Hike & Wild Swim in West Crete - 8 Days

Airport transfer from Chania to your accommodation in Kissamos.
Briefing with information about the coming days.

Evening: Welcome Dinner with traditional Cretan fresh food.

Morning: Hike Sirikari gorge, along a partly-shaded narrow footpath. Watch griffon vultures that nest on the cliffs.
Approx. 2 hours walk.

Afternoon: Gentle intro swim in Kissamos bay, over seagrass meadows. 1.5 Km / 45minutes (can be longer). Visit to sandstone seashore fossils and 6 myo hominid footprints. Total: 3 hours

Hike on the old villagers path through Mediterranean maquis, admiring the multi-coloured geological formations. We’ll pass small coves, carob and strawberry tree woods, pebble beaches with rock chapels. Approx. 2 hours walking.

Arriving in the small village of Ravdoucha we’ll stop for lunch at a beachside taverna before swimming along the coastline, passing deep sea caves, old mining pylons, thick Poseidonia seagrass meadows, small beaches and tiny rock chapels before landing on a pebble beach.

2–3.5 Km / 1–2 hours swimming

Total time from the morning, incl. Lunch: 8 hours

Hike remote & beautiful Kambos gorge, on the West Coast, to it’s sea exit on a secluded cove. Approx. 2 1⁄2 hours walking.

Then plunge into the deep blue waters for a swim around Cape Crow, following the rocky cliffs to the village of Sfinari, on the Wild West coast. Approx. 1.5km / 45 minutes swimming

Total time from the morning incl. lunch: 8–9 hours

Explore the secret beaches and coves of the West coast. Swim around the coast between natural sea pools with very rich sea-life. See
the only native palm-trees of Europe.

1.6 or 3 Km / 45–90 minutes swimming.
Total excursion time: 4–5hours

Afternoon: Leisure time in Kissamos

Swim out to Limpet island and come back completing the Falasarna triangle in crystal clear waters, brushing the vertical cliffs enclosing the bay.

3.7Km / 90 minutes swimming. (There is a shorter option of 2.5Km / 1 hour swimming)

Visit to ancient Greek harbour that was raised 6m above sea level by an earthquake. Snorkel to a WWII shipwreck sunk in shallow water near the coast.

Total time from morning incl. Lunch: 7-8 hours

Hike along a section of the E4 path into the juniper forest on the South Coast, a semi-tropical setting with sand dunes along the coast.
1-2 hours walking.

Swim Elafonissi, the dreamy pink-sand lagoon with sparkling clear sea.
4.5Km / 2 hour swim. There is a shorter option of 2Km / 1 hour swim.

Total time from morning incl. Lunch 8-9 hours

All good things must come to an end, and our adventure ends in the town of Kissamos with your last breakfast at the accommodation and then it will be time to say our “see you soons”.

We’ll transfer you to Chania airport for your flight home, with your head full of the stunning scenes and unforgettable experiences of the last week.