Zakynthos Half Day swimming tour to Turtle island and keri caves
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Zakynthos Half Day swimming tour to Turtle island and keri caves
By Abba Travel
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Ages 0-99, max of 65 per group
Duration: 5h
Start time: Check availability
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Live guide: English
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- Door to door pick up / drop off service
- Glass bottom boat
What's not included- Although water and food cost are not included on this trip in turtle island front beach where the boat dock there is from May to October a catamaran boat snack bar
- Entry/Admission - Cameo Island
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
- Strada Marina, Lomvardou 14, Zakinthos 291 00, Greecegeneral meeting point in front of strada marina hotel lomvardou street number 14.
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.Airport pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.- Zakinthos Airport, Greece
Port pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included ports.- Port of Zakynthos, Zakinthos 291 00, Greece
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 116901P11- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 65 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 116901P11
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- 795loesl0 contributionsBest sunset everThe best guides (Lisa & Rea) took us to the best places. They were very warm and friendly, a great vibe all day long. Such a wonderful day! 10/10 would go again.Written March 17, 2025
- 795loesl0 contributionsA perfect dayIt was an unforgettable tour, our guides (Lisa & Rea) were the best! The views and they were perfect. 10/10 would recommend.Written March 17, 2025
- 749vaishnavik0 contributionsDrone video, Polaroid photos speed boat cave exploreThey are under selling themselves They give u ultimate experience! With photos video assistance even shot drone videos for u!! Spiros was our guide/captain and he is great at what he does! Worth every cent!Written February 18, 2025
- Sadaf L0 contributionsPrivate boat ride to the shipwreck and blue cavesIt was in December, so didn’t swim, but still Had a good time on our tour. Stelios did a good job telling us stories about the areas and kept us safe on the somewhat bumpy ride.Written December 31, 2024
- Voyager683137442480 contributionsZákynthos TourBest experience, was all the Money worth. We saw so many things on the Island on a well structured day. The tour guide was really good, he was Entertaining, funny and ofcourse knows the Island really good. Also the boat tour was really Long and so many options to take Photos, with a really good Captain. The Communication was so well, we booked the evening bevore and got picked up in the Next Morning. Really good Tour, i recommend for everybody that wants to learn and see the Island.Written December 28, 2024
- qiaor160 contributionsSmall group tourismNice trip, the boat tour worth the money~our driver Marcos did the best photographing with Polaroid and thanks to captain Stelios and manager AndreasWritten December 27, 2024
- jixinl20190 contributionsAmazing tourThe tour was amazing! We visited the shipwreck point and the shipwreck viewpoint. The water was amazing!! The color is so magical. The guide Marcos is very patient and the captain Stelios was very professional! Marcos even brought a Polaroid and took a photo for each of us! I need to give a big shout to Andreas, who is very proactive and patient. After booking the tour he contacted me saying that there might not be enough people for it and provided me with many alternatives. Also he replied to my messages in a timely manner. Highly recommend!!Written December 26, 2024
- andywN7816KN0 contributionsZakinthos one day tourAmazing deals from Andreas. Booked the tour on the same day and he managed to fit us into a semi private tour with a good price. The tour guide Marcos is friendly and easy going. He drove safely throughout the trip and he was a professional photographer too! High recommended!Written December 18, 2024
- T70UTjamier0 contributionsBest tour of Greece!Our guide was Marcos and we had an amazing time! The views, the food, the scenery. We went during winter so it felt like we had the entire beach and island to ourselves. Highly recommend Marcos and his team! The boat ride was the best part of the entire tour. What a thrill! :)Written December 8, 2024
- Mike S0 contributionsExcellent TripExcellent half day trip. Took us around the islands and slowed down and stopped for everyone to get great pictures and then dropped us off on the beach with the ship wreck for everyone to swim and relax. Incredible day. Highly recommended.Written November 14, 2024
- Trek391258060710 contributionsbest view best guideI had an unforgettable birthday with AbbaTravel! The destinations, Navagio Bay and the Blue Caves in Zakynthos, were absolutely breathtaking. Our guide was incredibly kind and went above and beyond to make the experience special. I even lost my selfie stick, but the guide retrieved it and delivered it to my hotel the next day free of charge! The landscapes were stunning, and I highly recommend AbbaTravel for anyone looking for an exceptional travel experience. Thank you for making my birthday so memorable!Written November 5, 2024
- Escape277093244780 contributionsAn unforgettable tripIt was a really nice experience. It was our first day in Greece. We had an overall view of Zakynthos, explored the Blue Cave and hiked to see the shipwreck beach clearly. The guide and driver are all very nice people. The lunch was cheap and delicious. When we were on the way back, we saw very beautiful sunset. It was so nice of the driver to stop and let us take lots of photos although this was not included in the journey. Really enjoy the trip and would like to recommend it to all of you planning to visit Zakynthos!Written November 5, 2024
- simone h0 contributionsShip wreck and caves tourThis was a fantastic trip - 3 hrs was just about right .. the captain gave us 3 swims and took us snorkeling into some secret caves.. a mixture of very young and older passengers; everyone seemed to enjoy. Be very slow on the roads, they are very narrow with hairpin bends- but well worth it when you get there!Written October 29, 2024
