Volcanoes are active globally, offering exciting hiking opportunities. Travellers can safely climb Mount Etna in Italy, Cotopaxi in Ecuador, and Pacaya in Guatemala. Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull and Italy's Mount Vesuvius also present unique challenges.

Volcano boarding in Comoros is an adventurous sport where you slide down volcanic slopes on specially designed boards

Experts say another eruption from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is imminent, as livestream footage shows lava beginning to flow from its summit this weekend.

Lava flows create a map-like pattern on black basalt rocks at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, which erupted in March 2021 for the first time in nearly 800 years. On June 2, 2025, Italy’s Mount Etna, one of Earth’s most active volcanoes, erupted ...

For someone whose knowledge of volcanoes and lava had long been confined to high school textbooks, seeing an active volcano up close in the Philippines was a prized experience. I’m indebted to my teachers and my school-days geography book for early insights into