The essentials
- CACT's visitor guide says the Route of the Volcanoes coach tour at Montañas del Fuego has adapted coaches.[1]
- Children aged 0-6 enter Montañas del Fuego, Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua free.[1][3][4]
- Access with a pushchair can be difficult at Montañas del Fuego, and CACT recommends bringing a baby carrier.[1]
- Not accessible to people with reduced mobility and not recommended for people with claustrophobia, per CACT.[3]
- Equalitas Vitae rates the visitor centre accessible, with a 5% entrance ramp and marked disabled parking.[8]
| Coach route | Visitor centre | Camel ride | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access | Adapted coaches, per CACT[1] | 5% entrance ramp, uniform paving[8] | 250-metre circular route[17] |
| Children | Ages 0-6 enter free[1] | Free entry[14] | Children from age 4 pay[16] |
| Rules and support | No free exploring by car or on foot[9] | Sensory room, sign-language audiovisual[8] | One of five authorised routes[16] |
| Duration | 35-minute coach route[1] | About 30 minutes of audiovisuals[15] | About 20 minutes[17] |
| Cost | General ticket from €30.00[1] | Free[14] | from €11 per person[16] |
The lake forms as seawater filters through fissures in the volcanic tube. Its level follows the tides and can reach the access walkway during spring tides.
Is Timanfaya right for kids and limited mobility?
Mobility
Timanfaya with children: what is free and what helps
CACT's family note for Montañas del Fuego says access is free for children under 7 and the restaurant and cafeteria have high chairs; access with a pushchair can be difficult, and bringing a baby carrier is recommended.[1] Its ticket page states the same age rule as children aged 0-6 entering free, with the general visit listed from €30.00.[1]
The tour booked from this site continues to Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua.[2] CACT lists Cueva de los Verdes from €17.00 with children aged 0-6 free, and Jameos del Agua from €17.00, also free for children aged 0-6.[3][4]
At El Diablo restaurant, the kids menu lists spaghetti bolognese from €7.00 and breaded chicken from €9.00.[5] On Noches de Jameos evenings at Jameos del Agua, a children's menu for ages 7 to 12 costs from €49 per child.[6]
Keeping children interested over a 9-hour day
The tour booked from this site runs 9 hours across Timanfaya National Park, Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua.[2] At Islote de Hilario, CACT's general ticket includes geothermal demonstrations, and IGME describes two of them: artificial geysers made by pouring cold water into boreholes, and plants placed in a hole to watch them burn.[1][7]
Cueva de los Verdes comes with a story: CACT says that during the 16th and 17th centuries, local people used its galleries as a refuge from pirate raids from North Africa.[3] At Jameos del Agua, the small white dots on the lake bottom are Munidopsis polymorpha, an endemic species adapted to darkness, and visitors are asked not to throw coins or other objects into the water.[4]
At El Diablo restaurant, CACT says the grill sits above a five-metre well where the earth's natural temperature reaches around 250 degrees.[1] In the centre of the restaurant, the Jardín Muerto garden shows the skeleton of a dromedary and the trunk of a dry, burned tree on volcanic ash, a tribute to the legend of Hilario.[1]
Wooden benches face the bright opening of a lava cave chamber
Wheelchair users and the Route of the Volcanoes
CACT's mobility note for Montañas del Fuego is short: the Route of the Volcanoes has adapted coaches.[1] The accessible-tourism assessor Equalitas Vitae rates three parts of Timanfaya as accessible: the Mancha Blanca Visitor Centre, the Mancha Blanca trail and Montaña del Fuego.[8]
At Montañas del Fuego there are no parking bays specifically marked for visitors with reduced mobility, but park staff point out the most convenient spaces, and there are two accessible toilet cabins.[8] CACT states that the park cannot be explored freely by car or on foot, and asks visitors to remain inside the vehicle from El Taro to the Islote de Hilario car park.[1][9]
CACT describes its centres as artistic interventions with over 60 years of history in natural spaces, classified as Cultural Heritage Assets subject to the highest heritage protection.[9] Its FAQ says reduced rates for people with disabilities are available only at the ticket offices, with physical documentation, while its FAQ entry for Montañas del Fuego says there are no ticket sales at the box office there and tickets must be bought online in advance.[9][10] CACT's customer service line for its centres is +34 928 84 84 84.[9]
