Welcome to El Hierro

Hierro, a shield volcano, has had a single historic eruption from the Volcan de Lomo Negro vent in 1793. The eruption lasted about one month and produced lava flows. Carracedo proposed the volcano has three rift zones and the El Golfo, El Julan, and Las Playas valleys are the result of giant landslides.
This little island of only 287 square kilometres and an altitude of 1,501 metres, offers a landscape of great beauty, more than half of which is protected by the Natural Spaces Act. Spectacular cliffs of up to 1,200 metres high and twisted lava formations contrast sharply with the gentle rolling hills at its centre. The abundantly lush vegetation is another of El Hierro's treasures.