Full-Day Land Rover Safari from Heraklion: Explore Minoan Route & Cretan Mountains with Lunch

Embark on an exhilarating full-day Land Rover safari from Heraklion and explore the Minoan Route and Cretan Mountains. Visit historic sites, enjoy traditional snacks, and indulge in a delicious Cretan-style lunch.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sfendili - Sfendile the forgotten village on Crete
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • Knowledgeable driver/guide
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Local taxes covered
  • No surcharges on fuel
  • Convenient hotel/port pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
  • Breakfast
  • Diction Cave Entrance Fee 6 Euro
Additional Information

Embark on an 8-hour guided journey through the mountains of Crete and explore the marvels of the Minoan Route. Visit historical landmarks such as an old Roman aqueduct and Diction Cave, known in mythology as Zeus’s place of birth. Savor a traditional snack accompanied by ‘raki’ in the town of Kastamonitsa, and indulge in a lunch prepared in Cretan style at a native tavern in Lassithi.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Tamarhart67
Aug 27, 2024
Outside of the hustle and bustle - An awesome day with our terrific guide Leon. A great way to see the mountains and plateau. The smaller villages were great to see, gave you an appreciation of their lives out of the city. Zeus cave was worth the hike, a level of fitness is required especially on a hot day. Would recommend this trip.
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Wrightabbie96
Aug 27, 2024
Amazing tour with an amazing tour guide! - Amazing tour with an amazing tour guide! Couldn’t have asked for a better way to end of trip. Really informative and Darrel made us feel welcome and at ease. Thank you Darrel and congrats again!
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Connie_b
Aug 27, 2024
Only way to see Crete! - This was an amazing tour! We saw a side of Crete that most tourists would never see. Our guide, Giannis was AWESOME!! Very knowledgeable about the island. Had a great since of humor that we loved. He takes great photos too! Definitely recommend! Also, the lunch was wonderful! Food delicious and wine was good. Ask for Giannis if you can get him and you won’t regret it!!
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Alexander
Aug 26, 2024
Great scenery, amazing Babis - Babis was an amazing tour guide, with some formidable knowledge and incredible driving skills. We always felt very safe and catered to, especially the lunch in the local tavern was incredible and something to truly remember. I will always be ready to recommend this tour to anyone interested.
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Mark
Aug 23, 2024
Highly recommend trip 😎 - This tour is a must, it’s a great way to see part of the island and our guide who was Darrel was excellent from the moment he picked you up until your dropped off at the end of the day with comedy included. The knowledge of the tour that was being given to us by our guide throughout the day was fantastic and interesting throughout. Thanks for a great day and would definitely do it again if we return. 😎😎 Enjoy being a Grandad Darrel !
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Guide47278659259
Aug 21, 2024
Excellent - Extraordinary experience thanks to leonidas our Guide .super group and super humor.big kisses to you from delphine and seb
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Lucya948
Aug 21, 2024
Brilliant local knowledge, stunning views and amazing sense of humour - Darrell was a great host. Full of local knowledge and history from Crete. Amazing sense of humour. Such good value for money, you visit so many different spots in the mountains. It includes a free lunch which was top quality including local bread, cheese, salad and meats and unlimited wine. Places that you would definitely miss and without a tour guide would not be as full an experience. Thankyou Darrell 😀
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Milliemopengland
Aug 21, 2024
Brilliant Day definitely recommend. - Amazing such a brilliant tour Jason was our guide he was knowledgeable and so funny. We were also given information on herbs, wildlife and birds it was just so good to be given so much information. We went for a meal which was perfect you made a great waiter Jason!!! We stopped in many villages on the way each time our questions were answered and we were able to buy olive oil honey etc. We then went onto the caves which although it was a 15 minute walk up a steep incline and then 250 steps down and then up was well worth it although I will say there was quite a queue at the top which took us longer then expected. I would definitely recommend this trip to anyone that wants a great day out.
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Fabienne
Aug 20, 2024
beautiful day - superb day thanks to the good humor the passion for Adeline s Ridge. we see that she loves her adopted country and wanted to make us feel the Cretan welcome. we were not disappointed by the many stops and were able to taste Cretan specialties. I recommend this activity and especially with Adeline source of anecdotes, historical information, details about Cretan life. the fact of being in a small group is great and Adeline put everyone at ease
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742annalenas
Aug 20, 2024
Highly recommended! - The trip is really highly recommended!! Our guide Thomas always told a lot of interesting things about the island of Crete during the trip. We stopped at many exciting places, learned a lot and were able to taste some Cretan specialties. Time passed incredibly fast! P.S. I would recommend booking the Vito as it is certainly more comfortable and especially air conditioned - unlike the Jeep :)
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