Timanfaya volcanic tour

Main comment would be split the time differently with more time at El Golfo village (time to have a drink, etc) and less time at the Salt Flats. The guide - David - was excellent. the bus driver - Orlando - was suitably cautious on the mountain roads..

A very interesting tour, the guide and driver were great as well as the audio commentary. The only criticism that we had is that the stops (other than janubio) felt rushed, and I wonder if it would be better having less stops on the half day tour but having more time.

We felt that we spent too much time on the coach - four hours of a six hour trip. Almost the first hour of that was driving around Playa Blanca picking up passengers. The visit to Timanfaya National Park was interesting but half an hour wasn’t enough. The trip to the vineyard was too long and you could only taste one wine of the two. The Green Lake was interesting but not really enough to do there. And the Salt Pans were boring - should have been a photo stop and no more. The guide was good.

The whole experience was rushed, you don’t even have time to stop and have a cup of coffee. Each place you visit, you are off the coach for 20-30minutes. We felt we spent most of the day on a coach! The volcano itself was amazing and definitely worth seeing. Our tour guide wasn’t very good. She was not informative. I felt I learnt very little all day and that was disappointing.

The local guide, Maria Goretti, was fantastic. She tailored the tour to suit how busy the stops might be in conjunction with cruise ships at the port with passengers on similar itinerary to ensure we had a positive customer experience - that she accomplished and some which maximised the time at each stop - perfect. Would thoroughly recommend this excursion, well worth it!

The bus trip was very good, the guide had excellent local knowledge she really made the experience.