Yaiza

A hill just south of Yaiza village, with a track drivable by 2WD to the summit. It's tame if you've already seen the park.

A Kīpuka meaning an "island" (in Hawaiian) that lava has flowed around but not engulfed – it's an older volcano that didn't erupt in the 1730s. This area on the south edge of the park is off-limits to individual visitors but guided walks come this way, see below.

It's a free exhibition of how farmers in this arid terrain used camels. But they aim to get you to ride one, a 20-min plod through the black desert. Timanfaya, the village where the eruptions started, was 1 km northeast of here, but not a trace remains.

At the junction of LZ-67 and the narrow lane to Islote de Hilario visitor centre. Tour buses pre-book so they skip the line, other visitors can't do this so you may have to wait well over an hour as cars are trickle-fed in. No toilets or shelter here, and even less clever is that the queue of cars backs up onto the through-road, so shunts are a danger. (Imagine Disney lousing up like this?) Once admitted, drive on for 2 km up to the visitor centre.

Visitor centre, shop, bar and restaurant designed by César Manrique. Here you transfer to a bus which circles two volcano vents, with narration in Spanish, English and German. This has limited capacity so if seats are available (and the gate has done its sums right), do the bus tour first and save the centre for later. Only below your feet, the volcanic heat is , so the docents do stunts like burning gorse bush and pouring water down a crack, to have it roar back as geyser steam. The restaurant El Diablo likewise has a schtick of naturally roasting your order, don't dare ask for a salad.

This can be circled by a 3–4 hour trail starting by 13 km on the park road. However, only up the trail are a pair of lava tunnels that you can scramble into, about deep.

These are five chimneys or "throats" in the flank of Tinguatón, the last volcano to erupt in 1824, created by the geyser action of boiling groundwater. Spelunkers may be able to descend them into the lava cave system below, most visitors will be content to drop a stone to gauge the depth. They're only from the park road, the difficulty is parking. You may have to park at the Pico Partido trailhead and walk up the road.

Exhibition and AV presentations on the origins of the island, the volcanic activity that formed the park, and the flora and fauna of this arid terrain. Out back is a wheelchair-accessible walkway through the lava field.