Samaria Gorge Full Day Hiking Tour Details

While I live in Crete - Chania It will be my pleasure to show you the mountains of my home area! During this trip we will visit and cross the Samaria gorge! We can see part of Lefka Ori Mountains with summits over to 2. 200m and I can tell you how they were 25 year before! I had cross this place more than a thousand times in summer and winter, but I'm still interested like the first time! Join me and I will definitely show you the mountainous area where I started my career at the age of 12!

Our day starts early in the morning. I pick you up and we have a 1 hour transfer to the entry of the Samaria gorge! - There, we will have our first short stop to take same pictures and coffee. - Our moderate hiking will start from Xyloskalo, 1250m over the sea level. At the beginning, for an hour, the path is downhill. We will be under the big windy trees, with mountains around us up of 2000 metres hight, with a small stops and talks about the of nature of Samaria. - At the old village we will have a longer stop to refresh ourselves, talk about Cretan life and eat some Cretan snacks! - Now the path is more levelness nice and easy with a small stops! The sound of the river will follow us until the end of the hike. - After 16km it will be nice to have a swim at the blue see water! - Then, we will enjoy a meal at local restaurant to try nice homemade dishes. - Finally, we will take a ferry for 60 minutes to the next village destination and then, we will drive back to our home but 20:00
3 season hiking