Zakynthos: Marathonisi, Cameo Island and Keri Caves Tour

Explore Laganas Bay’s underwater paradise, swim in Keri Caves, and capture stunning photos on Cameo Island. Discover Greek heritage at Aristeon olive museum.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Zakynthos Town - Your unique experience will start with a convenient pick-up from the door of your accommodation or hotel throughout the island. Your very friendly local guide-driver will begin by giving you a free map of Zakynthos before briefing you with the details of your itinerary. - Cameo Island - Heading to our first stop, the dreamlike Cameo island, (known as the wedding island) which is one of the most beautiful sites of Zakynthos. You will enjoy the views of this small idyllic paradise that is located just off the coast of Agios Sostis in the south of Zakynthos. You will also admire and swim to its lovely secluded beach which is surrounded by steep white limestone and is used as a wedding ceremony area. This picturesque scenery with the famous waving white sheets above the water and the wooden bridge on the entrance are the perfect places for your photos. There is a small extra charge of 5€ if you want to enter the island. - National Marine Park of Zakynthos - Walking back to the port from this marvelous wooden bridge, you will meet the glass-bottom boat waiting for you to join the mini cruise to the National Marine Park of Zakynthos. Enjoy the views of the bay and look out for the turtles so you don’t miss them. Get ready with your cameras as you will be informed when turtles are going to surface to breathe, or when they pass under the glass bottom of the boat. - Marathonisi - The next stop will be Marathonisi an exotic, green island, part of the National Marine Park. The captain will drive the boat inside the two impressive caves while the sunlight floods in and paints the walls with an array of blue tones. then, he will head to the other side of the island for a one-hour stop at the small, golden, sandy, and clean beach where you will have the chance to swim, snorkel, or suntan. Moreover, it is very moving and an absolute joy to see the protected nests which are obviously all roped for their protection. We ask our guests to respect the regulations to ensure that the ancient mariners’ sea turtles that inhabited our planet for over 100 million years are not disturbed. - Keri Caves - The breathtaking Keri Caves are located on the southwestern part of the island and are carved by time, tide, and wind. Sailing along the coastline, you can admire the white single beaches, amazing rock arches, forested hills, and views of the huge limestone cliffs that fall straight into the sea. The professional captain is very adept not only at getting into the spectacular small-sized caves with the Glass-Bottom boat but at passing right through the famous rock arch (Kamara) as well. You will have 20 minutes to swim just outside the entrance of a very large cave. Make sure you have some snorkeling equipment with you so you can take a look under crystal-clear water and admire the unique marine life. You are more than welcome to enjoy the scenery from the boat if you do not wish to swim. Returning to the port you will board the van and head to the last but not least stop of this tour, the local Olive oil press museum. - Aristeon Ecological Olive Press - The olive tree, its olives, and olive oil are closely tied to the Greek culture. The friendly oil experts at the award-winning, Aristeon Ecological Olive Oil Press will guide you through the outdoor olive oil museum which reveals the history of olive oil making on the island throughout the centuries. You’ll be amazed by the old methods and early wooden types of equipment, as well as by the machine-run stone mill of later years and the factory’s cutting-edge productions. You will get to understand why olive oil is the gold of the Greeks and why the extra virgin oil produced here has unique healthy characteristics! You get to taste (for free) local olives and traditional village bread with different extra virgin olive flavors (most likely lemon, orange, and garlic). After five hours spent in the sea and full of images and new experiences, you will be dropped off back at your accommodation.
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Full insurance
  • Visit the Aristeon Olive Oil Press with free olive oil tasting
  • Cameo Island entrance fee
  • Boat ticket to Marathonisi Island
What's Not Included
  • Towels, Sunscreen, Snorkelling equipment.
  • Food or drinks
  • Extra charge 25€/booking if your hotel is more than 10-20km from our office Lomvardou 20 Zakynthos
Additional Information

On this unique tour, you will visit and discover the natural beauty of Laganas Bay and its underwater paradise with a glass-bottom boat. Take advantage of the stops to swim in the stunning Keri caves and the crystal-clear waters of Marathonisi and Cameo islands. Pass through the breathtaking Keri Arch, a unique formation of rocks in the water, and dive into a big cave. You will have the opportunity to capture perfect photos on Cameo Island and walk across its famous rope wooden bridge. Finally, get in touch with our Greek cultural heritage by visiting the award-winning Aristeon eco-olive oil press & olive museum.

