Volcanoes offer breath-taking views and thrilling adventures. Explore Iceland’s Thrihnukagigur magma chamber, Costa Rica’s lush Arenal, Hawaii’s active Kīlauea, Guatemala’s fiery Pacaya, and the Philippines’ perfectly conical Mayon. Experience nature’s power with hiking, lava views, and cultural experiences.
Iceland, with nearly 400,000 inhabitants, is located on the fault line between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, making it a seismic hotspot with geysers, warm-water springs and dozens of volcanoes.
The volcano has erupted more than a dozen times over the last two weeks, killing at least nine people and forcing the evacuation of thousands.
The evacuees have taken temporary shelter at schools and community centres away from the volcano, city information officer Edna Lhou Masicampo told AFP on Wednesday.
While many crave the adrenaline rush from hiking an active volcano, there are many volcanoes across the globe that are dormant and ideal tourist attractions. Volcano tours provide an unforgettable experience, and whether you are looking for adventure or just a chance to explore our planet's dynamic nature, here are 7 volcanoes, with varying levels of volcanic activities, to visit.
Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami.
At least five people are killed, up to 20 injured and several are reported missing after a volcano suddenly erupted off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, spewing a plume of ash thousands of feet into the air.
Rocks spat out by a volcanic eruption rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in central Japan, according to television reports, and one skier was missing following an avalanche that occurred shortly after the volcano exploded.
A volcano gushing towering columns of ash closed the airport on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali for a second day Tuesday, disrupting travel for tens of thousands, as authorities renewed their warnings for villagers to evacuate.
A team of researchers has unexpectedly discovered four extinct underwater volcanoes off the coast of Sydney in Australia.
The Telica volcano in north-west Nicaragua has been spewing large clouds of ash.
The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupts for the first time in more than four decades, sending plume of smoke and ash several kilometres high.
