The Island of 100 volcanoes!!

Hi everyone! Back in May I went on holiday to the island of Lanzarote for the first time! So I thought I'd share my trip with you all!

Now, Lanzarote is now covered with mostly lava fields due to the volcano erupting over 300 years ago!

The island consists of 100 volcanos and 300 volcanic peaks!

The main volcano of the island is in the Timanfaya nation park and is called Mount Timanfaya, but there is a twist....the Volcano is still very much active!!

So, me and my parents decided to go on the volcanic excursion and have a look at the volcano.

view from the car park

view of the national park

one of the many buses going on the tour

The greatest recorded eruptions occurred on the island between 1730 and 1736. The volcanic activity continues and can be felt on the surface. The surface temperature in the core ranges from 100 to 600 °C at the depth of 13 metres (43 ft)

We were shown three different demonstrations of the volcano, firstly, we were given some of the volcanic rock from the surface pile that one of the volcano guides handed to us. he dug it out from about a few inches. It was so hot that I couldn't hold it in my hand, I was almost juggling it, as it was at a rough temp of 60 degrees.

The guide waiting with his shovel.

The second demonstration was going up round to see a hole in the ground about 10ft in, and the guide at this part, took a long metal fork with dry grass on the end and put it into the whole and left it there. Within a few minutes the grass was a in flames from the heat of the volcano.

The third demonstration was the most exciting for me, we were taken up to another level, where there are pipes in the ground that go down about 13 metres into the volcano. the guide on this part had a pale of water ready to show us the reaction of the volcano.

In the above picture the guide is telling us to stand back!

Here is a video that I found on YouTube of my experience(not taken by me!)

The video shows how very much active the volcano is! But there are volcanologists who monitor the activity of the volcano and will be able to alert the islanders if it id going to fully erupt again.

In 1993, the Island was made into a designated Biosphere reserve and the volcano and its national park is one of the core areas they focus upon.

Up at the volcano there is also a gift shop and a restaurant, the restaurant uses the volcano to cook their food, here are some pictures of how they do it!

That is a pretty awesome way to bake your potatoes haha!!!

After our trip to the volcano, we were shown the rest of the national park, which is only accessed by tour buses as cars are not permitted on the route. There is a mass area that is covered in volcanic soil and the remains of lava.