- shiyig20170 contributionsBest tour experience in ZakynthosThe trip was amazing. Costas was our guide. He was a very nice, passionate and funny person. We went to the beach of ship wreck, also to see it from the top of the mountain , as well as some other beach spots. The time was well managed. The highlight was swimming in the blue cave. Besides all the fun parts, he also took loads of beautiful pictures and drone videos for us, for free! He was a tour guide plus a private photographer! I would always recommend his tour when you go to Zakynthos!Written October 24, 2024
- Nomad7962340 contributionsAwful tour ever!It was an absolutely awful trip! The tour was absolutely not what it promised in the itinerary. And the tour guide is the worst I've ever seen! This tour guide loaf on the job, misbehaved and disrespectful to the customers and his own job! 1. At the Xigia beach stop, the tour guide made us staying there for almost an hour just so he can finish his lovely breakfast there! Xigia beach should only spend 10 minutes as it stated in the itinerary, all the customers had nothing to do there but watching the tour guide enjoyed his breakfast with his colleague for almost an hour. This is ridiculous! Stealing the company's time and wasting customer's paid time to just let him enjoy his breakfast is extremely shameful! 2. After wasting too much time in Xigia beach, when we reached the Shipwreck viewpoint, the tour guide told us that we only have 30min to go through the path and take the pictures and come back to the bus. Not mentioning 30min is way less than what you promised in the itinerary, just to go through the rocky path back and forth would use at least 20min, giving us only 10min photo time is ridiculous! Everyone came here mainly for the shipwreck beach and viewpoint, and you only gave us 10min for it?! Is this because the 60min you wasted us for your breakfast?! 3. We were so rushed taking the pictures and walked through the rocky path to came back to the bus. The tour guide SCREAMED at us crazily that we did not come back in the 30min that he generously gave to us! Not mentioning he was extremely disrespectful to any of us in our family, the thing I don't understand is that he had NO SHAME at all to blame us spending reasonable time on the iternery spot we paid for while he wasted whole bus of customers' time to wait him enjoying his breakfast. 4. During the boat ride, the tour guide was smoking all the time. The smoke of cigarettes is unbearable.This tour guide is uncivilized and he doesn't care about the customers at all. 5. The boat only stop by the Navagio Beach for only 10min! Again this is not what you promised in the iternery that more than an hour would be spend in here. For the most important spot of the iternery, we didn't even have enough time for the pictures! 6. The boat could not actually go into the blue caves, which never stated in the itinerary. And we did not go to Cameo island, not even for 10 minute photo time. Honestly we felt cheated. In summary, if I could leave 0 star, I would. The tour guide slack off too much at work and disrespectful to the customers who didn't cooperate to compensate the time he wasted on his breakfast during the tour. Throughout the day, he seemed to just be hitting on certain customers who he thinks he can get tips from. Apparently the tour guide doesn't respect the customers and his own job. He doesn't care at all how much time, money and efforts people put on their planned trip, if the trip get messed up, they wouldn't have the second chance to do it again but just take it as a terrible experience...Written October 21, 2024
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Yeshe S
2 contributions
Mar 2024 • Friends
The best 1/2 day tour there is full of numerous awe inspiring experiences!!
My friends and I had a private tour and it was money well spent. Our wonderful guide Sakis picked us up from our hotel with a cheerful smile and explained our itinerary for the morning. We were driven down to the port where our charming captain Simon was waiting for us with his boat. We had a surreal swim through a cave with Sakis guiding us where Simon was waiting on the other side with the boat. We swam at a gorgeous white pebble beach which blew us away with its beauty! On our ride to turtle island we stopped at various incredible blue and turquoise caves. Simon manoeuvred the boat with ease through the narrow passages to ensure our experience was impeccable. We were treated with absolute kindness and the friendliest of attitudes all throughout our experience and would recommend this tour along with other Abba Travel Tours. Through this experience our trip to Zakynthos was made better than ever imagined possible!
Thank you Abba Travel, Sakis and Simon!!
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My friends and I had a private tour and it was money well spent. Our wonderful guide Sakis picked us up from our hotel with a cheerful smile and explained our itinerary for the morning. We were driven down to the port where our charming captain Simon was waiting for us with his boat. We had a surreal swim through a cave with Sakis guiding us where Simon was waiting on the other side with the boat. We swam at a gorgeous white pebble beach which blew us away with its beauty! On our ride to turtle island we stopped at various incredible blue and turquoise caves. Simon manoeuvred the boat with ease through the narrow passages to ensure our experience was impeccable. We were treated with absolute kindness and the friendliest of attitudes all throughout our experience and would recommend this tour along with other Abba Travel Tours. Through this experience our trip to Zakynthos was made better than ever imagined possible!
Thank you Abba Travel, Sakis and Simon!!
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Written March 24, 2024
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nic c
5 contributions
Apr 2022 • Family
Our skipper took us out in fairly wild seas and he is clearly a very skillful pilot. Also the boat is modern and very seaworthy so we felt safe all the time. The area is stunning and he told us lots of interesting facts as we toured. A really wonderful experience. Recommended.
