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ZakynthosVIP Small Group tour Shipwreck-Blue Caves-Viewpoint
4.3
84 Ratings
Zakinthos
Embark on a luxury land and sea tour with Dali Tours to explore historic beaches and rugged coasts. Enjoy VIP services, hidden gems, and breathtaking photo opportunities.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Zakynthos Town - Your unique experience will begin with a convenient pick-up from your hotel/accommodation and from different locations on the island. Our guide/drivers will transfer you via private VIP Air-con vehicles from location to location, giving you maps and explaining the itinerary to you. - Bochali View Point - The picturesque village of Bochali, almost hanging on top of the cape, offers a panoramic view to the infinite view of the Ionian Sea, the city, and the harbor From this dream location, you can see also the mainland of Greece, and other islands in the distance.A perfect place to capture the most loving moments of your holiday during sunrise, daylight, or moonlight, also take pictures of the small church of Zoodochos Pigi with its Byzantine icons, or of the huge pinewood with the ancient Venetian castle - Agios Nikolaos - The port of Agios Nikolaos lies on the North East coast of Zakynthos, it has a lovely small beach with turquoise crystal-clear waters and few traditional seafood taverns with a great view directly at the seaside. An islet, also named Agios Nikolaos, lies off the coast, protecting the harbor from the northerly winds. Here is the starting point of our 3-hour boat trip to the shipwreck beach and the blue caves in a medium-sized glass-bottom boat. - Navagio Beach (Shipwreck Beach) - This is one of the most famous beaches on the planet, grab your camera and get ready to snap the most amazing pictures with the most amazing background of the small cove surrounded by steep limestone formations. You will have the opportunity to swim in the most stunning, turquoise water in the world, relax and enjoy the extraordinary scenery that nature has created and of course the stunning views beyond description. Explore the rusty hull of the commercial shipwreck, named, M/V Panagiotis, which grounded onshore in 1980 and lies in the middle of the white sandy beach. Although it has decayed quite a lot, it still looks magnificent. Leaving Navagio Beach (Smugglers Cove), the captain will bring the boat to the best location of the beach with the shipwreck in the background to capture the best photos. - Blue Caves - Sailing back along the west coastline of Zakynthos, the blend of emerald waters, a beautiful seabed, sheltered coves, secluded beaches, and amazing blue caves. The blue caves are one of the island’s most famous attractions after the shipwreck beach and while these natural wonders have been formed by continual erosion of the cliffs, they create a series of magical chambers. They take their name from the sapphire color cast by the sunlight shimmering through the water and being reflected into the caves. Our small-medium seized boat allows us not only to get right into some of the caves but you can also enjoy swimming and snorkeling for about inside or next to one of them enjoying its breathtaking natural turquoise seawaters which paint the limestone and everything around in a stunning, ethereal blue (including you). - Navagio Beach (Shipwreck Beach) - We will head here at midday, the right time, sun, and sea will sparkle in many shades of turquoise. In addition, the area is filled with green, especially rosemary and sage. From the platform, you will be able to see and photograph what is considered one of the 30 most beautiful beaches all over the world. Nevertheless, from here you can see neither the whole cove nor the whole shipwreck and again (for safety reasons) you will follow the guide walking about 10min along a stony path leading out to the cliff top to a high promontory facing the sea, where he will help you capture the best photos of the iconic images of the cove and the shipwreck at the background. The water is so clear that when you take pictures of boats from above, it seems weird as you can see the shadow on the seabed and gives the illusion that they are floating over the water instead of touching it. - Anafonitria - Stop for lunch (own expenses) at a typical Greek, Zakynthian family-run taverna, named Galaxy, a neat location at Anafonitria, a junction of a small mountain village with views of green hills, only 3 kilometers away from the shipwreck viewpoint. Yiayia ( means grandmother in Greek ) Dimitra is the boss of the kitchen, with her very tasty home-cooked traditional dishes with fresh homegrown vegetables and homemade wine and desserts, while the rest of the family would treat you like a family member or a friend. Simply authentic taverna in a mountain village, very nice atmosphere, good menu, sensible prices, very generous dishes. - Exo Chora - The famous 2.000 years old olive tree is located in the village of Exo Chora, Zakynthos island. It is one of the seven oldest olive trees in the Mediterranean, and probably one of the oldest olive trees in the world. There is not yet an agreed-upon scientific method to ascertain the age of olive trees. In the case of this ancient olive tree, although its exact age cannot be verified, it is believed to be at least 2000 years old based on tree ring analysis. It still produces olives to this day. Here was one of the main filming locations of the famous Korean drama (the descendants of the sun). - Xigia Sulfur Beaches - Xigia Sulfur beach, (also known as Collagen Beach) with its collagen and natural Sulphur sweeping on the shore, at this unique phenomenon, the water appears to be a milky blue color which is stunning, this is meant to boost Collagen which has a lot of health benefits for your skin The lush, secluded beach is quite small but the color is beyond beautiful, taking a path in the natural Spa of Xigia beach will stay in your memory for a long time And if you need any refreshments on the beach, look out for the most ingenious and funny way they get drinks down to the beach…brilliant! It is very picturesque and has good photo opportunities from the clifftop.
