Caving adventure at the Caves of Equi Alpi Apuane

Posted By : M8167BCrobertaf
L'arrampicata in sicurezza consentiva una buona autonomia e di godere pienamente dell'ambiente unico della grotta. All'uscita abbiamo combinato l'esperienza esterna sulla zipline che ha significativamente aumentato il tasso di adrenalina della giornata.
Le due guide, una in grotta e una per la zipline, sono state professionalmente impeccabili e anche molto simpatiche.
Torneremo con i nipotini appena avranno l'eta.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 05:54:29

Posted By : W2202ZRchiarac
Beautiful experience with an expert and competent guide. Magnificent caves, highly recommended!! To do with children too....
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Posted On : 2024-05-27 11:19:46

Posted By : deboros2016
Stunning route into the heart of the mountain among stalactites and tunnels! A unique experience especially for children!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 07:33:04

Posted By : X7724SSmarinaa
Beautiful experience, truly recommended, unique caves and a truly passionate guide. I will definitely come back
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Posted On : 2023-12-31 07:01:15

Posted By : 909valerias
Fantastic scenery, 'helped' by the great work done to make a route that is not very easy, sometimes narrow but very exciting, fully accessible. There is also a lot of history behind it, and the guide did his job very well by illustrating the tour before, during and after. Highly recommended, even for children over 4 years old.
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Posted On : 2023-10-04 07:20:52

Posted By : katiadW6544GK
Good morning,
I confess that I waited 20 days before writing this review because otherwise I would have only written bad words.
The week before August we booked a guided afternoon visit to the caves for 3 adults (it was Monday). When we arrived in Equi, unfortunately the weather was terrible, a very strong storm hit just as we arrived. Having left Cerreto Alpi with 30°C and a bright sun, we had not considered the possibility that it might rain in EquiTerme. When we arrived at the visitor center the welcome was good and we were assured that despite the storm, the visit would still take place. He shows us the route to take on foot and we set off under an incessant and heavy rain. I'm just saying that in the uphill paths the water came down as if it were a raging torrent and reached my ankles. At the entrance to the historic center of Equi there is a sign indicating the direction to take to the caves and we follow it until we reach a small square. After nothing.... no indication that could help us understand the road to take to get to the caves, only some arrows drawn on the pavement of the square. Not being familiar with Equi and above all without adequate protection against the rain, we followed them. Misleading directions, given that they made us walk until we reached the pools, far away from the caves. I called the reception center quite annoyed and the girl very kindly gave me all the information necessary to find the correct path and get to the entrance of the caves. You confirm that in fact there is no adequate signage to indicate the way. We didn't even have a dry piece of clothing.
I realize that I arrived at the entrance already quite upset by this unpleasant episode and that it was certainly not the organization's fault that it was pouring at that moment and I didn't have an umbrella. But certainly the failure to indicate the road to follow from the square forward could have been done accurately, given the total lack of indications. If it had been sunny that afternoon it would have just been a walk looking for the entrance. But unfortunately it was raining and the need to get directly to the caves was evident.
I have been working with the public for over 25 years, and the first rule to follow is that if a customer arrives very angry, you don't throw fuel on the fire, but try to calm them down with whatever lies you can think of, otherwise an uproar will break out.
And the uproar broke out, because when we heard about a lack of signaling to get to the caves, the spelunking guide's response was: "I'm the one in charge here, you can say what you want but I don't give a damn! " "Go talk to the Mayor!" "Do you want the telephone number to call? It's written on the billboard outside under the water, but don't go out and get it because otherwise your cell phone will get wet!" "Here we are in Equi, go back to your cities!"
The only sensible thing they said after having argued heavily, I would say almost to the physical limit, was to give us our money back! Obviously without making the visit.

BAD STAFF is an understatement!!!! And I won't go any further.

I repeat, there is no sign, you can also write a sign by hand if it costs too much, but put it up!
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Posted On : 2023-08-25 04:43:55

Posted By : Companion46338931521
Extremely fun experience going down from the rocks on the zipline. Guidance was great! Dutch speaking lady who explained everything very clearly. In short, a super fun activity to do, especially with the family.
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Posted On : 2023-08-21 09:20:05

Posted By : C2391QQmaurom
We went on a Thursday to do the Orso discovery experience for which there is NO reservation. Having arrived before the opening scheduled for 10am we were told that we could not enter until 4pm as all the guides were busy with a large group, that every Thursday there are groups and the guides are not enough.
We explained that nothing was written about this on the site and that we had also sent an email the previous evening asking for the opening times.
We were told nothing about this impossibility
We are very disappointed, after an hour's drive, having arrived on time, we were not able to have our experience.
BAD ORGANIZATION
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Posted On : 2023-08-17 06:36:58

Posted By : PaolaMarshall
We were not too sure what to expect of the "speleo avventura" in the Equi Caves. Francesca was the leader of our expedition and she made sure we were all briefed and ready to go.

The tour exceeded our expectations!! Too hard it would have been far too challenging (for me anyway!) and too easy it would have been ... well just a bit too easy! It was just the perfect: quite a bit climbing up and down, a good amount of adrenaline pumping too; tibetan bridges/walking wires and, in all, an informative geological afternoon too. We all came out thrilled to have achieved the return journey in these wonderful caves.

I would definitely recommend the adventure well worth the money required to attend.

As a note of caution: you need to be relatively flexible to do the climb and moderately fit. there are some steep climbs and many steps. Vertigo may be an issue but our daughter - who suffers with heights - managed it all as there is only one deep wire bridge the others are relatively low (about 2-3m) Good walking shoes with grip required and a jumper but not too thick as the adventure keeps you warm!

Suitable for families. We were two parents in the early 50s and teenage children.

Enjoy it!


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Posted On : 2019-08-18 05:08:58