Standard
Groups
3 hours
Duration
3/5
Difficulty
North Etna
Place
12+
Age
Jan - Dec
Availability
Trekking to the 2002 craters
30 €
Per person for adults
20 €
Per person for children under 12
* WITH SNOWSHOES IN THE WINTER MONTHS
This excursion, although only a few kilometers long, contains all the beauties of the volcano in a 5km route (round trip). The meeting with the qualified guide is scheduled in Piano Provenzana at 10:00. In this location full of large car parks, you can arrive with your car easily. The guide will provide all the details about the route and will recommend the most suitable equipment to tackle it. The path begins on the flows of the great eruption of 2002 and allows you to see the remains of the hotel buried by the flow itself, after which you go up, through woods and craters until you reach the imposing fracture of 2002 and its explosive craters. Then you will descend into channels of black volcanic ash and then reach the parking lot again.
Departure / Meeting point
Etna Nord – Mareneve Bar Kiosk in Piano Provenzana
Minimum number
Departure with a minimum number of 4 people
Private service option
Yes (for further information)
Difficulty
for walkers and families with children used to doing sports regularly
Departure
At 10:00
Highlights
- Total duration 3h
- Total km to cover on foot: 5
- Maximum altitude reached 2100m
- Professional guide
- Total altitude difference uphill: 300m
- Total height difference downhill: 300m
Included
- Volcanological guide
- Accident insurance
Excluded
- Trekking shoes
- Snowshoes
- Bottled water
- Car parking ticket (€5 all day)
Necessary equipment
- 1L of water per person in summer / 0.5 liters per person in winter is fine
- Thermal t-shirt, softshell, windbreaker, gloves and hat (in winter)
- Layered clothing (suitable for both winter and summer)
- T-Shirt and windbreaker (in summer)
- Trekking shoes
- Snowshoes *
- Long trousers recommended (especially in spring and autumn)
Recommended equipment
- Backpack
- Trekking poles *
- Trekking poles
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Gaiters (in winter)
- Waterproof jacket or k-way
WARNINGS
- Also suitable for children over the age of 6-7 years.
- Not recommended for pregnant women over 4 months of pregnancy.
- The experience is not recommended for those who do little physical activity.
- Not recommended for those suffering from dizziness, heart problems, hypertension or respiratory
- Important to identify and always communicate any guidance: insecurities, physical or health problems.
- Attention is required because the journey develops along the edges of craters and volcanic soil at times unstable.
- The itinerary develops above 1800 meters which favors a sense of tiredness, fatigue or shortness of breath.
- Not recommended for those suffering from mental diseases (psychiatric or psychological) with emotional and/or behavior disorders.
- The guide can take responsibility for suspending or postponed the excursion in the event of force majeure events such as: bad weather, volcanic eruption, health problems of the guide, which can affect the continuation of the experience or compromise the safety of individuals or the group .
- Services, timetables and routes are subject to change due to ordinances and/or volcanic activity; read the latest news here. Please refer to the summary during booking to be sure of the package purchased.
PROGRAM
Appointment with the guide at 10:00 am at the Mareneve Bar Kiosk in Piano Provenzana
Organization of the necessary equipment and initial payments and briefing
Departure of the walking route
Visit to the hotel half buried by the great flow
Continuation of the route inside the forest through the lava flows
Passage on the 1911 fracture
I arrive at the great fracture of 2002
Descent inside a sand channel to the starting point