Cueva de los Verdes: stairs, low ceilings and claustrophobia
CACT is direct about the tour's second stop: the Cueva de los Verdes route includes uneven paths, stairs, narrow spaces and low ceilings, it is not accessible to people with reduced mobility, and it is not recommended for people with claustrophobia.[2][3]
The visit is guided in Spanish and English, lasts about 50 minutes and passes through an atmosphere designed by artist Jesús Soto.[3] The lava conduit extends for more than seven kilometres, and IGME describes the Corona tube as a complex of passages and superimposed galleries with vaults of up to 20 by 20 m and small interior lagoons.[3][11]
0-6
The ages at which children enter Montañas del Fuego, Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua free, per CACT.[1][3][4]
Jameos del Agua: walkways and the tidal lake
At Jameos del Agua, CACT explains that the lake forms as seawater filters through fissures in the volcanic tube; its level follows the tides and can reach the access walkway during spring tides.[4] The general ticket includes the descent through the Jameo Chico, the lake of the blind crabs, a visit to the Jameo Grande and access to the Auditorium.[4]
Jameos del Agua is open 10:00 to 18:00 every day, with last admission at 17:15, and CACT lists the visit at 60 to 120 minutes.[4] MITECO defines a jameo as a natural opening formed when part of a lava tube's roof collapses.[12] UNESCO describes the La Corona lava tube as a 7.6 km structure with various access points known as jameos.[13]
Mancha Blanca Visitor Centre access
The Mancha Blanca Visitor Centre is not one of the stops on the tour booked from this site, whose stops are Timanfaya National Park, Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua.[2] Equalitas Vitae records an entrance ramp with an approximate 5% slope and uniform paving, and several marked parking spaces for people with disabilities next to the centre.[8] It has a fully adapted sensory room for visually impaired visitors, and its audiovisual programme is translated into Spanish sign language.[8]
Turismo Lanzarote says the centre gives free access to its exhibition and audiovisual programme.[14] Its hours differ by publisher: MITECO gives 9:00 to 16:00 every day since 1 July 2023, while Turismo Lanzarote gives 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.[14][15] An elevated walkway runs over lava flows that reached farmland during the 1730-36 eruptions, and a Simulation Room recreates the sensations of a volcanic eruption.[15]
Age rules on other Timanfaya activities
Children from age 4 pay for the camel ride, which the Ayuntamiento de Yaiza prices from €11 per person per trip, payable by card or cash.[16] The Canary Islands park authority describes it as a 250-metre circular route of about 20 minutes on the south slope of Montaña de Timanfaya.[17]
The free Tremesana guided walk is of low difficulty and accessible for most walkers over 16, and it must be booked online at least 25 to 30 days ahead.[18] Ebike Experiences Lanzarote lets minors aged 12 to 17 join its e-bike routes when a responsible adult accompanies them for the whole activity.[19] On LanzaBuggy's family buggies, drivers must be at least 21 years old, with two years of driving-licence experience.[20]
GetYourGuide marks some tours in the area as wheelchair accessible; the listing for the tour booked from this site carries no such label.[2] Lanzarote: 3 Hour Buggy Tour with views of the Volcano Park is one, limited to 10 participants, from US$196.[21] PRIVATE CUSTOMIZED TOUR OF LANZAROTE ISLAND is another, a private group of 6 hours with pickup included, from US$1093.[22]
Age thresholds around Timanfaya, in years
Ages as each operator or park authority states them.[1][3][4][6][16][18][20]
Price a Timanfaya day for your family
Each amount is that listing's own "from" price in US dollars, and the calculator applies the same listed figure to every traveller.[2][21][23][24]
Age and access points to check before you book
Planning an accessible day
Check which sites are accessible
Equalitas Vitae rates Montaña del Fuego and the Mancha Blanca centre and trail as accessible.[8]
Pack a baby carrier
CACT says pushchair access can be difficult at Montañas del Fuego.[1]
Ask about the transport
CACT says the Route of the Volcanoes has adapted coaches; the listing for the tour booked from this site does not mark it wheelchair accessible.[1][2]
Know the cave's limits
Cueva de los Verdes has uneven paths, stairs, narrow spaces and low ceilings.[3]
Ask CACT before you go
CACT's customer service line for its centres is +34 928 84 84 84.[9]
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