Located 4km south of Aragona,it is a strange,moonlike landscape of mini mud craters and sporadic mini geysers resulting of the methane gas mixing with salt water and clay. Our 9 years old grandaughter told us that it was the highlight of her Sicilian trip!
Not easy to find the place, although there are several signs along the way. There is no parking lot, just saw cars parked so we knew we had arrived. The signs have faded long ago. Do not expect an orderly trails. Too bad the place was abandoned because it could be a wonderful tourist site. Despite all that, it is highly recommended to visit the place, as you can see in the pics.
It's an interesting place but it gives you the sensation of an abandoned/forgotten place.There is no parking at the entrance. You don't feel so confortable leaving a rent car in the middle of nowhere just like this. There is a street and fields around. You can enter the reservation Macalube di Aragona on your own. There are a few faded indications but it is not enough. It's not clear what you can do and not do, where you can go and not go...What a pitty! It could become a nice attraction.
Macalube is indeed a great experience to visit. Under the calm bubbles of gas,water and clay there is a great explosive force waiting to unleash itself.Two young children were killed here in Sept 2014. Enter at your own peril.
besonders empfehlenswert für Geografie- und Pflanzenfans! Das Gelände ist frei zugänglich und man kann die Macalubes richtig blubbern sehen.
Spectacular anomaly which you can get close to and touch for yourself. No fee, no time limits, no people around... just you and the weird force of nature.The "vulcanoes" are 40-100cm high and bubbling with mud...Take your dirtiest shoes since you WILL get dirty.
Wir waren im Besucher Zentrum. Dort hat uns ein sehr engagierter Herr erklärt, dass im vergangenen Jahr zwei Kinder tödlich verunglückt sind. Seither ist das Gebiet von den Carrabinieri beschlagnahmt und verriegelt. Wir haben viele Informationen erhalten, nur eben rein in schriftform. Ein sehr interessantes Gebiet, aber leider eben geschlossen. Was natürlich verständlich ist.
Off the beaten track, but well worth a visit. You have to search hard to find the live "volcanos"; we had a help from a local environmentalist who was leading a school trip. But it is a wonderfully quiet and atmospheric place, where you could spend a whole day connecting with nature.
Je rijdt er voor om, moet zoeken, een stukje tussen de velden doorlopen en dan kom je uiteindelijk op iets dat zich het best laat beschrijven als een veld met gedroogde modder. In dat veld kleine, conische vulkaantjes, waaruit wat water en modder borrelt op onregelmatige tijdstippen. Een heel gek gezicht en er zijn er, verder van de ingang gelegen, nog veel meer. Wie van dit soort verschijnselen houdt en een miniatuur Etna wil zien, zeker de moeite waard.
I saw that first time! All area is covered with small mud volcanoes from which U hear sizzling and gas discharging. Every now and then it spits out the liquid slurry. Great experience before viewing Etna.