Timanfaya, Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes in one day: the €89 tour, checked
Updated October 1, 2026 · 9 min read
If you want to see Timanfaya, Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes in a single day and don’t want to drive yourself, Lanzarote: Timanfaya Park, Jameos del Agua & Cueva de los Verdes Tour is the version where the numbers add up most clearly: 9 hours, from €89 per person, 4.5 out of 5 from 2,756 reviews – and all three admissions are included in the price. Bought separately those cost €64, which leaves €25 for the bus, guide and pickup. Anyone who avoids caves and darkness takes the €87 version with El Golfo instead of the cave. Anyone mainly looking to save money compares it with the full-day tour of the island’s highlights for €51. Anyone who only wants the national park is back sooner with the five-hour volcanic craters tour for €59.
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| Tour | Duration | from | Rating | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timanfaya, Jameos del Agua & Cueva de los Verdes | 9 hours | €89 | 4.5 from 2,756 reviews | all three destinations, admission included |
| Timanfaya Park and Jameos del Agua | 8 hours | €87 | 4.5 from 2,050 reviews | skip the cave |
| Full-Day Island Highlights Tour | 9 hours | €51 | 4.7 from 3,265 reviews | tight budget, admissions as add-ons |
| Timanfaya National Park Volcanic Craters Tour | 5 hours | €59 | 4.4 from 2,740 reviews | just the park, afternoon free |
| Timanfaya and Green Lagoon for Cruise Passengers | 2 hr 30 min | €49 | 4.6 from 2,154 reviews | cruise guests on a tight call time |
Timanfaya National Park in the west, plus the two lava caves in the north – Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes: several operators on Lanzarote offer these three destinations in a single day, at very different prices. One version is the day tour from Low Cost Tours Europe (LCTEurope for short): €89 per person, 9 hours, 2,756 reviews averaging 4.5 stars. By review count, it’s one of the island’s four most-reviewed tours on GetYourGuide – that says how often it’s booked, not that it’s the best.
A closer look is worth it for what’s included: all three admission tickets are in the price. That’s not a given with these day tours.
The maths: €64 admission, €25 for the rest
Bought separately, the three destinations cost adults €30 (Timanfaya), €17 (Jameos del Agua) and €17 (Cueva de los Verdes), €64 in total. Combined tickets have not existed since 2024. That leaves €25 of the €89 – for pickup at one of 59 points, an air-conditioned bus, a guide for the whole day and the drive back.
Food isn’t included. Along the way there’s an optional stop at a buffet restaurant, which according to the description costs extra. The booking page doesn’t name an amount, so bring cash.
How the day runs, according to the booking page
The schedule is marked as non-binding, but it gives a duration for each stop:
- Timanfaya, guided by bus, 100 minutes, including the stop at Islote de Hilario and the geothermal demonstrations.
- Lunch, one hour, optional and not included in the price.
- Cueva de los Verdes, guided visit, 55 minutes.
- Jameos del Agua to finish, 55 minutes of free time. Swimming there is, according to the booking page, strictly forbidden; the lake belongs to the tiny blind crabs.
Added up, that’s four and a half hours at the destinations, lunch included. The other half of the day is bus travel: pickup, the drive from the national park up to the north, and the return to the resort towns. According to the operator, there can also be an interim stop in Yaiza, where guests are distributed across the buses.
In the park, the group usually drives the volcano route in its own coach with its own guide, rather than waiting at the Islote for the park bus. Several reviews specifically praise the drivers on the narrow roads through the lava. How the park works is covered in What to see in Lanzarote; what happens there in detail is in the article on the half-day Timanfaya tour.
Guiding is in German, English, French and Spanish; several reviews mention commentary in three languages on the same bus. The review summary names one criticism: the commentary on the bus isn’t always easy to understand.
Cueva de los Verdes: the part that isn’t for everyone
The cave is the reason to take this particular tour – and for some, the reason to skip it. It’s a lava tunnel from Monte Corona, visited on this tour as a group with a guide. Inside it’s dark, low and narrow in places; the lighting is by the artist Jesús Soto and, according to the CACT, brings out the texture and depth of the rock. The CACT explicitly does not recommend the cave for people with claustrophobia.
Anyone who gets uneasy in dark, confined spaces should take that seriously beforehand: partway through the tour you can’t simply turn back alone, the group stays together – more on that in Lanzarote with kids. Jameos del Agua is the opposite: open to the sky, bright, and the 55 minutes there are yours. César Manrique designed the site; his other buildings are covered under Manrique sights.
€87 with El Golfo or €89 with the cave
The same operator has a second full-day tour that looks almost identical: Lanzarote: Timanfaya Park and Jameos del Agua Full-Day Tour for €87, 8 hours, 2,050 reviews, also 4.5 stars – a tie on stars. Instead of Cueva de los Verdes, this one includes El Golfo with its green lagoon and the Valley of a Thousand Palms near Haría.
