The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, has announced that the camel ride fare in the Timanfaya National Park will be set at "10 euros per person", which is a four euro increase compared to the current price
Corujo traveled during the afternoon of this Thursday to the municipality of Yaiza to convey to the camel drivers that this update of the ride fares "is on the agenda of the session of the Timanfaya National Park Board of Trustees to be held next Tuesday".
"This is undoubtedly great news that provides confidence and security to the workers of an iconic activity that is so closely linked not only to our tourism industry but to the entire island's ethnographic heritage," said Corujo.
"This initiative responds to a historical demand from the camel drivers and puts an end to one of the sector's biggest demands," added the president of the Cabildo.
It should be remembered that last May the Yaiza City Council requested the Island Council to review the ride fares upwards, requesting that they be "at least" twenty euros per camel, a rate that would be the one that would be established today, since two people travel on each camel.
The meeting was attended by the mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, and representatives of the Government of the Canary Islands. The president pointed out that the proposal submitted to the Board of Trustees is "the result of consensus between the administrations."
The Cabildo points out that the president "took the pulse of the sector and was able to exchange opinions and information and study some of the measures that are contemplated to preserve and improve an activity, which is differential in the whole of our leisure offer."
"The camel drivers of the Timanfaya National Park have been requesting since 2008 the adaptation and equalization of the prices of the activity to the rest of the island's leisure offer," they point out from the Corporation.