It is worth doing the excursion and not going to the park on your own as there are impossible queues. With the tour bus you skip these queues. The visit in general is great and the guide whose name I don't remember was very nice. What I didn't like is that since we had to pick up people at different points, we spent about 1 hour on the bus just for pick-ups and a stop of more than 15 minutes to drink something that I liked because it was before going to the park. But I recommend the experience. The park is amazing and they explain it very well. I also liked the camel riding option.

Pick up time was prompt but we made an extra stop so that people could pay. Which made us wait linger when we already paid in advance while others did not. Either everyone should have paid in advance or the tour guide should have not stopped the whole bus. Either done it while driving or when each person loaded the bus. Whole experience was great but I felt we could have spent more time at the volcano itself. We didn’t even get a chance to go to the gift store because I had to take the kids to the bathroom and time was up. Couldn’t even get a snack because there was a line. Camel ride was excellent! Everyone should do it if they can! Return was on time and no complaints.

We did the fire mountains tour with our 4 year old and it was the perfect length for all of us to enjoy. 3 stops and an amazingly skilled drive round the Luna route of Timanfaya National Park. Our tour guide Erich not only mastered speaking 3 languages but was so welcoming and funny. He made a real fuss of our daughter and I think he made her trip! Thanks Erich!