Mount Teide in Tenerife or Mountain of Fire in Lanzarote?

We are going on a cruise in April and can afford to go on just one of these half-day trip options: treking around Mount Teide in Tenerife or Los Volcanes Nature Park in Lanzarote. Has anyone done both of these and can suggest the better option?

Yes. Personally I would choose Los Volcanes: the formations left in the soldified lava are amazing, you can feel the warmth in the ground, and they’ll chuck a bucket of water down a borehole for you with spectacular result. Mount Teide is pretty, and there is an area of unusual rock formations there too (they filmed Planet of the Apes there), but not as interesting in my view.
Still, it’s a shame you can’t do both, having cruised all that way.

Spain Travel: Looking northwest from the top of Mount Teide – Tenerife

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