A guided hike across the lava fields of the 1730 eruptions

On 1 September 1730 the ground opened near the village of Chimanfaya, and for six years, to 1736, eruption followed eruption across the west of Lanzarote. Villages and farmland went under the lava, and a new landscape of cones, craters and black fields came up in their place. The heart of it is Timanfaya National Park, which you see from the park's own coach. Around it lies Los Volcanes Natural Park, 10,158 hectares in Tinajo, Yaiza and Tías, made of the same 1730 to 1736 lava and of a smaller eruption in 1824. This is where you can walk.

Geotrekking Lanzarote, a small guiding firm from Teguise, leads a circular route of about 9 kilometres through the natural park. It takes about three hours and climbs only about 50 metres, so the operator rates it low difficulty; GetYourGuide asks for moderate fitness, which is fair for 9 km on cinder paths and rough lava. The route runs through what the operator calls the Valley of Silence, past hornitos (small tower-shaped vents of welded lava), caves, jameos (openings where the roof of a lava tube has fallen in) and the craters of the eruption. The guide explains how the landscape formed and what the volcanoes meant, and still mean, to the people who live around them.

Snacks and water are included. You either meet the group at the start, in the municipality of Tinajo, or pay for the pickup option. The operator sends the exact time and meeting point the day before, and GetYourGuide lists English as the tour language. Groups are small. Bring water of your own and closed shoes: sandals and flip flops are not allowed on the lava.

What this is not: the Fire Mountains. The park's Ruta de los Volcanes coach, the heat demonstrations at Islote de Hilario and the El Diablo restaurant are inside the national park, behind the official 30 euro ticket. This walk is the quieter half of the same story, on foot, with the ground under your boots.

Of the four guided volcano walks we compared on GetYourGuide, it has the most reviews, about 1,600 on 26 October 2026, rated 4.8, and guests score its guides 4.9 out of 5. The closest rival, the Guided Volcano Hike with Transfers, is rated 4.9 from about 950 reviews, from 42 euros, and runs 3.5 to 4 hours with transfers in the title; the Volcano Hike Among Craters and Lava Tunnels adds tunnels for the same 44 euros, from about 430 reviews, and must be booked two days ahead. A walk listed as Trekking in Timanfaya Natural Park, starting from Masdache, is rated 4.8 from about 990. All four are rated 4.8 or higher; this one has the longest record.

Booking direct costs the same. Geotrekking's own site sells this walk at 44 euros without pickup and 49 euros with pickup, snack and water, on 26 October 2026, and offers a group discount, so a family or a group of friends may do better asking the operator. If you would rather see the Fire Mountains, the craters from the coach and the heat demonstrations, take The island in a day instead, which covers Timanfaya, the caves and the north; if you would rather drive yourself over volcanic tracks, The buggy goes up to Peñas del Chache.