Driving on Lanzarote is easy, it’s a small island. A friend from the ship had decided to come along with me and we head for the volcano for our first stop. Arriving at The National Park of Timanfaya we parked the car and got on one of the buses that takes you on the tour of the park. The road is winding and the view is desolate. There’s a very good naration about the park during the ride presented in several languages. Although they claim there are 180 different plant species, they must be mostly microscopic. I don’t think we saw 180 plants on the entire tour… When you get back to the visitors center don’t miss the geizer that is to the right and in front of the center. It frequently catches unsuspecting tourists off guard.

Note: Get there early, by the time we left there was no parking and a long line to drive into the park.

After leaving the park we headed toward Puerto Del Carmen and a drive up the coast with lunch along the way. I’m still trying to figure out why there are so many Tex-Mex Restaurants (usually right next to an Irish Pub) on Lanzarote… We had a wonderful lunch at a seaside cafe and then continued on up the coast back to Arrecife and the Marco Polo.