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Friday - Our last full day on Lanzarote and we've saved the most popular tourist destination on Lanzarote for last - the Timanfaya National Park. This is the sight of the last major volcanic eruption on Lanzarote, from 1730 to 1736, which covered 20 square miles of the island with lava. Even though the eruption was almost 300 years ago now, the area is still pretty active. The temperature just 40 feet below the surface is as high as 600C.
Access to the park is very carefully controlled and you can only travel around on one of the supplied coaches, which wind their way along a specially prepared trail through the amazing landscape. This is a photo of the view from the coach looking towards the Caldera del Corazoncillo. A bright yellow coach has conveniently driven across the scene to provide some much needed scale.
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