  • There are no toilets on the boat or on Marathonisi Island. We will stop for the toilet before boarding the boat.
  • There are floating canteens on Marathonisi island, where you can buy snacks and refreshments but you can bring your own.
  • Please wear your swimming suit under your clothes. The places that you will visit on this tour include water interaction.
Location
Dali Tours Zakynthos
Lomvardou
Our office is located in the center of Zakynthos in the same building as the Dali Luxury Rooms & Restaurant.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Tchalkiana
Aug 19, 2024
Crystal clear waters - We had great experience in a private boat, it was just adorable, our captain was a greek man and showed us the most beautiful parts, we really enjoyed the trip
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Barbara_m
Aug 12, 2024
Beautiful caves! - Because the driver did not speak English well, there were some misunderstandings with other members of the group. We were just thrilled with all the caves he took us to. He skillfully took us deep into caves. Our cruise tender was delayed, but they waited until we arrived to leave.
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Thedhillonone
Aug 12, 2024
Good tour - Good tour. Bottomless boat. Don’t see much through glass bottom though. Great way to see south of island 3 hours on boat Saw one turtle. Many boats surrounding the poor turtle. Went in to some caves Lots of small boats stopping at small secluded beaches. Wish we had one of those instead Non the less good tour.
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Brunella
Aug 4, 2024
A day out in Zante to see turtles and do some great swimming - The trip was very well organised. On time as scheduled. The staff are friendly and very helpful. We saw some lovely places and had a really good time. I think it was excellent value for money. We got picked up on time, visited an olive oil producer, then went to a small island to see turtles, and then went on a boat to another island, where we spent an hour and a half approximately. It was a lovely beach and great for snorkelling if you have teenagers. We then went to see some caves and swam a bit more. Beautiful scenery definitely recommend it.
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Justyna_c
Jul 28, 2024
Lovely trip 🏝️🐢🥰 - Well organised, good experience with beautiful views , lucky to see turtles 🐢🏝️ definitely recommend
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V8060ofcarlas
Jul 15, 2024
Lovely tour - We drove to the pick up point. We left at 12h00 in a van with the rest of the group. The guide Nicki ( I think that was his name) was super friendly and the all boat experience very good. We had chance to visit all places, spotted turtles and the swimming was pretty memorable. I cannot swim so they offered me a life jacket and I could experience the all thing. We had a helpful and funny captain that made the experience much nicer. I strongly recommend this tour even with children. We went as a family with my 7 years old girl and surprisingly she enjoyed it.
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Virginia
Aug 25, 2024
Fabulous day would recommend - Great trip, good guide, fantastic experience seeing the turtles and time on a beach to swim and relax. Enjoyed an ice-cream and drink on the beach. Be aware no toilets for 3 hours of the trip (not on the boat or island) had to wait for cameo island . Only had 20 mins to look around . Other than that all good 👍😊 Tips, take a snorkel and lots of sunscreen
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Lysanderrask
Aug 14, 2024
An adventurous trip - It was a fantastic experience / trip. You get picked up at your hotel and then drive to Cameo Island. A really breathtaking place. There you have 20 minutes to get all the impressions before you sit in a boat with glass floor and sail out towards Maratonisi Island where you have about 1 hour and 20 minutes to swim and sunbath. We were so lucky to see little baby turtles take their first trip out into the sea. There it is important that you just let nature go its way - they will ⁇ reach it. People could learn from that. The small turtles were lifted and carried out into the water despite being asked not to. After 1 hour and 20 minutes, you are picked up from the boat again and you sail towards some rock caves where you can swim in the azure blue sea for 20 minutes. Then you take the boat into the mainland, where there was a little chaos. Many were on and off the boats. We returned to the mini-van we were taking and then drove out to an olive oil pressery, which serves as a museum in the summer and as a pressery in the winter. It was a quick experience. The tour took just 10 minutes. Then you could taste and buy the various olive oils (which were common and with four different flavors). Then he was driven back to his hotel. The entire trip takes five hours.
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Timothy
Aug 30, 2024
Great places but poor operator - Ok the negatives first… Mini bus was terrible old and shabby with no air con uncomfortable ride to our destination. Driver although very pleasant spoke broken English communication wasn’t good with instruction as to where we was to go meeting points and times eg. Boarding our boat was very disorganised people every where different parties mixed together poorly organised. On our return from turtle island couldn’t find our driver it was a little disconcerting spending time looking around in a very large car park soaking wet after being in a thunder storm on the boat. Paid £97.90 for me and my partner not good value for money!! Should have booked it at the resort much cheaper. Now the positives the boat and the skipper / mate was brilliant very friendly and good company, got some great photos of turtles swimming right up against the boat Amazing !!!! Camero island beautiful got some great pictures well worth the visit . Turtle island wow loved every minute great lovley sandy beach, great floating beach bar. Lovley swimming in crystal clear water but that’s where it all ends had to cut the trip short because got caught up in a Thurber and lighting storm not a nice place to be when your in the eye of a thunder storm on a boat heading back to port….. tour operators have no control over Mother Nature … 5/10 for us not good value for money
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Todguest
Jul 16, 2024
Nice trip, felt sorry for the turtle. - Friendly bus driver and boat captain. We hated the boats surrounding and disorienting the poor sea turtle. There should be no more than 2 boats near a turtle and certainly not trying to get over the top of it in a glass bottom boat.
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