Lanzarote Holidays Allow You to Explore Volcanic Landscapes

Lanzarote is the fourth largest of all the Canary Islands and was declared a biosphere reserve in 1993 by UNESCO. Owing to the volcanic origin of this island, you can find some solidified streams of lava and amazing rock formations while exploring the island. It was created about 15 million years ago by fiery volcanic eruptions. The greatest eruptions in its recorded history occurred between 1730 and 1736 in the area now known as Timanfaya National Park. Located in the centre-west portion of the island, this national park is one of Lanzarote's main attractions and is visited by plenty of tourists every year.

Your Lanzarote holidays would give you the chance to visit Timanfaya and its famous Volcano Park. This unique park visited by nearly a million tourists houses some colourful dormant volcanoes, which can be explored by following the route defined originally by Cesar Manrique. He was a Spanish architect, sculptor, artist, and activist born on this island. Manrique also designed the restaurant called El Diablo, which is located on the top of Islote de Hilario. Upon visiting this restaurant, you can enjoy panoramic views that look even more marvellous at sunset.

Over the years, comparisons of the island's landscapes with that of the moon have been made several times. The raw landscapes that you see while visiting this national park would give you an idea about how the earth might have looked like during its initial years of formation. The fine black volcanic stones, vast expanses of sand, and the presence of lava fields have helped the entire area to retain its pristine appearance. There has been no erosion by the visits of tourists or trips of vehicles, as the visits are only allowed through the park using the well-defined route. You'll be picked up along with the other visitors by a coach from the car park at Timanfaya.

The driver of the coach would stop at several points on the route to allow visitors to get excellent views of the park's landscapes. Commentary in English, Spanish, and German is also provided during the tour. The events that Father Curbelo, an eyewitness to the eruptions of the 18th century, recorded in his diary are also mentioned during your tour of this national park. Although not a single individual had died at the time of these eruptions, many of the villagers who had to leave their homes and even the island. The fertile and productive land that was farmed by the villagers successfully was devastated by the massive flow of lava.

Demonstrations given by some of the staff members of the El Diablo restaurant would help you understand how severe the heat emanating from the earth is. They usually pour water down the holes in the ground and it spouts immediately. Another demonstration is given with the help of hay, exposing it to the heat coming from the earth below. You'll see that the hay catches fire at an instant. There are many other ways of exploring the national park, and one of them is by riding on a camel.