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Full-Day Beginner's Hiking Route Tour to Samaria Gorge

By Fantasy Travel
5 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$70 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 15h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

If you are tired of walking but want photos for you Insta-followers, If you do not
I feel like walking today but want to admire the terrific natural environment. If you want to live a superior experience without getting tired, then this excursion is made for you!

We will arrive around 7 o’clock in the morning and after breakfast, you will have the chance to photo-shoot the entrance of the gorge and admire the creation of nature. The hiking guide will give you all the necessary instructions and then he will enter the gorge with the rest of the group (you will meet again at Agia Roumeli).

The driver will take you to the small village of Sougia where you embark on the boat to reach the village of Agia Roumeli which is the exit of the gorge of Samaria.

You can walk until the exit of the gorge, to the “Iron Gates” or swim and have a
lunch there until you meet with the rest of the group.

Activity location

  • Omalos
    • Omalos, Greece, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Omalos
    • Omalos, Greece, Greece

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Full-Day Beginner's Hiking Route Tour to Samaria Gorge in English
  • Activity duration is 15 hours15h
    15h
  • Opening hours: Mon 6:00 am-6:30 am
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$69.83 x 1 AdultAU$69.83
Total
Price is AU$69.83
Until Sun, 6 July

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPick up/drop off from a designated spot in Chania with an air-conditioned luxury bus
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll taxes, VAT inclusive
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish speaking hiking escort
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAdmission to Samaria (5 € per adult, children free of charge) (optional)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedRound trip boat ticket (18 € per adult, 11 € per child 5-12 years old)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal expenses, extra drinks or meals
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedCustomary tips to your driver and escort

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Be sure to wear comfortable hiking shoes for the trek through the gorge
  • It is advisable to bring the following items with you: sun cream, sunglasses and hat
  • It is important to stay hydrated, so bring a bottle of water (you can refill it in the gorge's springs) and a light snack (fruits etc.)
  • You can swim at Agia Roumeli beach just after you exit the gorge so make you have a swimming costume and beach towel with you

Activity itinerary

Omalos
  • 30m
Early in the morning, you will be picked up from designated spots around Chania via a luxurious bus and reach the starting point of your tour in Omalos Plateau around 7am. The panoramic view of the gorge from the plateau is a photophile's delight, so after a short stop for pictures and/or breakfast, you will hop on the bus and depart for the traditional village of Sougia. It is there that you will hop on a boat and sail along the coast of Crete till you reach Agia Roumeli.
Agia Roumeli
  • 6h
With ample time on your hands, you can start a short hike inside the gorge up until the Iron Gates, the narrowest part of the canyon, at only 4 metres (13 feet) width. Alternatively, at the beach at the end of the gorge, you can take a swim in the warm Libyan Sea and even enjoy a traditional Cretan lunch! At around 16:30 you will meet again with the rest of your group as well as your hiking escort returning from the hike of the gorge and board the boat back to the village of Sougia, where you will start your trip back to the place where you were picked up from.
Samaria Gorge National Park
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket not included
The gorge of Samaria is the biggest, most imposing and beautiful gorge in Greece and 2nd in Europe, and that is why it is internationally renown and mostly visited, since more than 300.000 people cross it each year. It has a wonderful landscape with rare geo-morphological formations. It is a unique biotope with particular richness in fauna and flora. It has a rich mythology as well, that goes back to prehistorical years and a tumultuous history during the difficult years of Crete. Samaria Gorge was proclaimed National Park of the White Mountains of Crete in 1962 when a couple of local families were still living in the village of Samaria, in the middle of the gorge and who were mainly busy with cattle-breeding and woodcutting. The surface covered at the time was 48.500 sqm., whereas the expansion of the Park today at 250.000 sqm. includes a remarkable part of the White Mountains.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESOmalos
    • Omalos, Greece, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOmalos
    • Omalos, Greece, Greece

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