Holiday type: walking tour, with people coming from different countries.    Duration: 8 days/7 nights     Difficulty :  Group size: from 5 to 15 people  Price: from 990 € [Large image]

 The Aeolian Islands Archipelago is made up of 7 islands: Lipari, Vulcano, Salina, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi. Vast black ebony-like beachescontrast with light coloured shorelines. This dramatic nature offers many peculiarities, such as strange perforated rocks resembling bold bridges and arches (I faraglioni); areas of bubbling sea due to underwater fumaroles; rocks with a network of clefts from which boiling water gushes and hot springs. Meanwhile, Mt Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe. It offers a variety of different aspects, from black flows of lava and vast plains of black sand to a luxuriant vegetation on its lower slopes. It rises to 3350m above sea level at the summit craters, but this height varies as a result of on-going constructive and destructive explosive activity that constantly reshapes the summit crater area. A superb opportunity to explore the dramatic volcanic landscapes of Sicily's Aeolian Islands and Mt Etna. 

• Walk on Mt Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano
• See the continuous volcanic activity of Stromboli
• Discover the picturesque village at the Aeolians Island 
  

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Holiday type: walking tour, with people coming from different countries. English and French speaking guide

Skill Level: moderate, 3 to 6 hours walking each day, hilly-to-steep terrain. A prior hiking experience is recommended. The excursion on Stromboli is the most demanding. People with respiratory problems may have discomfort in sulphurous areas with fumes.

Departure 2012:  14/04; 09/06; 23/06; 07/07; 21/07; 25/08; 27/10

Accommodation:

• 2 nights in hotel*** in Catania,
• 2 nights in hotel*** or apartements *** in Lipari,
• 2 nights in hotel*** in Stromboli
• 1 night  in hotel***  on Etna South

Equipment: good and solid trekking shoes, wind and water proof jacket, hat and gloves, head torch with batteries, bathing suit, sun glasses and sun cream, alpenstock and gators for volcanic ash path

Luggage: we advise you to use two kind of bags. A big one with wheels where you put all your staff. A rucksack (30 liters) for your trekking. Sometimes you have to carry your luggage for short distances (for example when you catch the hydrofoil

Included:

• - All the transfers by bus and ferries
• - Bed and breakfast accommodation in hotels or apartments
• - All dinners
• - English speaking guide during the whole week
• - Volcano Guide at Stromboli

Not included:

• - Transfers airport-hotel and viceversa on day 1 and day 8 (1 € by bus; 25 € by taxi)
• - All kind of beverages and personal items - Lunches (5 € per day)
• - Option Etna Summit 60€ (Cable car and 4WD vehicles + Volcano guide to climb Mt Etna)

Important:  Etna and Stromboli are active volcanoes. Groups are allowed to climb up the Craters, escorted by a certified volcano guide. Each volcano guide escorts to the top max 20 people. The access to the top is generally allowed, however this can change at any time. The volcano guides reserve the right to decide whether or not to climb to the craters according to safety measures, the weather and also the physical condition of the trekkers. Mandala Tour is not responsible in case of impossibility to reach the summit of the volcanoes.

 

Booking/info:  Teresa Scribano

	Bokking request
	+39 095 508959
	+39 095 504029