Tale of Two Budgies, E2 5b, on Tower of Power in North East GozoRock Climbing on Gozo

Both Mgarr ix-Xini and Ghajn Abdul crags have dedicated sports climbing areas, though there are other sport routes can be found on other crags as indicated above. The decision to bolt is decided upon a route-by-route basis.

The photograph shows Roland Sultana leading Tale of Two Budgies, E2 5b, on Tower of Power in North East Gozo. 

Malta itself also has a number of crags, click here for more information. To find out when is the best time to visit Malta and how to get to there, go to our logistics page.

Map of the rock climbing areas in Gozo

Map of the rock climbing areas in Gozo

Sport climbing in Malta and Gozo guidebookThe above information has been extracted from two guidebooks, which are Malta Rock Climbing (now sadly out of print), and Sport Climbing in Malta and Gozo, which covers over 500 fully bolted routes. Buy this guidebook from our shop.

List of Rock Climbing Areas in Gozo

NoCragTotal number of routesTrad ClimbingSports ClimbingBoulderingDeep water soloingSingle or multi-pitch
1Mgarr ix-Xini137YesYesYesYesSingle
2Ta' Cenc5YesNoNoNoMulti
3Xlendi & ic-Cnus Slabs13YesNoNoYesSingle
4Wied ix-Xlendi27N/NYesNoNoSingle
5Ic-Cnus Slabs & Ghadira38N/NYesNoNoSingle
6Dwejra & Wardija Point71YesLittleNoYesBoth
7Ghajn Abdul34YesYesYesNoSingle
8The Underworld & San Dimitri19N/NYesNoNoSingle
9Harq il-Hamiem1N/NYesNoNoSingle
10Wied il-Mielah53N/NYesNoNoSingle
11Forna Point6N/NYesNoNoSingle
12North East Gozo36YesYesYesNoSingle
 Comino11YesNoNoYesSingle
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