Timanfaya National Park was formed during volcanic eruptions during the 1700’s and is an area of volcanic soil and lava fields. It is not possible to explore Timanfaya without going on a bus tour so we bought our tickets online and arrived quite early as knew it could get busy.

^{Arriving at Timanfaya National Park}

We still had to queue for about 30 minutes to enter the park but once inside we were directed to a parking space so it was very easy. We went into the visitor center and then boarded the first bus that was available for the tour.

The tour was only about 45 minutes but the bus drove us around the whole park, provided us with lots of information and gave us the opportunity to take pictures.

^{Bus tour around Timanfaya National Park.}

We returned to the visitor center where we watched water being poured into a hole in the ground and shooting back up as steam – to demonstrate how hot the ground was underneath.

It was still quite early so we were not ready to return home so we headed north along the coast to Playa de Famara – a beach which was always highly recommended in any online Lanzarote guides. It was quite windy so there were loads of waves and people were surfing in the water. We went for a little paddle and then returned back to our villa to play in the pool.

^{Playa de Famara}