Crete Jeep Safari Tour: Off-Road Mountain Adventure with Lunch from Hersonissos

Embark on a thrilling off-road Jeep safari in Crete’s countryside. Explore mountains, villages, and caves. Enjoy a scenic lunch and a refreshing swim.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Eye travel - Meet your group and guide who gives you the info about the day and the driving rules, and indicate your jeep. We leave around 9 am. Around 4 pm we arrive back here. - Skotino - We visit a special cave with a ‘holy’ meaning. Good walking shoes are necessary. - Kalo Chorio - This small mountain village is the ideal place for a stop. On the village square, next to the church, we can use the toilets and have a drink at a traditional taverna. - Aposelemis - We cross a gorge driving off road. - Sfendili - We pass at the Aposelemis Dam to see this ‘sunken’ mountain village. - Kastelli - We have a local lunch in a very idyllic small mountain village. - Malia Palace Archaeological Site - Before we stop to enjoy the beach and have a swim or drink a coffee, we pass this archeological site. - Malia - To end the tour, we stop at a beautiful beach to take a small dip or take a drink at the beach bar.
What's Included
  • Jeeps for 4-5 persons (self-driving option available)
  • Pick up and drop off within 20 km of Hersonissos
  • Gasoline included
  • Insurance and local taxes included
  • Visit to a cave
  • Lunch provided
  • Guided tours available in multiple languages: French (Mon, Thu, Fri), Dutch (Tue), German (Tue), English (Tue & Fri)
What's Not Included
  • Drinks coffee stops
  • Extra drinks lunch
Additional Information

You are the whole day, with your local guide, inside the countryside of Crete. The roads are almost all off road, the chance to see the real inland of Crete! We drive through the mountains towards the grape yards of the wine areas, passing small villages, through a river bed, sheltered by bamboo, a lot of nature. Crossing the river where we may have some water flowing in the months April, May and again from half of September. One of the highlights is a visit of a cave. We stop in a very authentic mountain village, on the square next to the church, for a coffee. We continue our trip along several small villages, on dirt tracks and through the green nature and herbs, passing olive groves and grape fields. We stop for lunch in a very small mountain village with a spectacular beautiful view. After lunch we drive through a mountainous area. On the way down we see a magnificent view of the north coast of Crete. We end this interesting day with a swim in the refreshing sea. Join us!

  • POSSIBILITY DRIVING the jeep: min 21 years old AND min 3 years driving license AND min 3 years MANUAL driving experience AND in the last year NOT only driven an automatic car AND countries driving at the left side of the car. We are not a driving school, so only responsible drivers! Comfortable shoes, no flip flops.
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Operated by a local guide D/E/G/F/P
  • Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist with boarding and disembarking
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Eye Travel Excursions
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Carinak937
Jul 31, 2024
Great fun day! - We had a very fun day together with our talented guide and 6 other cars. Luckily we got to go with our guide and I did not have to drive which I thought was nice. It was cool to go "off-road" and see the landscape and some animals. We were in a cave and it was awesome. A little hard to get down if you are older or have difficulty walking. Take good shoes, some had sandals and it was not good. We also went to a factory where they made olive oil and it was fun to see. We even got a taste. After that a very good lunch at a cozy tavern. We continued to a good viewpoint and then down to a beach. Unfortunately it was a red flag and we were not allowed to swim. A really good day together and fun to see places we otherwise would not have gone to. The only thing that was a bit sad was that we were the only ones who didn't speak Dutch. So when they talked in front of a group it was in Dutch and they laughed and joked and we didn't follow.I had booked a day where it was English group so had expected it. Then we were told things by our guide who was very knowledgeable. So it went well but would have been fun to have had fun together as a group.
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Santurius
Jul 12, 2024
An excellent discovery - An excellent team serving their customers! A pleasant surprise and wonderful encounters. Thanks to Louise for her impeccable service, customer service and unfailing cold blood even with holdouts! All that was promised was given see +! I strongly advise this company for all Francophones at minimum,
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Chrismarc2022
Jul 5, 2024
GENIALE - A great day in 4x4 with a great guide.. Quality and price at the top. To advise in order to discover the Crete in another way
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488jeromef
Jul 1, 2024
Kaló mína - A great guide thank you "Isabelle" alis Louise Group friendly pleasant smiling , a treat Very nice discoveries but chutttttt ....... secret
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T9000clbenjamins
Jun 29, 2024
Go ahead with your eyes closed. - What a day and what an atmosphere...the guides as well as the participants set a very good atmosphere I recommend eyes closed...good season to you
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Ludoh516
Jun 27, 2024
Experience to do absolutely! - Day at the top .. super guide (Louise) and discovery of the ridge other than in tourist mode! I highly recommend!
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Getaway12258683344
Jun 25, 2024
I recommend - Excellent day, discovery of very nice places, very good atmosphere, thanks to Louise for her kindness and professionalism.
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Arjau2017
Jun 18, 2024
Eye travel is definitely recommended, great!9 - Had a super fun jeep safari with Gijs. Also heard many interesting facts about the island. Very nice group. Definitely recommended to book!
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Pascale
May 4, 2024
Splendid self drive adventure into the rough Cretan nature - We enjoyed the self drive safari of the organisation Eye Travel very much. We drove ourselves with the ‘Eye Travel’ jeeps and enjoyed the rough beautiful landscape filled with olive trees. Our guide of the day, Louise did a phantastic job managing a group of toerists in an interesting and humourous way and switching fluently between English and French.
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936malauryp
Apr 24, 2024
Awesome !!! - We had a great day with the family, we passed on roads but also small winding paths, very nice with a beautiful landscape all along, villages like gorges! We ate very well and the guides were great, a good atmosphere and very interesting explanations on the ridge. We even had 2 raki breaks during the day :)
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