Jameos del Agua
César Manrique transformed a collapsed lava tube into an underground lake, a white swimming pool and a music hall. The lake is home to blind, white little crabs found nowhere else.
Jameos del Agua is a cave formed when the roof of a lava tube from the Corona volcano collapsed. In the 1960s, Lanzarote artist César Manrique turned it into an art centre. Inside the cave, clear underground water flows in from the sea and forms a lake. Tiny white dots on the lake floor are blind, albino crabs (Munidopsis polymorpha), which are found only here. Outside the cave, palm trees surround a white swimming pool, which is for viewing only. The site also includes a lava-tube concert hall for several hundred people and a volcano museum. Tickets cost about 15 euros, and a combined ticket for Manrique's attractions is available. Do not throw coins into the lake, as they can harm the blind crabs. It is about 25 km from Arrecife and adjacent to the Green Cave.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:30 (some evenings open; check official website)
Nearby sights
- Cueva de los Verdes
- Haría
- César Manrique House Museum (Haría)
- Mirador del Río
- Jardín de Cactus
- La Graciosa
- Playa de Famara
- Castillo de Santa Bárbara