Private Tour
In case you want to plan your own tour with a Land Rover Defender, 450cc ATV Quad Bike or Boat, the Private Tour category is the one for you! Private tours are ideal for those who want to experience safari with more privacy, along with their partner, friends or family, without other participants. You choose the route you will follow and the places you will visit (relevant information you can ask from us) and the duration of your safari, in consultation with us. You will feel more familiar with the environment, because you will be with people close to you exploring Crete in your own way, doing activities that suit your taste and you will generally feel much more comfortable. Private Safari category includes event organization. You can celebrate with us one of the happiest moments of your life and organize an event that will be unforgettable to you and your guests. For example, a wedding proposal, a birthday party or a surprise will be much more special and fun as part of one of Georgioupolis Safari's Tours. All you have to do is contact our qualified staff to help organize your tour who will inform you with all the possible destinations and provide any further information for our services.
Our suggestions for private tours are 4:
Day tour jeep safari
→ Our vehicles with our drivers-tour safety guides will come to pick you up from your hotel, villa, rbnb and we will begin our day by visiting Lake of Kournas , which is the biggest nature lake here in Crete with an amazing & breathtaking view but also with rare spices of flora and fauna
→Then we will continue our safari in Argypouli , a beautiful traditional village with waterfalls ,and after your around the village you will have a free tour inside a Christian Monastery where you will learn a lot about the story of the place and experience new things and after that you will taste local cretan products made by a family that runs a traditional cafe next to the monastery .
→ Next stop is the fun part , cause you will continue your safari to an altitude of 1,200 metres, where, hopefully, vultures will take your breath away with their imposing appearance. You will, however, experience the quietness in the isolation of the White Mountains and the breathtaking view , and also experience the fascinating landescape of our beautiful island . There in the area of sfakia , you will then find a very old castle with a mystery myth (Fragkokastelo) (photostop) , swim in the pristine waters of the South Cretan Sea and taste delicious traditional greek-cretan dishes from a family tavern.
→Leaving the area of sfakia you will check the panoramic view of Imbros gorg .
→And As a conclusion to your adventure , you will visit a modern olive oil factory , and there you will learn how we make olive oil here in crete and experience the whole process , and taste the results .
HALF JEEP SAFARI
→ We will come to your hotel,villa , rbnb to pick you up and we will start our day- safari by visiting a local diary factory that you will have the change to taste fresh dairy products as cheese and experienced in real time the processes that requires to make them .
→Consequently, the driver which is also your tour safety guide he will lead you to off road trails up in the white mountains and you will see and observe the wild nature of Crete and have the change to take photos that you will have for a lifetime .
→As our third stop to our safari it will be the visit and a small tour to an old olive oil factory , which is next to a traditional cafe that you can have a Greek coffee and relax for a bit if you want.Both of them are located among of the beutiful vilagges of apokoronas in crete.
→Then you will continue your safari by visiting a modern olive oil factory that you will have also a free tour there and see the facilities that helps to produce oil in our generation.
→ Next stop is the LAKE OF KOURNAS , which is the biggest nature lake in Crete, our guide will explain you the history of the lake and the myths around it. The view is outstanding and it will take your breath .
→ As a conclusion to your day it will be the lunch (which is included in the price ) in a traditional restaurant in Georgioupoli
→ Few steps away of the restaurant you will have the opportunity to check the beautiful river & ocean of Georgioupoli and the Christian church of Saint Nicolas that is in the water.
BOAT SAFARI
First of all , we have 3 boats that can fit maximum 15 people that follows our tour safety guide, so if you choose a private boat safari we have to split you in 3 boats but in the same group of course . About the boat safari :
→ we begin from georgioupolis port and we visit the Palm trees , Hidden Caves (if the weather allow us we go inside )
→ then we visit Obrosgialos Bay we stop for swimming&snorkeling
→ and last stop is the lighthouse that we can watch chania & souda bay from across. In the whole process of course the tour safety-captain explains you everything about the area , the stories , the myths , the history . We provide you also snack with a water .