Etna Morning Experience: Cave, Trails & Tasting from Syracuse

Guide picked us up on time, good meeting place. Needed to engage a bit more and get people talking, focused more on task rather than including us in activity. Felt a bit hurried and pushed thru quickly to make decisions, especially about taking cable car up to secondary area. I don’t remember reading about the extra cost to do this, I might have missed it. I did enjoy the mountain. The cave was disapppointing, thought it was a walk thru ? Why bother? The tasting was blah….felt it was just to sell their product. Should have offered lunch as an include. Probably could have done more on the mountain. Also ask people if they want a few minutes to walk thru shops and get a souvenir. I did enjoy seeing the mountain though.

Federico was a very nice guide 😊 great accompaniment! Plan on wearing walking shoes and a one and a half hour hike anyway Magnificent site 😍

Our guides knowledge was amazing, but we would have liked to do more hiking. The wine tasting was not impressive but the restaurant itself is set in a lovely area.

Our guide was hugely informative about Etna and about Syracuse and Sicily, so the tour was great from that point of view. Please note though: this tour only takes you a little way up Etna - it does not take you anywhere near the top - we thought this should have been made clearer during the booking process. Also be aware that the tastings included in the tour do not constitute lunch. If you want that, it is an extra. It is not particularly expensive, but I think that people should be aware of this before booking. Despite these two caveats, it was a fun and interesting half day!

Salvatore looked after us from start to finish. His tour was lively , interesting and bespoke. He made the group feel at ease.

Easy connection and simple to make the reservation. We were picked up in siracusa for the ride to Mt Etna. Salvator Mario entertained us with stories of the volcano. We learned a lot.

A brilliant tour, very interesting and varied. Our guide was Eduardo, he was excellent, very knowledgeable and patient, with good English. There were just 4 of us on the tour, and we chose to hike around the lower craters rather than pay extra to go up the cable car. It was an interesting walk, quite challenging at times, walking uphill in deep black ash (like sand), but we never felt rushed, and Eduardo stopped lots of times to explain things we saw - aspects of the volcanic landscape, the history of Etna, the local flora and fauna, all sorts of things. After the hike, we drove in the minibus to a lava cave, where we were given helmets and torches to go down and explore, with Eduardo explaining how these caves were formed Our final stop was at a lovely vineyard/restaurant to sample wines and treats made locally, close to Etna. There was no pressure to buy anything (although we did as it was very nice!) All in all, a really enjoyable day, much longer and better than we were expecting. We'd highly recommend this trip to others.

Messed us around for several hours before eventually cancelling the booking. Wasted half a day waiting around for a pick up that never came. Didn't get to experience the one thing we came to Sicily for. Complete disappointment.

Amazing tour, we loved every minute of this once in a lifetime experience! Logistics were clear, the tour was informative and we met s lot of lovely people! Don't miss it!

There were just 6 of us on this trip and Federico was very welcoming, friendly and knowledgeable about the Mountain and the flora and fauna. He had an easy relaxed manner with a translatable sense of humour. He took his time with each member of the group making sure we understood and were happy. After the mountain we ventured into a lava tube and then onto a farm/shop to sample their produce. I would definitely recommend Etna Tribe - I wish I'd found them sooner during my stay in Sicily as they offer other trips that I would like to have done.