The meeting point is in the car park of the G. Sapienza Lodge – South Etna (altitude 1900 m.) where, after reporting for the trek and having your booking checked, we will board the Etna Cable Car to reach an altitude of 2500 m.; once there, we will continue ascending, on 4×4 buses, to an altitude of 2900 m. Here our trek will begin, eventually reaching the SUMMIT CRATERS, at an altitude of approximately 3300 m. After a stop alongside the Summit Craters (CENTRAL CRATER OR BOCCA NUOVA) we’ll begin our descent.
First stop at the Craters of 2002 (BARBAGALLO CRATERS), then we’ll head for the face of the VALLE DEL BOVE (BELVEDERE). We’ll then set off again until we reach an altitude of 2500 m. for the second time, to return by cable car to our departure point.
Excursion to the summit craters from South Etna
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Excursion to the summit craters from South Etna
6 hours
Mon, Thu, Sat
Medium
The price includes:
Certified Guide; Hiking shoes; Trekking poles; Helmet
Scheduling
Mon, Thu, Sat
Recommended period
From April to November
Duration
6 hours
Difficulty
Medium
Starting point
Rifugio Sapienza - Etna Sud Map
Departure time
8:30 am
Recommended equipment
Trekking shoes, layered clothing for the different temperatures we may encounter during the excursion, long trousers, hat, backpack. Telescopic trekking poles will be provided by the Guides on request.
We recommend that you bring a sack lunch with you.
Notes
THE PRICE ONLY COVERS THE SERVICES OF THE GUIDE (COST OF RETURN CABLE CAR + 4WD BUS ONE WAY - TICKETS €60.00 PER PERSON, PAYABLE ON SITE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE) - The excursion is forbidden to children under 10 years old
Warnings
EXCURSION ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE HEART PROBLEMS AND ASTHMATICS
Excursion to the summit craters from South Etna
Excursion to the summit craters from South Etna
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The Mountain Guide - Master of Mountaineering is completely autonomous in every discipline and over any territory in the 16 countries worldwide registered with the U.I.A.G.M. (The International Union of Mountain Guides Association): Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, England, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, The United States, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Currently the Etna guides, who are the only professional figures permitted by Regional Law 28 dated 6/4/96 to accompany people on the volcano, form part of the Mountain and Volcanological Guides Regional Authority of Sicily, located in Nicolosi (CT) at Via Etnea no. 49 and has 53 mountain and Volcanological guide members.