4WD
Etna Excursion
4WD ETNA EXCURSION
Etna 4WD Tours
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Yellow etna broom on lava fields along the way to the
upper Etna slopes during a group Etna 4wd excursion. |
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Adventure
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Educational value |
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Typology:
Etna 4wd
tour with
a
geologist/volcanologist
Difficult: EASY
Duration:
Half
Day - 4 hours and an half
(morning 9.00-13.30 or afternoon 15.00 19.30)
When:
all year
around
Price:
75.00 Euro per adult (Half day Group
Tour).
Children up to 12 years pay 10 euros less
Private Tour on
request - rates at the bottom page
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4WD ETNA Excursion -
Half Day Itinerary
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Driving on the way
back
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A
4wd Etna
excursion is an easy
exclusive
half
day tour
to
explore the
volcano
by
an exciting ride by
off-road vehicle.
If
you want see
as much as possible
despite of so short
time
it's the best
option
we can offer you.Tours will start
from your accomodation
or from a pick up place.
Our
knowledgeable and
enthusiastic guides
will show the Etna
landscapes and
wildness, endemic
flora and geological
features explaining
the surrounding
fragile environment.
Having care of it,
we'll take you
following off-road
itineraries through
Etna's lava fields
always driving on
tracks,
exploring caves, and
walking to reach
the "Valle del Bove"
Caldera's rim,
immense theatre of
some major last
eruptions.
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Cave
exit (lava tunnel) |
After the visit of the
caldera, during our 4wd Etna
excursion we'll
drive you up
to about 2000 meters,
where we will see the
effects of the 2002
eruption against the
touristic facilities of
Piano Provenzana walking
across the lava flow to
the destroied hotels. On
the way back
it
will be possible
to have a short and
easy trekking (1h
long roundtrip walk)
to the 1865 eruptive
fissure.
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Timpa Rossa mountain
refuge |
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Highlights:
Eruptive fracture of
2002
eruption - vents
and lava field | Piano
Provenzana area and its
destroyed touristic
facilities | Valle del
Bove" Caldera | Lava
tunnel** (volcanic
cave)|.
Geological and Nature
Highlights:
eruptive fractures,
cinder cones, spattern
cones, monogenic cones,
volcanic bombs, aa
lavas, formation of lava
flow banks and lava
tunnels**. |
**Safety helmets and
flash light are provided
by VolcanoTrek.
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ADDITIONAL INFO |
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Service is operated in
English. For other languages, please contact us.
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Participants should
wear trekking shoes suitable for rugged terrain
or
jogging shoes at least,
and a wind-proof jacket.
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This excursion
is graded EASY (for all ages). However, weather conditions apply (strong winds,
cold and snow, even in summer).
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All participants must
be in good health (no asthma, no respitory disorders, no heart problems, no
blood pressure problems).
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Period:
Excursions are scheduled throughout the entire year
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RATES |
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PRIVATE TOURS
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RATES
for
ETNA By 4WD
Children up to 12 years pay 10 euros less |
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Number of Persons:
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5-8 |
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Price per Person |
HALF DAY |
205,00 € |
145,00 € |
115,00 € |
99,00 € |
89,00 € |
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GROUP TOURS
(not private
You will be jointed with other persons)
RATES
for
ETNA By 4WD
Children up to 12 years pay 10 euros less |
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Duration:
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Half Day |
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Price per Person |
75,00 €
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GROUP RATES
and INCENTIVES (more than 8 persons
and T.O.) |
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Request a QUOTATION
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Price Includes:
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Tour escorted by
a
qualified geologist/volcanologist from the VolcanoTrek
Team
and
naturalistic
local
tour guide
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Equipment
necessary for cave
excursion (safety helmet
+ electric head light)
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Pick-up and
drop-off at your
hotel or at any other
location.
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Food and drinks-Lunch
Break
(only
having a full day tour)
with delicius sicilian
food and wine (Cerasuolo
di Vittoria, Nero
d'Avola or Etna). Please
let us know your diet
(vegetarian..)
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Complimentary
information booklet and
CD
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Full accommodation
search assistance
Pricing Policy:
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| PAYMENT and BOOKING Travel Voucher |
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To book email: info@volcanotrek.com
or fill our
Booking Form
T: (39) 333 2096604
For every confirmed booking you will be required to print a voucher which is presented at the destination. You will receive a link to your voucher via email once your booking is confirmed.
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