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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 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.

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. The park has a spectacular lunar aspect with different tones of ochre and grey.

		This region was devastated by intermittent volcanic eruptions over a six year period, 1730-1736, and again during the XIX century, mainly in 1824. Thermic anomalies are amusing for the visitors to watch a bit of water introduced in a hole on the ground becoming a geiser of boiling steam in seconds, due to a magmatic camera situated three kilometres deep down that reaches from 100 to 200 degrees centigrades on the surface.

The restaurant El Diablo serves specialities of the island grilled over geothermal heat. Services: Bar and Cafeteria. Location: Yaiza. Phone Number: 928.84.00.56 / 928.84.00.57. Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 hrs.