Ecomuseo de Guinea

Really helpful and friendly staff. The guided tour was mainly in Spanish but if you travel to a country and don’t make an effort to learn the basics you should be deported. I was there for the lizards, so the lava tube tour was ok but not my thing. The success of the breeding and reintroduction of these rare lizards is one of Europes greatest projects, in my mind. Few herpetologists would disagree. The reconstructed village is quite cute and a little more interesting than the one on Fuerteventura. Well worth a visit and we’ll worth getting the pass for all the other tourist sites around the island.

Interesting museum, with Lizards, Traditional houses & Caves. Guided tours are all in spanish, friendly and helpful staff.

Nice to visit but when you get there you discover that your "El Hierro Passport"which costs Euros 17,50 does not allow you to visit the whole place like the cave and the Lagartario, you only visit Las Casitas, if you want the whole trip you have to pay for a guided visit, obviously they only say this when you get there so they kind of compell you to pay more, but I did not fall for that because I don't like impositions or tricky tickets, so basically it's just a tourist trap, you can avoid it and see much interesting places without paying anything.

The visit to Ecomuseo Guinea and Lagartaria on El Hierro was a fascinating experience. The mix of the old village with traditional houses, the special volcanic caves, and the center for giant lizards makes an authentic trip in time. What impressed me most was how the local guides could connect the history of the first people with nature protection and modern rescue programs. To see the endangered giant lizard, the symbol of the island, was really special. I recommend it to everyone who wants to understand the true soul of El Hierro. We also want to thank the lady at the ticket office and the guide who walked with us for their smiling and kind attitude. Thank you!

Beautiful historical landmark. The houses themselves added to the natural landscape offer a good reason to visit this place. It's interesting to see how this island developed and lived during the period that it has been populated, how people seemed to have rediscovered tools and utilities necessary for living. Only remark would be the guiding. We paid a tourist price and yet there's not guiding in english, not even a slightly attention to trying to make it slower in spanish or at least trying to explain a bit in english, the basics. So, it seemed we could have as easily do the tour on our own with a printed paper in english. We were a group of 5 tourists, there should be some english offer. Otherwise, the place is worth the time if it's something you're curious about.