What's Included
- Boat ticket to shipwreck beach and blue caves
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Full insurance
- Professional driver guide with photography skills!
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Use of snorkeling equipment
Additional Information
Dali Tours offers you a specially designed, luxury land and sea tour to enjoy incomparable services, characterized by flexibility, reliability, and individual care for you
We will explore beaches steeped in history, mainland, and rugged coasts alike, countless beaches famous for the purity of their waters and their morphological diversity, inspiring the visitor with the magic of their ethereal beauty as well as with their own unique history.
- We offer full insurance for our guests both on land (vehicle) and sea (boat)
- Explore and discover hidden beaches and spots that only the locals know about
- Swim, suntan, and snorkel in the amazing blue caves, at the famous shipwreck, and Xigia’s therapeutic, collagen, sulfur waters
- Capture awesome, breathtaking photos of hidden gems from the start to the finish of our tour
- Enjoy traditional Zakynthian kitchen in a family-run taverna with a mountain view (own expenses)
- There are no toilets on Shipwreck beach or at the Shipwreck viewpoint.
- There are cafeterias in Agios Nicholaos port where guests may use the toilet or buy snacks and refreshments.
- You will have to walk for about 10 minutes in a stone path at the shipwreck viewpoint to get to the best location.
- If the weather changes our program will change as well
- If it is cancelled due to bad weather conditions or reduced participation you will be offered a different date/tour or a full refund
- The tour operates in English but German, Italian, Arabic and Greek speaking tour guides can be assigned for the tour upon request.
Location
Dali Tours Zakynthos
Lomvardou
Office of Dali Tours, Dali Cafe-Kitchen-Bar, and Dali Luxury Rooms
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(84 Ratings)
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422talithaa
Jul 23, 2024
Amazing family day in a perfect location - Very nice tour, amazing places and the Guide Georges very attentive and very well mastered the local culture. We could not go to the view because of the risk but the tour did not lose its glow. We dive into the blue caves, indescribable experience.
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Joann_c
Jun 14, 2024
Zakynthos, Greece - Spectacular! We had quite a few stops on this day trip. Our tour guide George was the best! Amazing day out and met many people from around the world
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Road29512292721
Sep 14, 2023
Blue caves experience - Spectacular experience! A better adjective couldn't be used! The driver and guide was spectacular in his explanation, always kind and friendly. Experience recommended to everyone!
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Janeandria
Sep 8, 2023
Wonderful tour, would definitely recommend. - Absolutely loved this tour, it was excellent value. Our tour guide George was fantastic and a brilliant photographer.
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Emiliemx3654rc
Aug 29, 2023
Magic - Breathtaking landscapes, clear and turquoise water, it was magnificent!
A must-do excursion.
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Anacarolina74
Oct 7, 2023
Very good! - We had an excellent tour guided by our guide/photographer, George, excellent!! We regret the sea conditions that did not allow us to dive on the shipwreck beach, with these changes in the weather our itinerary had to be adjusted and we did not meet EXO Chora. I suggest reducing the time at Xigia beach and more time for photos at Shipwerck View.
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Oleksii_p
Sep 2, 2023
Nice tour, small comfortable van but a boat trip with many people - We liked the car with just 6 of us in. The beginning was delayed but not too long. The Shipwreck view point is great and easily accessible. The lunch was moderate and for that quality of taverna a bit expensive. We didn’t have a proper explanation during the trip, driver was almost always silent. The olive tree part is waste of time. This tour was advertised as VIP but we were with as many as 30 people on the boat. The swimming experience was great.
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Jared_u
Aug 20, 2023
Okay tour - The vehicle was comfortable only if you sat in the front. Otherwise the rest of the seating area was pretty warm without adequate AC flow for passengers. It was a hot day so it would have been nice to have a cool vehicle to sit in. The sites were great but would have been nice to get more explanation or story telling. Overall the tour was okay.
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John
Aug 31, 2023
Tour very different from description. - Didn't get what was promised. Tour was very different from description. Haven't even been to Blue Caves. Just like 4 other locations of this Tour.
Boat trip to shipwreck was quick. Lying 1 minute off the coast and back again. We were allowed to swim in the shaded area where there was nothing to see. Captain (woman) was very shabby, gave 0 info.
Stop 2 on schedule was sulfur beach. Well we saw that at 3 pm. Then there is no room left there. Olive press factory not seen. Instead of a commercial olive farm.
The last stop was no longer made because it was not on the route!
In short. Didn't get half of the tour. Positive was the driver. He was friendly.
But we are not the only ones who had this experience. Read more reports that Dali tours does not take things so seriously. Tourists could anyway. Never again with this club.
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546teresap
Aug 10, 2023
Where is the boat? - We had booked a boat tour and we found ourselves going up and down the island on an old and dirty minibus between long stops at the bars/restaurants, rigorously chosen by the tour operator and a final visit to a sort of farm, for commercial purposes only.
Apart from the stop at the Navagio panoramic point, and a short swim at the Blue caves, the excursion was totally devoid of meaning and added value.
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