The difference is in what’s included. The €87 tour includes two admissions, Timanfaya and Jameos, €47 together. El Golfo costs nothing anyway – you see the lagoon from the viewpoint. So €40 is left for bus, guide and pickup on that one, against €25 on the tour with the cave. For €2 more, you get an admission ticket worth €17 thrown in – plus an extra hour of the day.
The booking page for the €87 tour also lists two items explicitly as cash payments: a camel ride for around €12 and lunch for around €18. Anyone who avoids caves, or is travelling with children afraid of the dark, is better served by this version. Switching doesn’t help with limited mobility: the operator lists both tours as unsuitable for people with limited mobility and wheelchair users.
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Versus the €51 tour, and versus self-driving
The island tour for €51 (4.7 stars, 3,265 reviews, 9 hours) visits the same three destinations and a few more. €51 is the entry-level price; according to the booking page, it’s available without admissions, with two, or with all three. So compare the €89 with the option that includes all three tickets – the details are in that article.
See availability and prices for the Full-Day Island Highlights Tour
With a hire car you pay the same €64, plus the planning. Tickets for Timanfaya and the cave are only available online, each for a fixed date and time; for Timanfaya, with no rebooking and no refund. So you’re locking in two fixed appointments on the same day, one in the west and one in the north of the island. Jameos del Agua has a ticket office on site. In the park, you board the park bus at Islote de Hilario, since the volcano route can’t be driven in your own car. In exchange, you set your own pace; a route for the north is described in What to see in North Lanzarote.
With kids: what’s fixed and what isn’t
What’s fixed are the destinations’ children’s prices: between 7 and 12, a child pays €15 at Timanfaya and €8.50 at Cueva de los Verdes; anyone 6 or younger gets into both for free. What that means for the tour price isn’t stated in the description. Check in the booking form which price is shown for which age, before paying for everyone.
Nine hours, about half of it on the bus, is a long day for children of pre-school age; what suits that age better is in Lanzarote with a toddler. Enthusiastic reviews from families exist nonetheless.
Mobility, footwear, pickup: the small print
Mobility: According to the operator, the tour is not suitable for people with reduced mobility or wheelchair users; non-folding and electric wheelchairs are not permitted. Cueva de los Verdes is not accessible because of the underground terrain. If in doubt, have it confirmed with the operator before booking.
Footwear: According to the booking page, the ground is uneven, rough or slippery in places; closed trainers are recommended.
Pickup: A WhatsApp message with the pickup point and instructions arrives the day before. Changes to the pickup point are only possible up to 24 hours in advance; otherwise you’re assigned to the El Campo meeting point at 9:30 am. You can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before the start.
Cruise: According to the operator, the tour ends around 7 pm to 7:30 pm. Anyone who needs to be back on ship will find shorter tours for cruise passengers under Timanfaya and volcano tours, such as Timanfaya and Green Lagoon from Arrecife: €49, 4.6 stars, 2,154 reviews, 2 hr 30 min.
Who it’s not for
Anyone who doesn’t cope well with caves and darkness. The €87 version with El Golfo is the better choice.
Anyone who isn’t steady on their feet. That’s what the operator itself says.
Anyone travelling with young children. The half-day Timanfaya tour for €59 (4.4 stars, 2,740 reviews, 5 hours) shows the park without the drive to the north. Shorter options are under Boat trips and submarine and Things to do in Lanzarote.
Anyone who wants to stay in one place. 55 minutes at Jameos is enough for a walk round, not for an afternoon. Anyone who’d rather have a quiet afternoon after the volcano and the cave is better off booking one of the wine tastings in La Geria.
Our recommendation
For most people: the nine-hour tour to Timanfaya, Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes for €89. All three admissions are in the price with nothing to add on – €64 of the €89. Anyone who wants to see all three destinations anyway pays €25 here for transport, a guide and the organisation of a whole day.
Anyone who avoids caves or darkness – and anyone travelling with children who’d be scared by it: the eight-hour tour through Timanfaya Park and to Jameos del Agua for €87, with El Golfo instead of the cave. Two admissions are included, with the camel ride and lunch added in cash.
On a tight budget: the nine-hour Full-Day Island Highlights Tour from €51, with 4.7 out of 5 from 3,265 reviews. Check which admissions are included in the option you pick – without them, you pay the €64 on top, on site.
Anyone who only wants the national park, or would rather keep the afternoon free: the five-hour volcanic craters tour for €59. And with a tight call time in port, the two-and-a-half-hour tour to Timanfaya and the Green Lagoon from Arrecife for €49 is the realistic choice.
See availability and prices for the Timanfaya volcanic craters tour
This tour isn’t for you if you have reduced mobility or use a wheelchair – the operator rules that out for both full-day tours – or if you’d rather stay in one place than spend half a day sitting on a bus.
