Etna Excursion 4X4 Jeep Tour: Discover Etna's History and Landscape

Embark on a thrilling 4X4 jeep tour of Mount Etna, exploring its history, landscape, and volcanic activity. Visit lava flows, a volcanic cave, and the famous Valle del Bove, accompanied by passionate guides. Discover over 300 extinct lateral craters and fall in love with the beauty of Etna.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mount Etna - During the excursion we will cross old lava flows off-road, we will visit the majestic Vale del Bove, a volcanic cave equipped with helmets and torches and the wonderful lateral craters at an altitude of 2000m above sea level, all accompanied by our guides’ explanations.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Equipment for visiting the cave (helmet and torch).
What's Not Included
  • Transfer from the Hotel (Extra service, price on request).
  • Trekking shoe hire € 5 per pair, jacket hire € 3.
Additional Information

The Etna 2000 Morning jeep excursion is tailored to offer everyone an opportunity to explore the significant locations of Etna whilst gaining a comprehensive understanding of its history, development, and activity. Initiated from the lava flows that previously devastated the Etna villages, our trip culminates approximately 2000m above sea level at Mount Etna’s skiing and tourist hotspot. Along the route, we’ll visit a mesmerising volcanic cave (lava tube), admire the renowned Valle del Bove from a viewpoint, equipped with helmets and torches. With our keen guides by your side, we’ll enjoy a delightful trek around side craters like the Silvestri Craters. Mount Etna hosts around 300 dormant lateral craters. Our 4X4 jeeps facilitate the journey to various significant locations. Throughout the excursion, our guides will furnish all the necessary insight into Etna. By the end of the journey, we anticipate you’ll adore Etna as much as we do.

Location
Piazza Sant'Alfio
At the meeting point you will find our jeeps, a white Land Rover Defender and a dark gray Toyota Land Cruiser.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Vacation38688315276
Jun 24, 2024
Great views of Mount Etna - We drove up in a rental car and had beautiful clear weather. Nice view of Mount Etna and the fragrant broom . Above parking paid and tickets purchased for cable car including 4x4 with circular walk. It was a fantastic experience with beautiful views. If you're really afraid of heights, I wouldn't recommend the hike. Furthermore for everyone good walking .
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Janakk3635cf
Nov 15, 2023
Stunning Tour with passionate guide Fabrizio - The Tour and our guide Fabrizio was really excellent !!!! Fabrizio is really passionate about Etna, its geology, history, biology… we have been informed about so many new information. Also the weather was beautiful si we had stunning panoramas :) This tour is absolutely must whenever you are in Sicily. 11 stars from 10!!! Amazing, fabulous, professional, friendly and passionate ✨🌋 everybody must go for this tour 👌🤌
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L2574rlpatricias
Oct 19, 2023
Don't Miss This Tour - Fabrizzio was fantastic! We were able to take a truly off road tour with an opportunity to see a lateral lava cave that was so interesting. His knowledge of volcanos and the local floral and fauna was endless. We were so happy that we booked this tour.
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74adrianap
Aug 15, 2023
Great excursion with great guides. - Excellent excursion led by Fabrizio and Enea, who made us know and appreciate Etna, accompanying us with great kindness and extreme attention, competence and professionalism. Warmly recommended.
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Cvandfamily
Aug 4, 2023
A great and Fascinating tour! - We booked a Jeep tour, which took 4 hours from the meeting point. We chose Aetna Moves as they were no. 1 rated on several web sites including tripadvisor. The tour covered jeep rides, with a fair bit of off-road, cave exploration, 2-3 viewing points on the way up and above valle della bove, and tour of the craters up at 2000m. Fabrizio was an exceptional tour guide, covering our tour in both Italian and English but making it all sound so simple. The kids (and we parents!) learned so much about the history and recent activity of Etna, associated mythology, surrounding nature and vulcanology generally. This is a well spent €70 per person! Grazie Mille Fabrizio!
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Harijs
Jul 7, 2023
unforgettable adventure - It was amazing tour. Fabrizio is fantastic guide. He explained everything about Etna - history, geology, biology. He cared about every tourist in the group and bring us to really nice and unforgottable places of Etna. We absolutely enjoyed this tour and recommend it.
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Creepertf
May 18, 2023
Memorable excursion to Etna - We had a wonderful morning excursion up Mt Etna with Fabrizio, he was particularly attentive to our 8 year son but was engaging with us all. his tour was informative from the moment we got in his much loved Land Rover Defender. As others have commented he told us the history, geology and ecology of the mountain with a delivery understood by us all. I would definitely recommend his Excursion.
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Heather2015
May 18, 2023
Excellent tour of Mt. Etna! - This is an excellent tour of Mount Etna. A real off-road tour, totally off the beaten track. Fabrizio was our guide and he is so informative about the history of the volcano and all its inner workings. We learned so much. We highly recommend this tour!
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Gregers_p
Sep 3, 2022
Amazing. - Fantastic tour. And very good guides, giving a very professionel introduction ro the histore of Etna. I can recommend this tour.
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Connector45968045934
Jul 6, 2024
A memorable day with Fabrizio on etna! - We took this tour with Fabrizio and 'climbed' all the way up to 3,000 meters with the jeep. We were lucky to get a break in the clouds and a fabulous view of etna's smoke rings. Fabrizio was a fabulous host. He was polite, passionate and fun! We booked very last minute (the night before) And he was kind enough to accommodate. We met at a point and he drove us up the north side, stopping at a lava cave along the way. We climbed in and he explained the phenomenon to us with photos to help illustrate. The north side is quiet and avoids the cable car madness. The drive was long but interesting with many changes in fauna and Landscape that he explained in interesting detail. We then joined a larger group and took a 4x4 together up to 3,000 meters. Note that the 4x4 is operated by a different tour company so we were at their mercy. But Fabrizio worked alongside them well and always expanded on their information with extra colour. His passion for the mountain is evident and contagious. Of course he covered the basics as well, with jackets and a helmet/ hat ṭo lend us as needed. We had a wonderful, memorable experience here and it wouldn't have been the same without Fabrizio! We got even more lucky as later that evening we watched etna erupt from our dinner table. Amazing!
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