Samaria Gorge Tours and Tickets - page 3

Our guide, Sara, was wonderful. It was a long, and at times, tiring for two 70+ year olds, but it was worth the effort.

This tour was executed exactly as advertised. Nikos and his team were on time, friendly, helpful, and full of useful information. The level of communication pre-tour was excellent. The hike is stunning, even if you’re accustomed to beautiful mountain hikes in your home country. As all the reviews say, the hike is an 8-mile descent with another 2-mile flat paved walk to the beach. The trail is very well maintained with several water refills. You don’t get winded or dehydrate like you do hiking at altitude, but it is hard on your knees and calves. Plan on a full day of recovery (relaxing on a beach). After the hike you can swim and grab a bite at one of several restaurants in Agia Roumeli. Then catch a ferry (5:30 p.m. to Sfakion if that’s where you’re getting picked up) and then it’s a healthy drive back to Chania. It’s a long day but well worth it. You have to buy your entrance ticket to the national park and your ferry ticket ahead of time and separately. Keep track of your national park ticket because they check it at the end of the trail (you show your e-ticket and get a small printed one at the trailhead, which you have to present at the end). Samaria Gorge is a unique place. Glad I didn’t miss it.

The gorge is beautiful and the lovely beach is a fantastic reward at the end. The hike is challenging but very doable for people in decent shape. The first 2km are the steepest descent of the day and there are plenty of water springs to refill your water bottle. You will need to bring food as there is nothing on the journey. Luckily your descent begins at a shop with coffee, water, and some basic food items for purchase. Our guide was very energetic and knowledgeable.

Excellent, well organised trip. A little busy at the start of the decent being has there were alot of coaches arriving at once. The Samaria gorge is beautiful and I found it alot easier than i imagined . All information was given by the guide and it all went smoothly. After a 6hr ramble we arrived at the ocean where after a couple of hours wait we got the ferry back to the coach . Then back to our hotel.

Beautiful walk in the Samaria gorge and very nice busdriver and a guide Maria. Everything went smoothly. Love it!

Tour was great! Very well organized and great communication with the company. Pick up was easy and right on time. Our tour guide Sara was wonderful. Hike is beautiful but very hard on the knees!

Sakis was a fantastic driver who was super kind, and informative and who drove us around to some amazing places! He recommended Zorba’s Cafe for a delicious lunch and it did not disappoint! He also bought our family ice cream while we were at Stavros Beach, which was a fantastic swimming beach. We also saw a beautiful monastery, the stunning area of Seitan Limania, the famous graves, and the fortress of Aptera for an incredible sunset view. Overall, I would highly recommend this tour and I would book another excursion with Sakis as our driver without hesitation! We had an amazing day!!!!!

Very reliable, friendly and provided los of interesting information along the way. Highly recommend!