Catania: 4-Hour Boat Tour with Snorkeling

Catania: 4-Hour Boat Tour with Snorkeling

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Join a 4-hour snorkeling tour over the region of Isola dei Ciclopi, an underwater volcanic region. Explore the diverse underwater environment and you may even have a chance encounter with some of the local marine life.

Highlights

Snorkel above a protected volcanic underwater region
Discover a unforgettable underwater scenery
Learn from a marine biologist and underwater environmental guide

Description

On a 7-meter boat, discover about 20 kilometers of volcanic coast between the La Timpa Natural Reserve and the Marine Protected Area of Isola dei Ciclopi. In the company of a marine biologist and underwater environmental guide, you will follow a path over the beautiful lavic seabed of Isola dei Ciclopi (Aci Castello), a marine protected area. Discover underwater basalt pillars, lava ropes, lava pillows, and colorful sea life and plants which will all provide the scenery for an unforgettable snorkeling excursion. Experience a unique underwater adventure, as you explore a world of silence between old lava flows, stretches of white sand, underwater canyons, and volcanic faults. Whilst snorkeling, you will have a good chance of encountering groupers, white breams, octopus, sea sponges, and much more.