A valid alternative to the summit craters is the 3,000m Etna excursion. You go up by cable car up to 2,500 metres, then by 4x4 up to 2800 metres. From here begins the path on foot up to 3000 metres. It will be possible to observe the summit craters, then we will stop on a lateral crater (Barbagallo at about 2900 metres). You will admire the recent lava flows, until you reach the inside of a lava channel. We will visit an effusive vent (2002 eruption) and from here we will descend by foot to reach the Cable Car sation along the sandbanks to the mound from where we will observe the Bove Valley, admiring, on fine days, a view that sweeps from the Ionian Riviera to the interior of Sicily. Duration: 3 hours walking / around 5 hours total tour. Meeting Point Shelter Alpine Guides Etna Sud, next to the hotel Rifugio Giovanni Sapienza