Etna Summit Tour: Explore Volcanic Craters
4.9
43 Ratings
Città metropolitana di Catania

Embark on an unforgettable Etna trekking tour to 3000 meters, where you’ll be treated to panoramic views, geological discoveries, and a glimpse of the summit craters. Book now!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piano Provenzana - The journey begins at Piano Provenzana, located at 1800 meters above sea level (Etna North), where a special 4x4 vehicle will take you to Piano delle Concazze at 2825 meters above sea level.
  • Itinerario Crateri Sommitali - Departing from Piano Provenzana at 1800 meters above sea level (Etna North), this is the only route…
What's Included
  • Hiking boots
  • Insurance and Volcanological/Alpine guide
  • Helmet
  • Walking sticks
What's Not Included
  • 4x4 tickets (60€ per person) to pay in cash on spot
Additional Information

Beginning at Piano Provenzana at 1800 meters above sea level (Etna Nord), the only slope currently offering a safe ascent to the summit, a special 4x4 vehicle will transport participants to 2825 meters above sea level (Piano delle Concazze).
From this point, the ascent to the main crater rim, reaching an altitude of 3,320 meters above sea level, takes…

Location
Piano Provenzana
Meeting point at Ashàra info point in front of Chiosco Bar Mareneve - Piano Provenzana (Etna Nord) Linguaglossa
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(43 Ratings)
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R4781bbthomasz
Nov 18, 2025
Wonderful, exciting trip - The trip was absolutely top. Guide Giacomo is a super likable guy with whom you can talk really well. He has an incredible amount of cool knowledge about Mount Etna, its history and current activity – which really gives you a completely different understanding of the volcano. The ascent and descent took place on different routes, which made the tour really varied and exciting. Overall a great trip with nice people, lots of fun and a portion of adventure. Would recommend to anyone!
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Monica
Oct 28, 2025
Great experience!! - Etna north summit craters, not particularly challenging but suggestive. Guide prepared and available, all well organized. To do!!
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Francescadp1810gp
Oct 12, 2025
Wonderful experience - Unique experience! All well organized, we were accompanied by Antonio, a very prepared, helpful and nice guide!
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Clarabu8847ef
Oct 3, 2025
Beautiful tour, passionate team, perfect organization - This experience was just beautiful! The organization was on point and we all felt very safe on the trip. The guides gave us very good equipment, they were in contact, supporting eachother as guides in case something happens, they had a lot of knowledge about the vulcano and the area and a really refreshing humor as well. I loved the whole experience and would recommended it to anyone interested. You gotta be fit and confident in your body though - it's not an easy peasy tour, but its really fun! Wishing you guys from Ashara all the best. You really touched our hearts :) Keep doing what you do and keep up the passion! ❤️
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166alexanderz
Sep 21, 2025
Beautiful tour to the northern summit with experienced Giudes - Thanks Massimo and team for the great day. We felt safe at all times and the experience is always to be seen by the guides / mountain guides. Also the valuable information during the tour is really nice. Thank you! Clear recommendation:)
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Flyer39103246864
Sep 11, 2025
Great paths and views, best guides! - It was such a unique experience with stunning views and even greater information and stories told by our guide Massimo. He truly was the best! We had a great time and learned so much from him and his great love to mount etna and volcanic knowledge. Sadly touring the north and the summit was not possible because of high volcanic activity (legal restrictions). But the Ashara Team made a great alternative plan, so we didn’t miss anything! Would recommend to my friends as well.
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914biagiod
Aug 25, 2025
Beautiful experience - Beautiful experience on the occasion of the excursion made to observe and admire the last lava flow of our beautiful Etna. The kind, attentive and professional guides, just beautiful people. Everything worked perfectly from the beginning to the end of the hike. Congratulations to all the staff.
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Psychi1982
Aug 8, 2025
Recommended for a unique and unforgettable experience - I chose Ashàra Etna and Stromboli Guides on the advice of a friend and it wasn’t just advice, it was a gift. Excursion with attention to detail, guides prepared, available and clear in providing all the information to make customers live an unforgettable experience, but in total safety. We had the guide Max, superlative... The groups are the maximum number allowed for each guide, in compliance with the current rules that this team wants to respect. Seriousness and competence, associated with sympathy... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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L6508cxalexisc
Oct 13, 2025
INCREDIBLE - This was an AMAZING experience. Let me preface it by saying the only reason I am giving 4 stars instead of 5 is that we had to wait an hour for another group to show up, which shortened our total excursion from 6 hours to 5. Most companies don't wait if people show up late. I think waiting 20 minutes would have been fine, but an hour was far too long. That being said, we still got to experience everything we were supposed to - summiting two of the 3 summit craters. Our guide Antonio was amazing! Informative, funny, made sure everyone was safe and okay - physically and mentally. He spoke perfect English as well. The experience was extraordinary, and if you are decently in shape you shouldn't have a problem at all after you adjust to the altitude. Highly recommend!!!
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Adriennev2020
Oct 4, 2025
Total fail of a tour - Sadly our tour was quite unsuccessful for my party. We were asked to move our tour to the following day due to weather, which was fine, however we were not informed that the weather was a significant amount of snow and would make the already challenging climb significantly harder. The company did not have any additional equipment for the snow, just standard hiking boots that had only minimally more tread than exercise shoes. The gathering of groups was very unorganized - we rode up with one guide who said we would take plenty of breaks as we did the climb but upon arrival we were passed to another guide (Giuseppe). He had zero patience or adjustment of speed for the snow and just wanted to go go go. We had barely been going five minutes and he was constantly questioning if we could make it. Then one of our party slipped and was told she could not continue. We continued on for another five minutes with him telling us we wouldn’t make it and finally decided to turn around. It was very disappointing. My husband and I just hiked the Grand Canyon 6 months ago and had no issues so I think we would have made the climb if we had been given the option to choose our pace and time to acclimate to the snow. The rest of our group was European (from Austria I believe) and clearly had more experience than us so I really felt that Guiseppe just wanted to ditch our group and quickly climb to the top with this group. Very disappointed how this tour was handled, would NOT recommend.
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From $75
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).