The Yaiza Town Council carried out work this Wednesday to condition the camel resting area in the Timanfaya National Park, basically the complete replacement of the volcanic gravel and cleaning of the area. The action had the approval of the National Park, whose staff followed the execution of the commission together with the mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, and the councilor of the Camel Sector, Águeda Cedrés.
For this reason, there was no camel ride service in Timanfaya throughout the day. “The action was necessary and we agreed with the camel sector and the National Park to execute it this Wednesday, May 21 with all the guarantees and reinforcing the technical resources of the City Council,” says the mayor, who puts the municipal investment at 6,500 euros in the resting area.
For her part, Águeda Cedrés details that “we cleaned and emptied 250 cubic meters of volcanic gravel using our own machinery and contracting the service of an extra shovel and another truck to carry out all the work in a single day.”
Meeting with camel herders
The City Council held a meeting last Monday with the camel sector where it was agreed to officially present the museum project designed for the Uga Camel Interpretation Center within the framework of the commemorative events of the 50th anniversary of the Timanfaya National Park that will host the municipality of Yaiza from June 27 to 29. “We already have the report prepared to tender all the interactive and visual content of the Interpretation Center and our complementary proposal is to enrich this experience with guided visits to the stables in the Vallito de Uga. The priority objective is the operation of the Center as a museum and, in parallel, to work with the sector on the proposal of tourist visits to the stables,” emphasizes the mayor.
The camel herders also ratified their agreement with the ticket booth service that the Yaiza City Council will make available to improve attention to tourists in the camel resting area and both parties took the opportunity to make a retrospective of the file that should end with the declaration of the Camel Activity of Lanzarote as an Asset of Cultural Interest of an intangible nature based on a municipal plenary agreement, from July 2020, which expressly requested it from the Island Council.
Óscar Noda declares that “we celebrate all the steps that are taken to achieve this recognition because from Yaiza, together with the camel sector, we have sufficiently argued the reason for the BIC for the activity.”
