Excursion to the highest viewpoint on Mount Etna 3000 tour
Mount Etna cable car tour: Tour description
Summit Craters of Mount Etna
Daily Etna Tours to the highest volcano in Europe. We will pick you up at your accommodation in Sicily with our comfortable air conditioned vehicles and head in direction Mount Etna. During our adventurous drive up to the volcano, we will pass the small towns of Pedara, Nicolosi, Zafferana Etnea and cold lava fields formed over the years, you will reach the “Rifugio Sapienza Etna”. Here the Emotion Etna 3000 m begins.
By cable car you will reach an altitude of 2500 m and will eventually get up to 2900 m by special unimog vehicles. The area you will find yourself in now, is called “Torre del Filosofo” at the foot of the main crater. From here you will have a stunning view over the Mediterranean, if weather permitting.
Mount Etna Lava Eruption
A competent Alpine / Vulcanological guide will accompany you during a approx. 40 minutes tour, visiting the hot smoking craters, born after the 2002-2003 eruption. Back at Rifugio Sapienza, you’ll have a traditional Sicilian lunch at a chalet. Afterwards, equipped with helmets and flashlights you will enjoy an unforgettable experience visiting a real lava cave.
At the end of the tour we will drive you back to your accommodation.
Info Mount Etna cable car tour
- Guide: During the tour an English-speaking guide will explain you the most interesting phenomena of the eruptive Volcano and will inform you about plants and animals. On summit, included competent Alpine / Vulcanological guide
- Type of Excursion: Mixed off-road and hikings
- Difficulty: Easy
- Accessibility: Tours are easy and accessible to everyone.
- Recommendations: We recommend sturdy shoes, adequate clothes according to the weather, a bottle of water and do not forget your camera, of course!
- What’s also included: Inclusive of cable car ticket and “UNIMOG” jeep, 1 small bottle of water per person and equipment like trekking poles, helmet and torch for the visit of a lava cave
- Pickup service: In the area around of Taormina and Catania pick up and drop-off at your hotel, camping, pension, holiday house, railway station, port, etc. is included. Possibility to meet us at the highway exit (in case you travel with your own car).
- Children: Children under 12 years pay 15 euro less and Children under 5 years pay 65 euro less. Upon request we can provide a child safety seat or booster seat (free)
- SMALL GROUPS: normally 6-16 participants
- VULCANOLOGICAL GUIDE: Including competent Alpine / Vulcanological guide
- Trekking Shoes: Rental of trekking shoes upon request, cost EUR 5.00/pair
- Availability: We are open all year, except: 25.12 and 01.01
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After purchasing the tour you will receive a gift certificate that can be used within 12 months
Mount Etna cable car tour: Prices
Prices are inclusive of taxes and insurance
No hidden fees – All inclusive
Duration: 8 hours
Summer season: from April to October
- p.p. with pick up at our meeting point motorway exit GIARRE
Meeting point (Free Parking):
Motorway Catania-Messina motorway exit GIARRE
Coordinates: 37°42’15.8″N 15°10’10.0″E
- p.p. with pick up at your hotel in Catania / Taormina area
Pickup and drop-off service:
In the area of Catania and Taormina pick up and drop-off at your hotel/address
Winter season: from November to March
- p.p. with pick up at your hotel in Catania / Taormina area
Pickup and drop-off service:
In the area of Catania and Taormina pick up and drop-off at your hotel/address
- Including typical Sicilian lunch
- The price includes EURO 65,00 / person cost of cable car and Unimog
- FREE Cancellation until 24 hours before tour begin
Sicilian specialities will be served: Typical Sicilian appetizer, Main course Pasta, dessert, Water, bread, wine and coffee.
If you have any food requests ( vegetarians) or health problems (allergy etc), please let us know.
In advance
by Bank transfer
In advance by
Credit card
On request, with a supplement, it is possible to request pick-up service also outside of Catania / Taormina, for example: Syracuse, Noto, Messina, etc.
Upon request we also offer “private” trips. Vehicle and guide are exclusively available to you. You also have the possibility to book a tour by minivan. Contact us
