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Mt. Etna jeep tour, November 12, 2025, from Catania

Posted by (Longmont, Colorado) on

After my RS Best of Sicily tour ends on the morning of November 12, I would like to take a jeep tour on Mt. Etna.

I'm looking for your experience with a tour company that would pick me up at my Catania hotel (Romano House) in the morning after breakfast, take me up to Mt. Etna, and return me to my hotel in the late afternoon. I am willing to pay an extra fee for the door-to-door service.

The RS tour already includes a winery on Mt. Etna on another day, so I'm just looking for a one-day jeep tour.

These are the two tour companies that I'm considering:

I'm a hiker in Colorado but I'm not looking for a challenging hike. I just want to see Mt. Etna up close and personal with a guide. I don't necessarily want to go to the summit or hike for miles.

Also, should I do a half-day or a full-day?

If you're signed up for the same RS Sicily tour and would like to do this with me, please chime in!

Thanks,

Susan

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In April of this year, we used the tour company Sicily Life for a 6 hour driving tour of Etna and its slopes. We were picked up at our AirBnB in Taormina, and driven to an alpine-like base camp at 6000 feet. We walked around, visited the shops, picked up a couple lava rocks (although you're not supposed to do that) and listened to the bangs, booms, watched some plumes, and felt a little ash rain. Stayed about 45 minutes.

Then we were driven down in the fog to Linguaglossa on the slopes of Etna to the Gambino Winery, where we sampled 5 different wines and had a wonderful charcuterie. From there we were driven back to Taormina, but stopping along the way at some interesting points, a 6th century castle and some very cool tiny villages, including the Alcantara valley and gorge.

It was a great day--we paid about 540 Euro for 4 people, which I didn't think was too bad considering all we did.

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We did a great half-day tour with Etna People a few years ago: https://www.etnapeople.com/

However, we were collected from Taormina and it looks like that is the only place they collect from. I'm adding this here in case it's helpful to others who may see this thread and are staying in Taormina.

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