From Heraklion: Guided Samaria Gorge Hike & Pickup

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Language options: English

Starting time: 5:30AM

Price details

$62.53 x 1 Adult$62.53

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Until Wed, Jul 29

Pick-up & Drop-off service (mainly from hotels at Agia Pelagia, Ammoudara, Analipsi, Anissaras, Bali, Chersonissos, Fodele, Gournes, Gouves, Heraklion city center, Karteros, Kokkini Hani, Lygaria, Malia, Stalis is provided. If pick up from your hotel is not possible you will be picked up from the closest pick up point)
Transport by air-conditioned luxury bus
English-speaking guide — The guide will be with you until Omalos Plateau. You will meet again at Agia Roumeli with the rest of the group.
Ferry tickets from Agia Roumeli to Sfakia (15€)
Entrance fee to the gorge (10€)
Personal expenses

- Not allowed: Littering
- Not suitable for: People with heart problems, People with high blood pressure, People with mobility impairments, People with respiratory issues, People with vertigo, Pregnant women

Begin your adventure early in the morning with a stop in Skaleta for breakfast. Then, head to the Omalos Plateau, where your walk starts from Xiloskalo. Enter the vast canyon of 16 km and follow the path of the ancient river Taras.

On the way, see the caves that formed a natural shelter for the Cretans in war times and now are the natural habitat of the well-known wild goats or kri-kri. Halfway, come across the village of Santa Maria, which is currently abandoned.

Three kilometers before exiting the gorge, reach the Iron Gates (Sideroportes), the narrowest spot of the route, just a few meters wide but 300 meters high. A bit later, arrive in the small fishing village of Agia Roumeli, where you have quite a long time to lunch and to get a refreshing swim before boarding the ship that leads you back along the coast to Sfakia. There, your coaches wait to take you back to your hotel.