — every listing here has free cancellation.
If walking on the lava is the reason you came
The three guided walks outside the park
Inside Timanfaya you stay with the vehicle. These three are the other thing entirely: each walks a small group across the ground the 1730 to 1736 eruption left, outside the park boundary, over about three hours with a guide. What separates them is where they start.
The most reviewed walk here
Lanzarote: Hike Across Timanfaya's Volcanic Landscapes
3 hours · ★ 4.8 (1 518)
$50See dates Walking the eruption route
Lanzarote: Trekking In the Timanfaya eruption Natural Park.
3 hours · ★ 4.8 (973)
$54See dates The lowest fare, with transfers written in
Lanzarote: Guided Volcano Hike with Transfers
3h 30m · ★ 4.9 (945)
$48See datesPractical
Plan the day
Four things decide how it goes: which of the twenty-two you take, where you are staying, whether you want to be carried or to move under your own power, and what is on your feet. Most people give the volcano in Lanzarote one day of an island week.
Our top pick
The guided off-road buggy, two to three hours at $172, rated 4.7: the way to drive the lava tracks yourself.
The classic park visit
Timanfaya as a half day at $68, five hours, rated 4.4, or a six-hour version at the same fare.
Walking on the lava
Outside the park with a guide: $48 with transfers and 4.9, the landscapes hike at $50, the eruption trek at $54.
The park and the lava caves
Timanfaya with Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes over nine hours at $102; Jameos alone in eight at $100.
A day around the whole island
The full-day island highlights tour at $58: nine hours taking in the park, El Golfo and La Geria.
Short trips from the ship
Timanfaya and the green lagoon for cruise passengers at $56, or Timanfaya and El Golfo at $70.
Closed shoes with a grip
A volcano walk Lanzarote guides lead crosses sharp, loose cinder. Trainers with tread are enough; open sandals are the regret people write about.
Something windproof
The plain is open in every direction and the wind crosses it with nothing in the way, even on a hot day.
Sun cover that stays on
Black ground throws the heat back and there is no shade on the route. A hat with a strap, sunglasses and sun cream.
Water, more than usual
The half-day park trips run five hours and the full days run nine. The walking groups on the lava feel it first.
Small notes
The camel station at the park entrance has its own ticket, there are drinks at the stops, and tips are easier in cash.
Something to cover your face
You are on open tracks behind other vehicles for two to three hours. A buff and sunglasses rather than contact lenses.
Decide how you want to cross the lava
Coach seat, own boots outside the park, or your own wheels. That answer rules out most of these twenty-two listings.
Read the hours, not the headline
Three hours on the lava and nine hours around the island are different days out. The listings state the duration.
Check what the fare already covers
Hotel pickup, the guide, the park entrance and any meal are written into some listings and priced beside others.
Free cancellation on every listing here
Holding a date costs nothing on any of the twenty-two, so book as soon as your dates are firm.
Book ahead on cruise mornings
The short Timanfaya runs out of Arrecife are built around a ship’s hours in port, and they fill first.
One price everywhere
Hotel desk, operator or this page: the fare is the same. Booking ahead buys the date and the departure you wanted.
Pickup from your hotel
Most of these listings collect you, and the ones that do say so plainly. It saves the drive and the parking.
From Puerto del Carmen
The largest base on the island: the resort strip is on almost every pickup list, and the run west is straightforward.
From Playa Blanca and Costa Teguise
Both are served, and both add road time at either end of the same tour. The listed hours include that driving.
From Arrecife and the cruise berth
The short listings are written for a ship’s morning: the park and the green lagoon in two and a half hours.
At the park entrance
The coach route starts there, and the camel station sits beside it with its own ticket.
Out to the caves in the north
Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes are at the far end of the island, so those trips run eight to nine hours.
Best time
When to come
Lanzarote runs these trips in every month, and the Lanzarote Timanfaya volcano looks the same in January as in July. What changes is heat, wind and how far ahead the popular trips fill.
Mar – May
The easiest months to walk
Mild air, long light and ground that has not yet turned into a reflector. The best window for the guided walks and the buggy tracks, and for a nine-hour island day. Book a week ahead for the choice.
Jun – Aug
Hot, bright and busy
High summer on a black landscape with no shade. The coach tours cope with it easily; the walks and the buggy ask for an early slot, water and a hat. The buggy is the first thing here to sell out.
Sep – Nov
Warm, calmer, still dry
The heat softens through September and the crowds thin with it. Good months for the long days that pair the park with the lava tunnels, and easier to book at short notice.
Dec – Feb
Mild winter, more wind
Warm by European winter standards and busy with people escaping the cold. The wind picks up and the open lava feels cooler than the beach towns, so a windproof layer earns its place. Everything runs.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
01
The price is a question about how you cross the lava, not how much of it you see. A coach seat through Timanfaya is $68. Three hours on foot outside the park is $48. Driving the tracks yourself is $172.
