Winter Etna tour - Trekking on Mount Etna

Excursion along Bove Valley: the most suggestive panoramic points of the Etna
The excursion starts from an altitude of about 1850 meters (Rifugio Sapienza), the first part of the route will be conducted over the slope and the sandy ground on which we will walk along an amazing area populated of a black larch pine forest and a rich endemic vegetation such as soapwort, Etna violets, low shrubs which lose their color in winter but not their morphology.
In this first part you can enjoy a breathtaking panorama that ranges from the Gulf of Catania to the Ionian Sea.

Continuing to walk we will see the active summit craters with the southeast crater in the foreground which on several occasions throughout 2021 and in the first months of 2022 gave rise to a series of very intense eruptive events, with Strombolian activity and flows lava that drastically changed the morphology of the crater.
We will arrive on the south wall of the magnificent Valle del Bove, the huge basin that contains the lava flows of the most important and recent eruptions. This valley is ten kilometers long and five wide, it constitutes an embankment against eruptions allowing the lava to flow out and thus keep it away from inhabited centres. The area is also particularly important for volcanologists who can thus observe the progress of the eruptions and at the same time constitute a sort of open-air museum of Etna. After a stop, we will continue in a westerly direction until we reach the eruptive fracture which opened at an altitude of 2100 meters in the year 2001, immediately afterwards we will continue in the direction of the Silvestri craters (upper) and return to the starting point.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.