Your guide and driver will pick you up at your accommodation at 9 am, and you will all drive towards the brooding, smoldering Mount Etna, which dominates the entire Eastern Sicily region.
Your tour will start at Piano Provenzana, a small resort on a northern slope of the Etna that was completely destroyed during the last significant eruption. You will take a magnificent walk on the edge of extinct craters in order to understand the structure of the volcano and the lifecycle of an eruption.
During our descent, we will pass an extremely colorful landscape which is riddled with volcanic ‘bombs’, and equipped with torches and helmets (which we will provide), you will walk in to a lava cave.
After lunch, our trekking adventure in the Etna Nature reserve will carry on to discover some unique volcanic phenomena like the Dagala (land are surrounded by solidified lava) and the 2002 volcanic fracture where one can witness the point where the lava flow started.

Duration: 8h
Easy hike- Maximum altitude reached: 2000 mt – 6561,68 ft
Equipment: closed and comfortable shoes, jacket, sunscreen, sunglasses

These excursions do not present any particular difficulties. they are graded easy to medium – on the condition that participants do not present any respiratory condition or other significant health problems like high blood pressure.

Note: pick-up and drop-off from your accommodation in the area of Catania or Taormina is included in the rate. Pick-up/drop-off from other location can be organized with an extra charge.
On request, it is possible to enrich this excursion with a picnic on the Volcano or a lunch in a refuge (local products: Caponata, cheese, olives, homemade bread, Etna wine, water) and/or with a donkey ride (one or two donkeys), with an additional cost.

Contact us to book a private excursion on the Etna, we will let you know about our availability and answer any questions you may have.

Number of people/ rate per person

2                                 €270

3                                 €215

4                                 €170

5                                 €160

6                                 €150

7                                 €160

8                                €160

– 1h donkey ride inserted in the excursion at the cost of €65 per person
– 2h donkey ride inserted in the itinerary at the cost of €75 per person
Pic-nic in a rucksack: €18 per person/Light unch at refuge: €30 per person. Full lunch: €55 per person

Etna Summit tour

If you want to experience the Volcano from the highest points, you can choose another full day itinerary, that includes the Etna summit: after your drive to the cable-car station, and your ascension to the altitude of 2800 with a unimog (bus4x4), you will begin your hike up to one of the Etna’s top four craters (3300m), in the company of a volcanologist guide.
From that height, you will enjoy an extraordinary and unforgettable view of the island.

Duration: 7h
Medium hike- 2h long, alt difference 300m/985ft. Maximum altitude reached: 3300 mt – 10826,77 ft
Equipment: closed and comfortable shoes (hiking shoes preferable), jacket, sunscreen, sunglasses

Note: pick-up and drop-off from your accommodation in the area of Catania or Taormina is included in the rate. Pick-up/drop-off from other location can be organized with an extra charge.
On request, it is possible to enrich this excursion with a picnic on the Volcano (local products: Caponata, cheese, olives, homemade bread, Etna wine, water) and/or with a donkey ride (one or two donkeys), with an additional cost.

Contact us to book a private excursion on the Etna, we will let you know about our availability and answer any questions you may have.

Number of people/ rate per person

2                                 €330

3                                 €275

4                                 €240

5                                 €225

6                                 €220

7                                 €235

8                                €225

The above rates include the price of the cablecar/unimog €60 pp

– 1h donkey ride inserted in the excursion at the cost of €65 per person
– 2h donkey ride inserted in the itinerary at the cost of €75 per person
Pic-nic in a rucksack: €18 per person/Light lunch at refuge: €30 per person. Full lunch €55 per person

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