Flying by helicopter to Mount Etna

The helicopter flight over Etna is a magnificent experience that, in accompanying our customers, we have repeated many times but it is always a new experience.

Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe and its territory is continuously modified by the lava flows that make the volcano always appear different.

The craters of Etna are many, some of which for safety reasons, in some periods when eruptions are in progress, they are unapproachable.

Etna tour to discover the active craters

Many of the craters are inactive, others are more recent and periodic eruptions continue to write the history of this volcano offering us incredible and unique spectacles in the world.

1) The northeastern crater, created in 1911
2) Voragine, created in 1945
3) Bocca Nuova, created in 1968
4) The Southeast Craters, created in 1971
5) The new Southeast Crater, created by an eruption in 2007

Helicopter tour on Mount Etna, the north-east crater

Etna helicopter tour to discover the north-east crater. This dates back to 1911, after a period of quiet, 1955 a rude awakening gave rise to a massive eruption that lasted 9 years!

Another eruption dates back to 1986 when a huge mushroom rose above the volcano and gave rise to yet another eruption overlapping the previous ones, increasing the complexity of the crater

Voragine Crater

The crater of Etna "Voragine" was generated by a volcanic eruption in 1945. This crater is nicknamed the pit crater due to its explosive eruptions. After years of inactivity, the Voragine crater woke up in 2013 and periodically continues its activity

Bocca Nuova

Etna generated this crater during the 1968 eruption. Originally the crater was only 8 meters large. But in 1983 the crater increased in size and became 330 meters. Since 1997 this crater, together with the Voragine crater, have been filled with lava and since then continue to offer a spectacle that can be seen for hundreds of kilometers.

Southeast crater

The South-East crater, active mainly since 1998 but has continued its activity over the years and with its eruptions and lava fountains it constantly changes the appearance of the volcano's side.

New Southeast Crater

The new south-east crater is currently the most active, since 2007 it offers us, with its Strombolian activity, the inspiration that makes us reflect on the irrepressible force of nature.

Etna tour to discover the extinct craters of Etna by helicopter.

We will talk about these craters in the next article. They are craters that tourists visit, walking along the edge of their cone and spectacular even from above aboard our helicopters

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