You’ve surely already tried a trekking experience, just as you’ve probably gone for a swim in rivers and streams to escape the summer heat.
But perhaps not everyone has had the chance to combine the two experiences.
That’s why we are offering you an unmissable experience: aqua trekking in the Casentino Valley (Arezzo)!

Aqua trekking is a walking experience in close contact with water, taking place along shallow streams and waterways, alternating stretches immersed in water with natural trails. It’s a fun and engaging way to explore wild, unspoiled environments, experiencing nature in a fresh, dynamic, and sensory way.

Our proposal is easy level and takes place in the Corsalone Stream, near Bibbiena.
The Corsalone is a true natural gem, rich in natural pools with crystal-clear water, time-smoothed rocks, and charming pebble beaches: the perfect setting for your first aquatic walking experience, alternating fun dives and refreshing swims immersed in nature. Following the course of the stream, we’ll reach spectacular natural water slides 🌊, of rare beauty and great charm, where water carves surprising shapes into the rock.
And at the end of the excursion, as tradition dictates, the aperitif is offered by the Guide 🍷, to wrap up the day in good company and relaxation.

🔹 Helmets and trekking poles are provided free of charge, and for those who feel the cold more easily, wetsuits will also be available, so you can enjoy the experience in total comfort and safety.

 

MEETING POINT:
10:00 AM – Glamping Lago dei Cigni – Lappola – Chiusi della Verna (AR)
Car sharing – Those coming from Bibbiena (AR) can ride with the Guide free of charge (TrekVan 4×4, 9 seats).

PRICE:
€340 for the entire group (private environmental guide just for you)

DIFFICULTY:
Energy: Medium / Easy
Walking distance: 6 km
Elevation gain: 50 m

DURATION:
About 4 hours

EQUIPMENT:

• High trekking boots
• Shorts + T-shirt
• Small backpack or waist pack or dry bag
• 1 L water bottle
• Packed lunch

The fee includes:

• Private English-speaking Environmental Hiking Guide
• Helmet and trekking poles ▫ 2 mm wetsuit (on request)
• Glass of rosé wine 🍷

Customizable experience:
Contact us—we can adapt the excursion to your needs.

 

A Must-See Visit to the National Park of the Casentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna

It is the greenest park in Italy, and in autumn it lights up with a thousand shades, becoming one of the ideal places to admire the foliage, the spectacle of leaves turning red, yellow, and orange.

This is the National Park of the Casentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna: one of the most intact forest areas in Europe, an authentic oasis of nature and silence stretching between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. Roe deer, red deer, fallow deer, wild boar, and even wolves live here—the latter having successfully returned to inhabit this corner of the Apennines in recent years.

The Park covers over 38,000 hectares, from Monte Falterona in the north to the Passo dei Mandrioli in the south, offering very different landscapes on its two sides: gentler and more harmonious on the Tuscan side, harsher and wilder on the Romagna side. Within these magnificent forests lie hermitages and monasteries such as La Verna and Camaldoli, chosen over the centuries as privileged places for meditation and spiritual life, immersed in nature and far from the world.

These ancient and prestigious forests have reached us intact thanks to the foresight of monks and forest administrators. Here are preserved the historic forests of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, which in the past supplied valuable timber to the arsenals of Livorno and Pisa and to the Opera del Duomo of Florence.

In the Park you can admire evocative waterfalls such as Acquacheta, mentioned by Dante in the Divine Comedy, as well as places like Castagno d’Andrea, a charming village nestled among chestnut groves—centuries-old chestnut woods cultivated for marron production, once a staple food for mountain communities.

From here start hikes toward Monte Falterona, where the springs of the Arno River and the Lake of the Idols are located—an ancient Etruscan place of worship and the main archaeological site in the Casentino area.

The Park’s territory also includes the Sasso Fratino Integral Nature Reserve, the first Integral Reserve established in Italy in 1959 and managed by the Carabinieri Biodiversity Department of Pratovecchio, covering about 7,724 hectares. It is the largest such site in Italy and one of the most extensive old-growth forest complexes in Europe.

Lake of Ponte is also well worth a visit: an artificial basin perfectly integrated into the landscape and located in one of the areas richest in trails within the Park. Not to be missed are the picturesque medieval village of San Benedetto in Alpe, the ancient mills of Fiumicello and Castel dell’Alpe—with millstones still in operation—and Monte Penna, an extraordinary panoramic viewpoint over the Lama Forest and the valleys descending toward Romagna. From the summit, the view is among the most evocative in the Apennines, with centuries-old forests stretching as far as the eye can see and, on clear days, views reaching all the way to the Adriatic coast.

The protected area is ideal for exploring on foot, by mountain bike, on horseback, or in winter with ski touring, along more than 650 kilometers of trails.
In 2017, the ancient beech forests of the National Park of the Casentinesi Forests were recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.