Yaiza is a small village very close to the Timanfaya National Park and its Mountains of Fire. Indeed it is so close that back in the 1700s when the volcanoes were very active Yaiza lay directly in the path of the lava. Many neighbouring towns were consumed by the lava but as it approached Yaiza the lava flow split. One stream went towards Uga and the other towards Playa Blanca. Yaiza, in the middle escaped unharmed.