A personal experience
Kayak by soaring cliffs, pine covered slopes, fishing villages, turquoise bays, ancient windmills and Venetian ruins. Blue sky above, warm air, mirror calm sea.
Between the soothing sound of your paddle stroking the water, silence is broken by tingling goatbells from high above the sea cliffs, and your only measure of time is the sounding of churchbells on Sundays.
The perfume of Rosemery, Thyme and Oregano growing wild on hillsides, blows across the water into your nostrils. Around lunchtime the sharp smoke of grilled fish from portside restaurants has your mouth watering.
After our day's paddling we relax over dinner at seaside 'tavernas' restaurants and indulge in fresh seafood, grilled meats, Greek salad and herbacious regional dishes.
Tavernas in small villages have a much more personal atmosphere, so there's plenty of opportunity to mix and argue politics with locals. It can be hard to get away.
2008 KAYAK TOURS
- 5 days ‘CELEBRITY ISLES ’ June 22-26 &Oct 1-5 | View Tour
- 9 days ‘IONIAN BEAUTIES ’ Aug 31-Sept 8 | View Tour
- 4 days ‘MYTHOLOGICAL ITHAKI ’ June 16-19 | View Tour
- 6 days ‘ITHAKI & KEFALONIA ’ June 16-21 | View Tour
- 10 days‘ODYSSEUS TO ONASIS ’ June 16-26 | View Tour
INCLUSIONS
INCLUSIONS FOR ALL STANDARD TOURS
* Accommodations: Vasiliki town and local island guesthouses and/or camping on route, as per itinerary.
* Meals: Breakfast (B) and Lunch(L) - all picnic style meals prepared by your guide on the tour. Where indicated, some dinners (D)- prepared at campsite by guide. More On Accommodations And Food - CLICK HERE
* all kayaking equipment
* All camping equipment (where camping specified in itinerary)
* Bottled water
* Hire car where driving is specified in the itinerary*
* All local ferry transfers on kayaking route- including transportation of kayaks
* Native English & Greek speaking guide, qualified and experienced in ocean kayaking.
* safe storage for your excess luggage
NOT INCLUDED
* Airfares
* Accommodation in Athens
* Transfer to/from Vasiliki town, Lefkada Island where we start and finish all tours
* Dinner and restaurant meals- you pay separately for your own restaurant dinner and beverages.
* Additional transport and excursions which are deviations from announced itinerary
* Beverages (except bottled water)
*Cost of Emergency Rescue Service is €100 - €160: depending on distance from our base and time of rescue. Please note that this cost is not included in tour price.
GENERAL NOTES ON ITINERARIES
* Itinerary is subject to change due to weather.
* We always put safety first.
Having said that, on most tours to date we have kept to the agenda. For all our routes we follow the coastline, staying within a couple of hundred meters from land- and there are beaches almost every km along the way for portage. Distances between islands are only a couple of km - excepting the Meganisi- Kalamos route involving 12-15km sea crossing *(only for 9 day 'Ionian Beauties' tour).
We kayak as a group but there’s free time off the water to do your own thing- it’s not like a coach tour.
