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Lanzarote is a wonderful island that has much to offer its visitors, whether they travel alone, with friends, as a couple or even with the family. If the latter is your plan for the next holidays, we tell you about the best family-friendly activities in Lanzarote, which include fun and educational experiences for all ages. So, take note and do not forget to include them in your itinerary.
Family-friendly activities in Lanzarote
You have decided to take your family on holiday, and you chose Lanzarote for a few days of rest. If you want to enjoy the island to the fullest, both adults and children, these are some places you cannot miss:
Timanfaya National Park
If you are looking for a fun, educational and surprising walk, especially for the little ones, Timanfaya National Park is an ideal place. There they can be in contact with a lunar-like landscape, thanks to its volcanic origin.
Your children will be amazed to see up close the volcanic formations, natural chimneys and geysers. If you hire any of the tours in Lanzarote, these include guided excursions, and you can tour the place by bus, where they will learn more about the geological history of the park.
Camel ride
Do you want to have a different and unique adventure with your family? When you are in Timanfaya National Park, don’t hesitate to take a camel ride. It is a route that lasts approximately half an hour, which will be fun and unforgettable.
You will have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful desert and volcanic landscape while riding one of these pleasant animals.
La Cueva de los Verdes
If you do not know La Cueva de los Verdes, we tell you that it is a subterranean gallery, formed due to volcanic eruptions. It is a volcanic tube that is more than six kilometres long, but the walk that visitors can do is approximately one kilometre.
It is not a flat walk, the galleries have vertical interconnections, in some parts it has two or three levels, plus an incredible height of 50 meters.
Children love to explore and will be happy by going down to the depths of the earth. Don’t hesitate to go as a family, everyone will love the experience.
Go to the beaches of Lanzarote
On your vacation on this island, you cannot forget its beautiful beaches. The important thing when travelling with children is to find calm and safe beaches for them. A perfect example to enjoy the sun and the sea, is Papagayo Beach, located in Playa Blanca.
It is a beach with golden sands, crystal clear waters and a wonderful landscape where children can play freely. It is easily accessible, as you can arrive by car and park there.
Another option is Jabillo Beach, it is a coast without waves in which you can snorkel and explore a bit of the seabed.
And at Playa Chica, the tide is low, it has calm waters and no waves, ideal for the little ones. Plus, there are food kiosks where you can find children’s menus.
Apart from natural spaces and the best beaches. In Lanzarote, children will find fun and experiences they will always remember.
Aquarium Costa Teguise
The Lanzarote aquarium is a place where the whole family can have an exciting time, in addition to being an educational outing for children. Here, they can admire and learn more about many marine species throughout a tour of its 33 aquariums.
In this place, you will learn more about marine life, through underwater tunnels and contact pools, where they will have the opportunity to feed the fish. And in the contact aquariums, children, and adults can touch sea urchins and sea cucumbers, as well as other species.
On the other hand, if you like adrenaline, you can dive into a huge pond and swim with sharks.
Aquapark Costa Teguise
A water park! Can you imagine a more fun plan to go as a family? Children will enjoy all the attractions they will find there, including slides and wave pools.
There are activities and spaces for the whole family, like a relaxation area for adults, water games for the little ones, a 10D cinema and an area to play paintball. It also has restaurants and shops, so you can spend a full day of family fun.
Rancho Texas Lanzarote Park
The Rancho Texas theme park is in Puerto del Carmen. It is a combination of two perfect spaces for both large and small, in one place you will find a water park and a zoo.
In the zoo area, you can see various species of animals, such as: raccoons, white tigers, buffaloes, farm animals, reptiles, birds of prey and exotic ones, and more.
In the water area, you can enjoy dolphin and sea lion exhibits. For the more daring, there is the possibility of having a bath with the sea lions. They can also take advantage of more relaxed activities, like riding a pony or canoeing.
And in a water park, pools and slides that the whole family can enjoy cannot be missing.
Walk to the bottom of the ocean
We are sure that both adults and children will hallucinate when they go down to the depths of the ocean, inside a submarine.
This experience is a fun and educational way to learn what life is like underwater, exploring the ocean floor. Thanks to the guide of an expert, who will talk about the species they find, such as: eels, groupers, rays, and more.
The tour lasts 1 hour, submerged about 30 meters.
This list of family activities in Lanzarote, with fun and educational experiences for all ages, will serve you so that you and your family spend days full of adventure and fun. Lanzarote offers you a variety of interesting and attractive places for both children and adults, you just need to organise well and nobody will get bored.
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