The National Park of Timanfaya is a volcanic field where visitors can appreciate a great variety of geological phenomena as well as a large biological mix of some 180 different plant species. In this impressive habitat where human presence has been practically nil, the park serves as an authentic laboratory for biological research.  Timanfaya is one of the best examples of a volcanic habitat sparsely vegetated and inhabited by rare species that feed upon organic matter carried by the wind.

This region was devastated by intermittent volcanic eruptions over a six year period, 1730-1736, and again during the 19th century, mainly in 1824.

This singularly beautiful park is a living laboratory of scientific, geologic and geomorphologic interest. A tour guide will take you across the volcanic landscape and will show you its geothermal anomalies.

Timanfaya National Park is about 20 minutes by car from Faro Park.  If you take the LZ-2 toward Yaiza and turn off to the left for Timanfaya at the junction.  5km in to the park, you can pay a modest entrance fee which includes a bus ride through some breathtaking scenery in the volcanic landscape.  You can pick up hot stones from just under the surface, see gorse burst in to flames when put a couple of feet down in the lava field and see chicken cooking over a grill where the source of heat comes from the molten lava below!  The dramatic demonstration above shows the result of pouring water in to a blow hole in the crust.