Ätna Spezial

Rückmeldung eines englischen Gastes:

"Ich muss sagen, was für ein toller Ausflug zum Ätna! Und Dank an Rosario, dass er mir so wundervolle Sehenswürdigkeiten gezeigt hat. Es war fantastisch!" (T. Salt, Großbritannien) ( Etna Private Tours </ link>)

"Tom ... Wir haben den Tag wirklich genossen. Wegen der Menge an Schnee mussten wir von der Bergstation der Seilbahn laufen, und das machte es zu einem sehr langen Tag, aber umso unvergesslicher.
Die Sicht von oben war sehr gut, und wir konnten die Äolischen Inseln deutlich sehen, obwohl es wegen der Gaswolken sehr schwer war in den Krater zu sehen. Wir hatten etwas Wanderausrüstung, aber die Schneeschuhe, die Rosario mitbrachte, waren sehr nützlich, wenn auch etwas schwierig zu gewöhnen.
Rosario war großartig, mit einem sehr guten Wissen über die Berge, Vulkane und gutes Englisch (auch wenn er das nicht glaubte). Wir würden uns und / oder Rosario jedem empfehlen, der Sizilien besucht, der auf den Ätna (oder andere Vulkane) reisen möchte. Mark & ​​Sarah (Schottland) "

Rückmeldungen zur Reise nach Sizilien mit Marta Gasparrini:

"Tom, Had a great tour, Etna was more than impressive, just fantastic - like a moonscape up there. ..." (J Perston, UK)

".. Just got back from Sicily. I had a very enjoyable time even though Etna has been shy and did not want to put on a performance. On the Monday I went round to the North side visiting the Grotta del ghiaccio, first time wearing crampons. The second day was spent in the Valle del Bove. The third day spent at the summit craters. The fourth day I joined Marta visiting the Alcantara Gorge, Taormina and spending the evening and next day in Catania.
As usual, Marta maintained the professional standards I have come to expect from the "Volcano Discovery" team, and I expect the three other clients felt the same way." (S. Banfield, UK)

Rückmeldung zu einer Individual-Tour am Ätna:

Tom,
I am writing to you to thank you for a wonderful tour. 
Both yourself and Rosario provided a fantastic service from the moment we enquired to the moment we arrived back at Rifugio Sapienza. Rosario was a great guide and he helped us to get much more out of our trip to Mt Etna than we could have hoped for and truly made it a trip to remember.
Should you ever need a reference, I would be more than happy to oblige. As soon as I can, I will be putting some photos on our website of Rosario and our trip.  Should you want a copy of any of them, just let me know.  I will let you know when I have published them.  It will probably be at least a week though.

Many thanks once again, Daniel & Julie http://www.danielandjulie.co.uk/

Rückmeldung über eine Individual-Reise zum Ätna:
Hi all, Sorry about the late reply, just getting back in the swing of things at work. We climbed Etna as planned, although you do not appreciate the grand size of it until you are there. Etna being over 3 times higher than any mountain in Ireland. We met our guide at the top of the road near the excursion centre by the cable car. After he had sorted us out with gear we headed off up the cable car and trekking across the snow. i must admit that i had never trekked in snow before nor had any of my team. (We hardly get any snow in Ireland only rain). After hiking for about 4-5 hours and lots of breaks we got to the cabin at the top with in about 30 - 45 mins from the main cones.
It is hard to describe the mountain. it was total covered with snow  and was a small bit cold but once you keep moving you don't really feel it, a clear blue sky since we were above the clouds and total quite not a person for miles. Peaceful a bit different than my job.
After the guide digging out the snow from the cabin door we ventured in to get some much needed food and hot drinks which we had carried up the mountain. after resting at the cabin it was decided to head back down, as one of the teams old back injury had came back to haunt him. On the way down we looked at some lateral craters and vents. We later headed back down the cable car and to the excursion centre.
This trip was well worth going and i would recommend it to any one traveling to scissile to attempt this trip. Who knows I may come back and attempt it again myself one day, when I am a bit fitter I think.
A special thanks to the guide for staying with us and showing us the beauty of the mountain. I am sure he could have climbed the mountain in the half the time it he wanted to. (lol). And to all the staff of Volcano Discovery for making this trip one of the best trips i have been on.
Yours sincerely,
Christopher Corbett
Igor Kendrinkski
Paul Doolan
Marco (Ireland)

Rückmeldung über die private Stromboli & Ätna Tour mit unserem Reiseleiter Marco Fulle.

Hello Tom,
We're now back from another great week on Etna.
We very much enjoyed our day out with Marco on 5th June (Rosario had to lead a group that day) which Steve Banfield joined us for. We visited the 'Bottoniera'to do some filming/photos for a few hours, returning down the usual pleasant descent route around Mte. Montagnola.
We undertook numerous other walks on Etna during the week – some of which we had not done before - including a return to the current eruption site at the 'Bottoniera', when the activity had changed to more random and sporadic explosions from the upper vent, some of which were quite violent, although activity from the lower vent remained relatively predictable. We got some good night-time video footage of the active vents and lava flows from the Schiena dell'Asina on one of our evening excursions. On our last day, we got excellent views (and, luckily, some more good video footage – for once the Valle del Bove was mainly clear of clouds!) of the advancing active lava front between Mte. Simone & Mte. Centenari from the ridge above the Serra del Concazze; the eruption was clearly continuing in similar style to the previous days, although there were far less ash emissions as the upper vent was exhibiting more Strombolian-type activity."
(Niki, UK, custom Etna tour)

"Having visited Etna independently on 2 previous occasions, I wanted to join a small group so that I could hike to the main craters. I found the trip with Tom in July 2004 well organised and informative. Tom and the Etna guide that was with us for our 3 day trip took us to parts of Etna that no other tourist would probably know of or could visit safely. The hiking was long and fun. The visit to the main craters was fantastic and allowed us to see Etna in all its glory.
I will definately be joining Tom again later this year to visit Java and woud recommend Volcano Discovery to anyone with an interest in hiking volcanoes." (Andrew Jackson, UK)