Enjoy one of two journeys to the Samaria gorge with a professional guide. Choose the long option, where you will trek for approximately 6-7 hours or the easy option, where you will hike for around 4.5-5 hours. Both choices will give you time to enjoy lunch in a typical tavern and swimming in the Lybian Sea.
Early in the morning we start our excursion from North parts of Rethymno areas and from different pick up points that provide easy access from all hotels. We inform you by email by sending you the voucher with the pick up point and the time in order to there and meet your bus. You have a telephone number in case of emergency.
You will have the opportunity to visit one of the most beautify natural park in the world and spend a day that you remember for ever.
The Samaria gorge is the longest one in Europe.
Posted By : simon_b
Was sent a link via Google maps detailing the pick up location
Arrived at 5,39 am for a 5,45 pick up by six we were still waiting and I could get no response via message or phone
Viatours helpline could not get a response either
I am now trying to get a refund but the tour company claimed to have waited at a different location and therefore my fault
Poor communication service and after service
Avoid this company
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Posted On : 2024-07-02 12:45:48 
Posted By : Sanna_K
Beautiful walk in the Samaria gorge and very nice busdriver and a guide Maria. Everything went smoothly. Love it!
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Posted On : 2023-09-22 13:20:53
Posted By : Meera_M
We had a great time this was a challenging walk but worth it. Our guide Kostos set us up really well so we knew what to expect. I thought that the information after booking was helpful regarding preparing for the trip.
It is a really long day we were picked up at 5.20am and got back at 9.15pm!
I think what would be better is if the information on viator was more detailed as it stated pick ups from 7am, but it depends on where you are staying. In general if you are staying in Panormos or near here you are likely to be one of the first pick ups and also last drop offs if travelling in the direction towards Chania, there are a number of pick ups/ drop offs in Rethymno so this does take a LOT of time. We were only in Crete for 5 days so I think if we had this information up front or it was clearer what the journey time is and how many pick ups then we may have chosen a private tour or opted not to go as we were not here for very long.
I also have to give praise to the bus drivers who do a great job :)
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Posted On : 2023-07-08 18:09:00
Posted By : mknol95
We were never picked up at the pickup point.
After 40 minuten we had contact with someone from the company, but not helpful.
We joined an other bus tour to the Samarian Gorge and their guide told us, after a round a table question among the other guides, that our tour was cancelled because there tour was the only one for that day from Rethymno.
So maybe it is a good tour company with a great guide but sadly we could not experience that.
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Posted On : 2023-06-19 02:21:33 
Posted By : Valeria_A
Natural beauty is amazing! Highly recommend. Hiking boots would have been a huge help be we did it with tennis shoes and we’re fine. Even my 9 and 12 year olds would do it again. Just need to be self sufficient on the transfers from the city to the ferry, from the ferry to the bus, and from the bus to your hotel. The tour company was not very helpful in that regard so there could be an improvement in service. The tour guide actually got off the bus before most of us tourists without saying a word.
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Posted On : 2022-07-05 02:17:27
Posted By : Chandra_N
I have walked thru Samaria Gorge way back in 1998 and this time, I decided to relive this experience with my son, so I booked this tour thru Viator. A little screwup on the day of our departure, where the tour agency van went to the wrong address and we were waiting and waiting and then call the agency, only to be told that the van had passed by and we were asked to go to another place to be picked up. Fortunately, a Greek Security Forces soldier, who was waiting the bus stop (where we were waiting), stepped and kindly helped us (a big thanks to him) by talking to the company and explaining where we were and asked them to pick us up, which they did. We were then taken to another place to board the bus and from there bussed to the top of the mountain to the entrance of the Samaria Gorge National Park, from where we made our way into the Gorge and thru it for 16kms till we reached the port for our return trip by boat back home. The hike was tough and it was a hot, hot day, so it slowed us down a bit but we were ably looked after by our guide Nikos who was there with us from the time we boarded the bus and did all the explanations, and from there into the gorge till we reached the exit and then back to bus. Nikos shepherded us all along, making sure that his group was all present and was helpful with tips and tricks to walk thru the canyon till we reached the exit. His presence was reassuring and we felt a sense of security. All in all, a great hike and highly recommend the agency.
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Posted On : 2021-09-17 15:49:38
