Santorini Sunset Cruise in Caldera
Description
Experience a calm and romantic trip to the amazing sites of Santorini on a charming wooden sailing boat! The peaceful atmosphere and gentle rocking of the boat provide the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable getaway, allowing you to fully appreciate the beauty and tranquility of this iconic sunset and volcanic landscape.
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Itinerary
After a short trip of 10 minutes it reaches the small port of Nea Kameni, where the active volcano is. Your time there is for about 1 hour and 15 minutes where you can walk up and visit this wild landscape with the different volcanic rocks and the active craters of the volcano, where there is still smoke coming out and keenly smells sulfur. After a short trip of 10 minutes it reaches the small port of Nea Kameni , where the active volcano is. Your time there is for about 1 hour and 15 minutes where you can walk up and visit this wild landscape with the different volcanic rocks and the active craters of the volcano , where there is still smoke coming out and keenly smells sulfur.
To continue, the boat will depart for the island of Palaia Kameni, where the hot springs are located. Inside the small bay of Agios Nikolaos the water temperature is 30-35 degrees Celcious but it constantly mixes with seawater. The boat stays for about 30 minutes, enough time since there is no beach, but you have to climb down a ladder of the boat into the sea and swim a distance of about 30 meters to the interior of the small bay, where the mud baths are.
After swimming at the hot springs the boat will start a sail around the caldera where you can take magnificent pictures of the landscape and the houses that literally hang on the edge of the cliff , in compination with the beautiful colours of the sunset. On a wooden boat with sails , listening to nice music and enjoying a glass of local wine. After the sunset the boat returns back to the old port of Fira.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(18)
The tour included a visit to the volcano island with a guided hike to the calderas if you wanted to participate, followed by a visit to the hot springs/mud baths on the island of Palea Kameni and then a stop for relaxing/food/drinks on the island of Thirasia before sailing slowly along the coast of Santorini between Oia and Fira finishing with a wonderful view of the sunset from the water. Be aware that the tour goes from the old port of Fira (as most of these types of tours do) which means you either have to hike down and up nearly 600 steps or pay €10 pp each way for either a donkey or cable car ride to get to/from the port area - this can considerably increase the total cost unless you opt for the walk. The only slight issue we found was locating the tour departure point/office once we reached the old port - we had allowed ourselves a good amount of time so this did not cause a problem but better detail on where to go within the old port would have been helpful.
Organised and well paced, excellent guide. Highlight for me was the hot spring swim! Bring dark coloured swim wear as the hot spring water is coloured and stains light coloured clothes. Value for money!
This was the only affordable and best money to value thing I got in Santorini, Guide and crew were amazing. Trip was totally worth it.
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Excellent trip. Our guide was friendly, fun and informative. The hike up the volcano was worth it for the views. A nice restaurant at Thirassa and serenaded at sunset. Marvellous!
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Very complete experience, we really enjoyed our trip around the Caldera, visiting the volcano in Nea Kameni and thermal waters near Palia Kameni, as well as even have some wind down time to explore and grab a drink in Thirasia before catching the sunset. Our tour guide, Kostas (Konstantínos) was phenomenal, very friendly and approachable and he even played some music and sang as we were watching the sunset. We had a great time and would recommend this cruise to anybody visiting Santorini.
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Awesome! The hike up the volcano was hot and challenging. The hot springs fun. The sunset magnificent! On our cruise we had a wonderful guide who serenaded us with a guitar at sunset. Great!
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Beautifully curated. Constantine our Guide was very gentle entertaining and played the guitar beautifully.
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Loved every part of it. Great guide. Fun stories. Beautiful boat and sunset views. The 4 hour went by pretty fast.
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Nice hike, complete, maybe a little tight. The driving was outstanding. The sunset by boat is worth the expense!
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10/10 experience. Our tour guide was absolutely exceptional, personable and professional, and he even serenaded us with some Greek songs while watching the sunset over the Oia caldera. While I wasn’t originally looking forward to the volcano, I can honestly say it was fantastic to see and to learn the history/geology of Santorini and the surrounding islands. Make sure to pack hiking shoes because it’s a decent hike to the peak! There’s plenty of time to explore and take breaks on the hike up. Overall, this tour was the highlight of my trip to Santorini. You really can’t go to Santorini without seeing the famous sunset from a boat, and this excursion is the best way to do it!!
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