02
Inside the park you stay with the vehicle. The route through the Montañas del Fuego is about fourteen kilometres and it is seen from a coach with photo stops. The trips that put the lava under your boots start outside the boundary.
03
The heat demonstration is the part people remember. At El Diablo a handful of dry brush is held over a hollow and catches from the warmth of the earth alone. It takes a minute and it is included in the park visits.
04
The camels at the entrance are a separate attraction. The station sits by the road into the park and sells its own ride with its own ticket, so allow the time and the cash for it.
05
The wind is the weather that matters. The plain is open in every direction and the wind crosses it all year, so a hat that stays on and something windproof earn their place.
06
Book the date, not the discount. The fare is the same wherever you buy it, every listing here carries free cancellation, and the short Timanfaya runs built around a ship’s morning go first.
Round out the trip
Booked alongside
Our top pick
Lanzarote: Guided Off-Road Volcano Buggy Tour
2 - 3 hours · ★ 4.7 (5 513)
$172View The classic half day in the park
Lanzarote: Timanfaya National Park - Half day tour
5 hours · ★ 4.4 (2 785)
$68View The park plus the lava caves
Timanfaya Park, Jameos del Agua & Cueva de los Verdes Tour
9 hours · ★ 4.5 (2 845)
$102ViewGo deeper
More on the park route, the walks outside it and the lava caves
Common questions
Timanfaya and the lava of Lanzarote, answered
How long is a Lanzarote volcano tour, really?
The listings run from an hour to about nine. The half day in Timanfaya is five hours and the full-day version six. The buggy is two to three. The guided walks outside the park are three to three and a half. The days that add the lava tunnels or the whole island run eight to nine.
What does it cost?
Listings here run from $33 to $172. A guided volcano hike outside the park is $48, the half day inside Timanfaya is $68, the whole-island day is $58, the park with the lava tunnels is $102, and the off-road buggy at $172 is the top fare.
Can you walk inside Timanfaya National Park?
The park is shown from a coach: a route of about fourteen kilometres through the Montañas del Fuego with photo stops, and the heat demonstration at El Diablo beside it. Walking across the lava with a guide is a separate product and it happens outside the boundary, on the 1730 to 1736 flows.
Which tour should I take if I want to drive myself?
The guided off-road volcano buggy, at $172 for two to three hours. It is our top pick, it carries 5,513 reviews at 4.7, and a guide leads the convoy along the tracks, so you drive the lava ground rather than find your own way across it.
What is the eruption everyone talks about?
Between 1730 and 1736 the island erupted for six years and the lava covered about a quarter of it, which is the black plain in the photographs. What is left is landscape: cones, flows, ash fields and the tunnels the lava ran through.
What are Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes?
Lava tunnels in the north of the island, left by flows running underground and open to walk through, which is where the lava is above your head rather than under your feet. The nine-hour trip that takes in Timanfaya and both is $102; an eight-hour version with Jameos alone is $100.
Is there anything to see besides the park?
El Golfo is a half crater opened by the sea with a green lagoon inside it, and La Geria grows vines in pits dug into volcanic ash. Both sit on the full-day island itineraries, nine hours at $58. Away from the lava there is the coast: the ferry to La Graciosa at $33, a submarine dive at $75, and dolphin-watching trips.
Does it work with children?
The park visits do: the coach does the moving, the heat demonstration holds a child’s attention, and the half day is five hours rather than nine. The three-hour guided walks are over sharp, uneven lava with no shade, which is a different proposition for short legs.
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Timanfaya and the lava — the day we'd book
Which of the twenty-two listings matches the day you actually want: the coach route through the park, the guided walks on the 1730 lava outside it, the buggy you drive, and the caves, the lagoon and the vineyards around them.
- All twenty-two trips, with the hours counted from your hotel
- Which fares include hotel pickup, the guide and the park entrance
- What to wear on black rock in the wind
- The walking, coach and self-drive versions side by side
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Why trust this page
How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Durations, inclusions and operator names come from the live GetYourGuide listings. Prices and ratings are read off the same listings and updated with the page.
How we pick
Every listing here reaches the volcanic ground of Lanzarote and back inside a day, and beyond that we kept the range wide. Nobody pays to be featured.
We say how you cross the lava
What separates these listings is whether you see the park from a coach seat, walk the flows outside it with a guide, or drive the tracks yourself. We mark it on the card.
Timanfaya and the Montañas del Fuego
Timanfaya is the national park in the south-west of Lanzarote, and the Montañas del Fuego are the cones the coach route runs among. The lava fields carry on past the boundary.
The answer
Pick how you cross the lava, then the price follows.
Every listing on this page ends on the same ground, left by six years of eruption in the 1730s. What you are choosing is how you meet it: a coach seat on the fourteen-kilometre route with the heat demonstration at El Diablo, three hours on foot over the flows outside it, or the wheel of a buggy. Guided walks start at $48.
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