Etna Cable Car Tour.
Ascent Mount Etna by cable car and hike down on the ashes for a fun volcanic tour!
Half-Day
2600 mt
Difficulty
Moderate
Mount Etna Cable Car Top Easy Tour
Discover the largest volcano in Europe at 2600 meters altitude, followed by a volcano expert guide. Once you get to the top, you will explore the still warm craters just at the base of the summit while admiring the beautiful view around. An excursion to an active volcano is a unique adventure, a challenge and a privilege reserved for the more adventurous. But with an expert guide at your side, you too can face this amazing experience. An excursion with the Etna cable car and a hike at 2600 meters. Downhill trekking is easy and fun, full of unforgettable volcanic landscapes. To finish this volcanic encounter, we will visit one of the many lava caves on Mount Etna.
Etna Tour highlights
- Reach the area close to the summit active craters of the volcano at about 2600 meters a.s.l with the cable car and hike around the still warm crater
- Walk on the still hot craters of the last great eruption of Etna and enjoy the easy downhill hike on the volcanic ashes
- Visit a lava flow cave with an expert guide always by your side
Tour Prices and Details.
Tour Guide available in the following languages : English, Français, Español, Deutsche
The excursion is of an easy level and is suitable for anyone who is in good health and used to walking over the age of 6. Children under 12 years benefit of a 10€ discount.
What’s Included.
Pick-up/drop-off on option selected, Natural environmental guide, Cable car ticket, VAT and insurance
Etna Cable Car Tour
Full description
Get ready to visit one of the most active volcanoes in the world by climbing up to 2600 meters of altitude. You will board an off-road vehicle and then continue by cable car reaching 2500 meters, the hike will start from a beautiful panoramic area close to the summit active craters at about 2600 meters.
From here you have a first fascinating view of the true volcanic landscape of Etna with its active smoky craters on one side and the splendid view over the entire Ionian coast on the other. You will have the opportunity to explore this area of the volcano with an expert guide at your side, who will get you through a path that follows the craters formed during the eruptions of the years 2001.
The uphill path will take us to the top of the 2001 crater, after which the descent will begin on the volcanic ash accumulated during the various eruptions to reach the large caldera called “Valle del Bove”, the wide depression where most of the lava flows.
At the end of the route, of about 5 km, we will finish this splendid adventure at the base of the cable car.
At the end of the route, of about 5 km, we will finish this splendid adventure at the base of the cable car.
Recommended equipment
Layered hiking clothing, windbreaker or fleece, hiking boots and sunscreen
COVID-19 security protocol
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For more information about access to the Etna volcano, you can consult the following links:
Parco Dell’Etna – National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology – Mount Etna News