etna excursion from catania

The departure of this Etna tour from Catania starts around 8:00 when one of our guides will pick you up at your hotel or at a convenient meeting point for you. From Catania in about 50 minutes we will reach the Sapienza refuge, from where, after a briefing in which the route will be explained, we will board the cable car and then continue the ascent aboard a 4x4 Jeep which will cross a vast lava desert with a view of the southeast crater. Once we reach an altitude of 2850 meters we will begin a six hours trek following one of the most beautiful paths of the Etna volcano, in three hours we will climb to the top to admire a dramatic scenery, the active craters at a height of 3320 meters. After spending twenty minutes at the summit and enjoying a breathtaking views, we will begin the descent which includes a stop for a packed lunch. After lunch our Etna excursion will take us to the top of a series of craters born from the 2001 eruption and to one of the most enchanting places on southern Etna, overlooking the Valle del Bove. In the afternoon we will board the cable car to reach the starting point.