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Mala Lanzarote Daylight - Lanzarote visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Mala Lanzarote Daylight' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Canary Islands.

The small, rural village of Mala lies near the eastern coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. The village lies on a lava plain with hills to the east and clearly visible extinct volcano cones to the south. The coastline around Mala is rugged and dramatic, ideal for scuba diving and fishing with numerous underwater caverns. The hills around Mala rise to over 500m offering great walking, hand gliding and paragliding, especially around the Presa de Mala dam and Los Helechos.

Mala has a number of holiday apartments and villas that can be rented, making it an ideal base from which to explore the eastern side of Lanzarote, away from the main crowds. The focus here is eco-tourism in a laid back manner - the whole of Lanzarote has been declared a UNESCO Biosphere reserve.

Mala - Diving

The dive sites at Mala offer many underwater caverns and swim-throughs populated with many larger species such as angle sharks, morray eels and various kinds of rays. The waters are crystal clear and the underwater lava teaming with life.

Mala - Tourist Attractions

Almost all the attractions around Mala are natural, reflecting the dramatic natural setting of the village:

• Mala Diving - as described above, diving is popular around Mala for dramatic settings and angel sharks.
• The Cactus Garden - found between Mala and Guatiza and created by artist Cesar Manrique in a disused quarry this garden contains over 10,000 cacti from Madagascar, Mexico and the Canary Islands.
• Timanfaya National Park - on the western side of Lanzarote about 45km from Mala this volcanic park is filled with a variety of geological and geothermic phenomena, vents and geysers.
• La Cueva de los Verdes - found near Los Verdes and the Monte de la Corona volcano, 10km south of Mala, is one of the largest volcanic galleries in the world extending 6km underground through various caverns and lava tubes.
• Museo El Grifo (Wine Museum) - museum about wine making found in an 18th century active vineyard on volcanic slopes near Montaña Blanca about 25km south of Mala.
• Guinate Tropical Park & Penguin Paradise - located in Haria, 10km from Mala, at the foot of Mount Corona, the park covers some 11 acres with gardens, waterfalls and ponds and is home to many species of birds, animals, reptiles, fish and penguins.
• Famara Cliffs - 400m high cliffs just south of Haria, above Famara, with stunning views over the islands of La Graciosa, Alegranza and Montaña Clara.
• Famara and la Caleta Beach - world famous surfing beach with 6km of sand found about a 30km drive from Mala over the dramatic interior of Lanzarote.
• Hang Gliding - with a launch at Presa de Mala (195m), Mala has played a part in Open de Canarias Ala Delta Hang Gliding Competitions on Lanzarote.
• Lanzarote Aquarium - found at Costa Teguise, 17km south of Mala, is the largest aquarium in the Canary Islands with hundreds of species of fish, rays and sharks in 33 aquaria tanks including several touching tanks.
• Jameos del Agua - just 9km north of Mala is a natural jameos (collapsed volcanic cave) which has been turned into auditorium, swimming pool, gardens and restaurants and underground salt-water lagoon.
• Charco del Palo Beach - naturist beach near to Mala.

Road: Mala is next to the LZ1 road about 24km north of Arrecife, 15km from Teguise and 36km fromTinajo by road.
Ferry: Arrecife Port with ferries to other Canary Island and the Spanish mainland (Cadiz).
Flight: Lanzarote Airport