Etna Summit tour

Climb the highest Volcano of Europe;
Visit Etna Volcano;
Enjoy an outdoor Adventure;
Admire Etna Summit Craters;
Marvel the lava desert;
See the best view of Sicily;

Mount etna summit and crater trek

This full-day Etna Summit Hike will take you to an altitude of 3320 meters (10300 ft.) to admire the most fantastic view that Sicily can offer. Along with the excursion, we get onboard of Etna cable car, we enjoy an off-road Unimog Jeep tour, and we are going to walk for a total of six hours, crossing some of the most suggestive trekking trails of the volcano. Get ready to experience the thrill of looking at the vertical walls of the Etna summit craters plunging and disappearing into the depth of the planet, to hear the rumbling of the explosions, and the look at the emissions of gasses. This guided trekking tour to the summit area is the ultimate Mount Etna tour. The price of the trip includes Transport, tickets for the Cableway and the Unimog Jeep. We provide trekking shoes and walking poles. Check the other available Etna excursions from Taormina.

Escursion Details

Our guided tour to the Mt. Etna summit craters starts at 7:30 a.m. One of our guides will pick you up at your hotel, in Taormina, Catania, or surrounding towns. Once at Rifugio Sapienza (Nicolosi) on the south side of Mount Etna, using the cableway and an off-road 4x4 vehicle, We will reach our trek's starting point at an altitude of 3000 meters. We will climb to the top of the volcano with a three hours walk. Once at the summit, there will be time to enjoy the spectacular view of the sea, the Aeolian island, and most of Sicily's island. The excursion path on the way back passes by some popular landmarks like the Barbagallo craters and the Bove Valley. Our tours to the summit of Etna are scheduled to finish around four p.m.

The price includes transport, cable car, boots and walking poles.