Timanfaya and the volcanoes
4.5/5
801 reviews on GetYourGuide
Book this if Timanfaya is the sight you came for and you would rather spend half a day on it than nine hours on a coach. Park entry is included, pick-up covers the southern resorts and Costa Teguise, and it is rated 4.5 out of 5 by 801 GetYourGuide reviewers.
Starts in or picks up fromPlaya BlancaPuerto del CarmenPuerto CaleroCosta TeguiseArrecife
Pick-up runs from a long list of hotels and bus stops in Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen, Puerto Calero, Costa Teguise and Arrecife, and the drive to the park takes up to 75 minutes depending on where you start.
Inside Timanfaya National Park you spend about 75 minutes with an official guide. At Islote de Hilario you watch the geothermal demonstrations that show how hot the ground still is just below the surface, then ride the Volcano Route through craters and lava fields in shades of red, black and ochre while the guide tells the story of the eruptions.
Next comes a short drive to a viewpoint on the west coast, where the listing names El Golfo and its green lagoon, then on to La Geria. This is the island’s wine country, which the listing describes as a unique example of farming adapted to volcanic land, and the tour stops here for about 20 minutes with a wine tasting.
The operator handles transport, the guide and the Timanfaya entry fee. Bring comfortable shoes. The listing names guiding in Spanish, English, German and French, so check your language when you choose a date.
Our summary of the reviews GetYourGuide shows on the product page.
Worth knowing: Little time for coffee and photos
Hotels and stops in the main resorts
Pick-up, then up to 75 minutes by coach
Timanfaya National Park
Guided visit with geothermal demonstrations and the Volcano Route, about 75 minutes
West coast viewpoint
Stop of about 20 minutes, with El Golfo’s green lagoon named in the listing
La Geria
Wine region stop and tasting, about 20 minutes
On this site it is the shorter way to see the national park. The full-day island highlights tour costs less and adds the northern caves, but it takes nine hours and its cheapest version has no tickets. Here the Timanfaya entry is built in and you are back by early afternoon, with time left for the beach.
If you want to walk on the volcanoes rather than see them from a coach, the guided Timanfaya hikes go into the neighbouring natural park on foot. If you have a car, you can drive to the park yourself, but the half day saves the parking and the planning.
It also pairs well with a second day out. Book this for the south and west, then the César Manrique tour or a La Graciosa trip for the north, and you have covered the island in two relaxed days rather than one long one.
Checked against the GetYourGuide listing on 15 November 2026. Prices and options change: the calendar shows the current ones.
The listing says the buses are not adapted for wheelchair users.
What to do. If you use a wheelchair, ask the operator before booking.
Yes. The listing includes the entrance fee, the official guide, transport and a wine tasting.
About 5.5 hours with the drives, so it fits in a morning or an afternoon.
Yes. Recent reviewers travelling with children found the length about right.
Not far. Inside the national park you see the craters from the Volcano Route by coach. For walking, look at the guided Timanfaya hikes.
Yes, for a full refund up to 24 hours before the start.
✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
A full-day coach tour of the north’s lava caves, Haría, La Geria and Timanfaya’s Fire Mountains, with pick-up.
Departs from Island-wide coach tour, north and south · 9 hours
✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
A 9 km guided walk across the lava fields and craters of the Timanfaya eruptions, in groups of 10.
Departs from Timanfaya eruption zone, Los Volcanes Natural Park · 3 hours, about 9 km
✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
A small-group guided hike to the top of a volcano and across a lava field, with transfers available.
Departs from Los Volcanes Natural Park, roadside meeting point · 3.5 to 4 hours
Sources: getyourguide.com. Checked November 2026. Photos: GetYourGuide.