Excursion to Richtis Gorge & Waterfall
5.0
20 Ratings
Schisma Elountas

Discover Richtis Gorge & Waterfall: a small group adventure in East Crete’s natural paradise. Hike, explore, and enjoy a private, comfortable tour.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Richtis Gorge - A lovely hiking tour to the magnificent Richtis Gorge and its waterfall. The amazing gorge of Richtis starts from the stone-arched bridge of Lachanas (19th century) which has a tragic history to tell. The route continues in a lush landscape along the river, within an amazing scenery of East Crete. The mountain is actually above…
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What's Included
  • Carbonated beverages
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
Additional Information

An amazing small group tour to Richtis Gorge. A natural paradise on East Crete. For those who love nature and adventure, walk through the ponds, trees, rocks and after about an hour hiking you will reach the amazing waterfall. Meet the unknown beauties of Crete. Our Mini Bus offers the luxury of a private or semi private tour in small groups on maximum…

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Location
Andrea Papandreou 36
Andrea Papandreou
Next to Elounda's Post Office
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Saralena
Oct 25, 2021
Outstanding - We highly recommend Summer Tours Elounda. Very friendly and efficient communication, professional organisation, and very reasonable prices. We had a fabulous time on our trip to Richtis Gorge. Theodora and Sigita are wonderful, and we felt like we were on a day trip with friends :-) We ran out of time to do another trip, but will definitely book with them again next time we are in Elounda. If you're after a small group tour with a personal touch, look no further...
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Rboydell
Oct 9, 2021
Lots of laughter - A fantastic day out. Lots of laughter and interesting chat. The walk and waterfall was lovely. It is a walk! But if I managed it, most people could. Brilliant guides
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Netherless
Jun 19, 2020
Amazing as always!! - We booked a private excursion on June 14th.It was my second time doing this excursion and I must say it was as good as I remembered it to be. This time I came here with my sister,my mother and some family friends of ours(the variety of ages was from 19 to around 45 years old).The hiking path was easily doable for everyone in our group and we had lot's of fun walking to the beautiful waterfall and back.The weather conditions were ideal ,even though it was a hot summer day, cause of the plant life surrounding the hiking path .The pont at the waterfall was a beautiful and refreshing sight.All of my family and friends truly loved this amazing excursion. I will certainly redo this excursion first chance I get.
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Dody564
Oct 14, 2019
Incredible, wonderful and most memorable day - We wanted to do something different on this our fourth visit to Crete. After looking for ideas on Trip Advisor we came across this trip/hike to the Richtis Gorge. We are not hikers but do enjoy a good walk so checked reviews and decided we would go for it. Well, it was amazing! We cannot praise Summer Tours enough, we arranged the booking through our hotel and they were very helpful. We were picked up at the hotel by Christos who was to be our guide, had read in reviews that he was brilliant so very pleased, also found we were the only two on the trip which was a bonus. Christos lived up to everything we had read... he is an absolute gentleman, very professional and so knowledgable. We told him we were novices but he said not to worry. Although it was not classed as an easy hike, it was managable and with a constant helping hand and guidance from Christos I did it!! (I should say that I am 68 years old and pretty fit but not particularly strong) Climbing over large rocks was a first for me! And the icing on the cake ... is when you get to the waterfall.... it's beautiful, the water is a bit cold but so invigorating. What a wonderful experience, such a memorable day, thank you Christos from both of us. D & D
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Elounda2019
Oct 11, 2019
Amazing Day - So glad we booked this trip. The beauty of this place. From all the different trees to the rocks and streams to eventually the most amazing waterfall that you can go and swim or stand under it. Christos was fantastic with his knowledge of the place and his plundering of fruit and nuts from the trees to let us try. He new the best path to follow and helped to guide us up and down the rocks. Thank you for a wonderful day. Definitely do it again next year. X 😘
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717daniellea
Aug 25, 2019
Best day of the holiday - I had to write this review because Summer tours are amazing! Roula is really welcoming and Christos is THE guy to tour with if you want a truly authentic experience. Luckily for us we were the only people on their trip so it was like a VIP experience. We are walkers at home so managed to do the walk to the gorge in an hour so we had plenty of time to enjoy the waterfall. Christos showed us the way and took some amazing photos of us throughout the day! He is like a Greek Bear Grylls, you never have the chance to go hungry because not only does he provide food he will be climbing up in the trees finding you fresh grapes, figs, berries and pomegranate! If you are worried about the walk, don’t be, Christos is always there to give a helping hand. If you are in the area this is one you don’t want to miss. I’d give them 10* if I could!
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Laura
Aug 15, 2019
Fantastic gorge - Amazing place with beautiful landscapes, luxuriant vegetation, streams, stone "bridges" and at the end of route a wonderful waterfall. It was my best holiday experience in Crete. A very good travel company, great people who look after their clients in a first class way. Thank you very much, Summer Tours & Taxis in Crete. Thank you very much, Christos. Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ.
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Vav925
Aug 6, 2019
Amazing hike with amazing guide - We just did the Richtis gorge hike with our 5 & 7 year olds and Christos was truly amazing. He helped our young ones on the hike scramble up and down wet rocks and was infinitely patient with them throughout. While I think our kids were at the edge of being a bit too young for this hike, the fact that Christos was so great really allowed it to happen. This tour is also super cheap given that it's most of a day and includes a decent pack lunch and pick up and drop off too. On the walk back Christos picked fresh pears and grapes for us to snack on too. One of my favorite experiences in Crete and highly recommend especially for families where Samaria gorge is too far /tough. Bravo!
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Megan
Jul 23, 2019
Great day out!! - Great day out!! Would definitely recommend if you are wanting to see more of Crete! The tour guides were lovely and great help.
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V7794lklindaah
Jul 23, 2019
Don’t miss this adventure! - We had the most amazing day, hiking to this stunningly beautiful waterfall with so many pretty things to look at along the way as well. The guides were fantastic and super friendly and we felt so well taken care of through out the day. I’d go back in a heartbeat! A memory for life 👌🏻✨
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