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Akamas Peninsula Tour: Gorge, Turtles, and Sea Caves
4.5
19 Ratings
Paphos
Explore Akamas Peninsula: Trek Avakas Gorge, visit Lara Bay’s turtles, swim in paradise, and capture stunning photos. Book your adventure now!
Duration:
6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
Avakas Gorge - Visit Avakas Gorge
Lara Bay Turtle Conservation Station - Lara Bay Conservation
Lara Beach - Free time for lunch and swimming.
Sea Caves - Sea Caves for photos
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Licensed guide
- Air-conditioned coach
- Professional driver
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Enjoy a day in the beautiful and unspoiled Akamas peninsula, starting with a trek into the Avakas Gorge, known for its breathtaking natural scenery, diverse fauna, and flora. (Please note that entering the innermost part of the gorge is at your own risk due to the danger of falling rocks). Next, we head to Lara Bay, a nesting site for Green and Loggerhead turtles and home to a turtle conservation project. If you’re lucky, you might even witness baby turtles hatching (from the end of July to October). You’ll have time to swim at this secluded paradise beach, followed by free time for lunch at a nearby tavern (not included in the price). We then drive to St. George Church in a small fishing village overlooking the sea, perfect for taking photographs. On our return, we’ll stop to view the Shipwreck and Sea Caves, which create a dramatic scene against the natural rocky shoreline.
- Swimming is highly recommended,towel and dry clothes needed
- Comfortable shoes .
- Hotel pick ups commence 30-60 minutes earlier than the tour start time displayed on the voucher.Exact time will be advised after reservation is made.
Location
Avakas Gorge
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(19 Ratings)
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Richardsq8360zi
Mar 24, 2023
Great trip - Took the bus615 from the harbour terminal to coral Bay then got 616 bus to the bottom of the hill near the zoo ask driver to tell when to get off but be weary there is a walk of about 1km up hill once you have done the zoo there is a courtesy bus back to coral Bay then you get the615 back to paphos .when you set off from terminal at the harbour paphos if you ask they will gie you a timetable for the616 they are very helpful .the cost 9euros for 2 which is not bad this is just an option if you cannot get on the zoo bus
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Lynne
Oct 27, 2022
Enjoyable relaxed tour - Excellent and relaxed trip seeing some of the more natural aspects of Cyprus. Swimming at Lara beach was a particular highlight as was the walk through the gorge. Our guide was very knowledgeable and full of interesting information.
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Matthew
Aug 25, 2022
AMAZING DAY - This day trip was lovely, we got to see so many beautiful sights, we had regular points to rest or swim etc, the tour guide Eva was lovely, funny and very informative, the driver Dimitri was also very friendly and was able to drive us safely from place to place. I would highly recommend this tour, especially to see Avakas Gorge as this was my highlight! Not to mention the convenient hotel pick up and drop off.
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Madalina_l
Jul 7, 2022
Recommend - Knowledgeable guide, awesome driver, no rush, had enough time in every place. Very beautiful park and awesome Lara beach with turtle nests.
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Gary
Aug 1, 2019
Great value for money - A great day out. Our guide, Orla, was very informative and went out of her way to make the day special.
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584astrac
Jul 14, 2019
Excellent tour - Perfect day out. Great English speaking guide Ulla, many thanks, she makes this trip so special, learned a lot about the different plants and animals in Cyprus. No offence to buy anything, so this was great and pleasant trip. Mini bus is used because Turtle beach is kinda difficult to reach, basically it's off road. Beach with turtles is not equipped with stuff for tourists (and that's actually great), just amazing crystal clear waters and sand, this place is totally worth to visit.
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Thomas_d
Jun 20, 2019
Superb trip! - Thoroughly enjoyable day out. The caves are spectacular while swimming in Turtle Bay was amazing with the warm water and perfectly secluded.
Our guide was also superb. A lovely woman and extremely knowledgeable about the whole area.
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Emma
Aug 2, 2018
Fun day out - A fun trip out with some nice sights. I especially enjoyed Avakas Gorge, but definitely make sure you have the right shoes! Even if you don't make it to the end (it gets tricky stepping over wet rocks) you still get some nice scenery. Unfortunately you don't see turtles (something I was looking forward to out of my own stupidity as they come out at night) but the beach is still nice, the waves can get big though and there isn't really anywhere to get dry/dressed so plan your clothing! The second restaurant for lunch was OK but there's not much choice if you don't like fish and it's also a touch pricey.
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Jerry
Aug 3, 2019
A very informative day out! - We enjoyed this trip, the tour guide & driver were very friendly, which put everyone at ease from the start.
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable about the whole area, and it's history. The Swiming stop was excellent, and the walk at Avakas Gorge was well worth the 30 mins up hill walk, as you had a number of stops on the way to hear about the local history.
There was a lunch stop which you had to pay for, the service was a little slow due to the number of other visitors, but the food was tasty.
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Lisa_n
Aug 16, 2024
Disappointing day despite beautiful gorge - (Please read whole review..) The hike to the gorge was beautiful and doable for my two kids (6 and 8) in regular sneakers despite it being very sunny…
Unfortunately that was the only highlight of the day!
The bus broke down, it was very old and we had to wait an hour for repair.
The guides explanations could not be heard, his microphone did not work. This was mentioned several times but not repaired. There were no turtles at noon at turtle beach, and we had 1,5 hours to swim there while there were no facilities etc.
We then had a very long lunch break in a terrible facility in middle of nowhere. Then he showed us the sea caves.
After the hike there was a lot of waiting around. It took 8 hours instead of described 6.
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