Travel Guide Parc National De Timanfaya

From 1730 to 1736, the eruption of the Montañas del Fuego, mountains of fire, in the southwest of Lanzarote, covered more than 200 km², almost a quarter of the island, with lava, slag and ashes. A new, weaker phase of volcanic activity occurred in 1824. Three new volcanic cones then appeared, Tao, Tingüaton or Volcano Nuevo, and El Chinero or Volcano Nuevo del Fuego. Since then, the volcanoes of Timanfaya have been sleeping, but with one eye. Agriculture quickly took over the peripheral lands, and crops on the volcanic sand, which act as a moisture sensor and thermal regulator, are characteristic of Lanzarote.