Written April 25, 2022
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Cristina G
Dubai, United Arab Emirates295 contributions
Good half day tour to the turtle island including an hour of swimming in its turquoise crystal clear waters and visit to the blue caves via a speed boat. It was a fun tour in a small group. Thanks to Dennis for the transportation services and to Sebastian our tour guide for making the experience safe and fun.
The coordination with Andreas at Abba Tours was very personalized and detailed. Much appreciated.
The coordination with Andreas at Abba Tours was very personalized and detailed. Much appreciated.
Written May 2, 2022
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Jan G
Coventry, UK20 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
Booked a week in advance and received a WhatsApp message the night before saying it was overbooked and we would have to go in the evening rather than at 8:30 which we had booked. I messaged back insisting that we went at 8:30 as going in the evening would mean us missing our All Inclusive dinner. I received a phone call saying there were 90 people booked at 8:30 for a trip meant for 60. We could reschedule or cancel with a full refund. We chose to cancel and rebooked with Best of Zante for 20 euros less per person and 20 people on the boat. I will never book with Trip Advisor/Viator/ABBA Travel again
Written August 16, 2023
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Marlo S
Tennessee2 contributions
Jul 2023 • Family
The meeting place was a nightmare. We had no idea where to pickup our tour and honestly found it by chance. Then the guide pushed it out an 1 1/2 because supposedly other ships where late coming in which not sure that was really true. I think they over sold it. But, we had time to walk around and found a lovely coffee/dessert shop that turned out to be great. The trip itself was pretty good. Wish we had more time at the caves and could have gotten in the water. We did get out once for about 15 mins (a little to short) and our one hour beach stop was fun. If the company could have provided better meeting information the whole experience would have been much nicer.
Written August 1, 2023
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PDPhelan
Peterborough, UK24 contributions
Very well organised and amazing value for money. The tour guide had great knowledge and it was lovely having time on turtle island as well as the opportunity to jump in at the Kerri Caves. We did also see a beautiful turtle.
Written July 10, 2023
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DDre
Radstock, UK169 contributions
We were picked up in the main road near our hotel. Kept up to date by What's app as we're a few minutes late.
We went by bus to the harbour where we boarded the boat. We saw 1 turtle, which was great. The guide was excellent and very informative. Snacks and drinks served.
There werex2 volunteers from the protection society who gave us information about safeguarding the turtles.
The Caves were great with 2 swimming stops.
All in all a well worthwhile tour.
Thank you Nefis.
We went by bus to the harbour where we boarded the boat. We saw 1 turtle, which was great. The guide was excellent and very informative. Snacks and drinks served.
There werex2 volunteers from the protection society who gave us information about safeguarding the turtles.
The Caves were great with 2 swimming stops.
All in all a well worthwhile tour.
Thank you Nefis.
Written September 19, 2023
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saurau t
7 contributions
Lost 20 minutes to wait for the passengers who were late.
Spending too much time to wait to see the turtle, the boat stayed too far from the cave, not going close as close as possible.
Having not much information from the guide,
Spending too much time to wait to see the turtle, the boat stayed too far from the cave, not going close as close as possible.
Having not much information from the guide,
Written September 18, 2023
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Sandeepan S
Sprockhoevel, Germany12 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
Our organisor Andreas and tour guide Sakis were really great in planning and implementing the whole trip.
We did South Zakynthos trip with Abba Travels which was semi private and hence we could use the flexibility to do complete most of the important parts of the island via mini bus/ cab and boat trip which includes Turtle Island, Keri Caves, Cameo Island, Blue-Green shaded water and many other amazing sights. As its not yet turtle season yet we couldn't see them but most probably mid April onwards one can see the turtles for sure.
The people working at Abba Travels are really amazing and they give their 100% to let us enjoy the island at its full.
Myself and my wife would love to come back here and do some more trips with them.
Keep it up guys. You all just rock.
Efharisto 😇🙏🇬🇷
Love you all.
Regards from Germany
Sandeepan Sharma
We did South Zakynthos trip with Abba Travels which was semi private and hence we could use the flexibility to do complete most of the important parts of the island via mini bus/ cab and boat trip which includes Turtle Island, Keri Caves, Cameo Island, Blue-Green shaded water and many other amazing sights. As its not yet turtle season yet we couldn't see them but most probably mid April onwards one can see the turtles for sure.
The people working at Abba Travels are really amazing and they give their 100% to let us enjoy the island at its full.
Myself and my wife would love to come back here and do some more trips with them.
Keep it up guys. You all just rock.
Efharisto 😇🙏🇬🇷
Love you all.
Regards from Germany
Sandeepan Sharma
Written March 31, 2023
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G Shorty
5 contributions
May 2022 • Friends
Another lovely experience with Abba Travel. We were so happy at the end of our full day tour with them that we decided to book this as well for the following day. We were a bit unlucky with regards to the wether however tour was still amazing. Sebastians, our captain, was super charismatic and had a lot of interesting information. Would choose Abba Travel whenever in Zakynthos.
Written May 2, 2022
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