Tracey visits Mount Timanfaya, a real live Volcano in Lanzarote. The Volcano Park at Timanfaya is Lanzarote’s most popular tourist attraction. Every year, around a million people visit this unique lava scape – home to a sea of colourful dormant volcanoes and spent cones. Tracey follows a route originally defined by the island born artist and architect César Manrique.
The Montanas del Fuego complex within the National park is where most people head to to experience Timanfaya. You pay an admission fee a the park entrance which covers the guided bus tour. A paved road leads across lava fields to a sloping car park. From here you can take the bus tour with commentary in English, German and Spanish around the volcanic landscape 9.00-5.45 everyday last tour 5 p.m. You can’t drive round yourself or get out and walk about so this is pretty much the only way to see the landscape. Two “hot holes” in the ground near the restaurant show how hot the ground here is by setting fire to branches and erupting steam. The restaurant cooks meat on the naturally hot rocks and provides a fantastic panorama of the park. Off course being Lanzarote it will be windy outside!

Taking a walking tour is another good way to explore the island and get deep into the rugged countryside. Timanfayas visitor center is on the northern limit of the park on the road to Mancha Blanca . Its pretty good on the geology and volcanoes plus it has sections on wildlife.