The Bottom Line
An excellent value with an exceptionally high fun quotient. It's billed as "adventure travel", but it combines fantastic scenery, explorations of ancient sites, and great food with kayaking.
Pros
- Outstanding value for the price
- Experienced, friendly staff inspires participants
- Beautiful locations, great food, high fun
Cons
- The "easy" designation may be slightly optimistic
- Shopaholic? Probably not the tour for you
- You may get addicted to adventure
Description
- Participants spend two nights at Matala, a famous beach town known for its cave-riddled cliffs.
- Then it's on to the Samaria Gorge region for an intense day of hiking.
- Next, the small, cosmopolitan village of Loutro is home base for two nights.
- Then it's on to Ammoudi Beach outside of Plakias, an upscale town offering fine dining and shopping.
- A long day of sea kayaking ends at the hidden bay of Agia Galini and a night's feasting and dancing.
- Lodgings are in small inns which provide a genuinely warm Cretan welcome.
- Every stop has been carefully selected to provide the best in views, warmth, and quality.
- Even without the kayaking and hiking, this is an engaging trip.
- Minimum age is seven years old; as long as you're reasonably fit, there is no upper age limit.
- $2295 excluding air, yoga trip is $2495; instruction, equipment use, and most meals are included.
Guide Review - Kayaking Crete
An excellent value combined with carefully-chosen locations and scenery makes this eight-day, seven-night Level One trip a terrific introduction to the challenges and joys of adventure travel. Participants learn to paddle sea kayaks and have the option of propelling themselves past up to a hundred miles of gorgeous Cretan seacoast, staying at small inns in remote villages, many accessible only by sea. Sightseeing includes stops at Minoan palaces, Byzantine chapels, and Venetian fortresses. One day is spent hiking down Crete's magnificent Samaria Gorge, the longest gorge in Europe.
Last minute internet deals at their website can shave another 10-15% off of the price. Crete trips are offered in May-June and September-October. They also offer special weeks designed for teachers and singles.
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