Alcantara Tour

They are of high gorges up to 25 meters wide and 2 meters in the narrowest and widest points 4-5 meters; the natural canyon, contrary to popular belief, was not excavated over thousands of years by water. The most likely is related to seismic events suggested that, with a vibrating-tectonic movements made literally split in two old basaltic lakes formed by the leakage of magma from cracks, older than 300,000 years of pre-Etna stands, allowing the water of River to creep inside. This phenomenon is evidenced by the fact that the structure of the walls (similar in some points to "stacks of wood" and in others to "organ columns") is intact and angular. The Alcantara river flows between lava stone that forms its characteristic river bed. On the territory of Motta Camastra in Fondaco Motta is the most impressive gorge and Alcantara famous, long for more than 6 km but walking so easy for the first 3. The peculiarity of this gorge is the structure of the walls, created by a flow of basaltic lava.