Safari Club Crete
Safari Club Crete
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8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Crete, Crete, Greece
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2023

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Katie T
3 contributions
Oct 2020 • Family
We booked this trip for 2 adults & 2 teens (12 & 17) after seeing a recommendation on our tour operators review site.
If you want to learn more about Crete (our guide Darryl had fantastic history, mythology, wildlife and area knowledge after living here +20yrs) give this trip a go. It’s a full day 08.15 - 16.00 with plenty of stops along the way including toilet stops :). Take some cash as you stop at various local business selling Olive Oil, Raki, Cheese, Pottery etc and we felt it right to leave a tip for the lunch and for the tour guide. We spent around $100 on top of the trip price but it was totally our choice and didn’t feel pressured to buy/tip at any stage.
We stopped at Zeus Cave and that was an addition €6 each adults & free for kids if you wanted to go inside . It’s a steep 10-15 mins walk to the cave entrance and then 200 steps down (and back up again) which made us certainly feel that we deserved our lovely lunch.
The stop off at the Goat cheese farmer was a real highlight too.
We definitely saw and learnt much more about Crete than we would have on a normal bus tour. Darryl was charming and knowledgeable and we really enjoyed our day.
Written October 27, 2020
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vangelis74
Thank you for the review and the lovely feedback. We are lucky to have so passionate and know ledged drivers in our team. We hope to see you again one day. Your Safariclub Team
Written October 30, 2020
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Elocin W
Sissi, Greece1 contribution
Jul 2022 • Family
We have booked the Minoan tour with Rudi a Dutch Driver who speaks perfectly German, Greek and English.He is very funny and explained a lot during the trip. We got picked up with the Mercedes-Vito it had air-conditioning and was very comfortable. I would highly recommend you the Minoan tour if you have kids, my 8 year old son and 2 year old daughter had a very good time and me of course too.we will take another tour hopefully soon!
Written July 4, 2022
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Thank you very much for the great review and we are happy to hear you and your family had a fantastic day. Kind regards, Safari Club Crete
Written July 12, 2022
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Mark
1 contribution
Oct 2022 • Couples
Excellent day. Worth the cost and got to see places in Crete we’d never have seen without the guide and this trip.
Our guide Daryl was very informative and made everyone on the tour feel comfortable and no question was unable to be answered.
Even though at the top of the mountain the cloud came in (take a jumper!) this was at the end of the season and just added to the atmospherics of the trip.
We booked through the jet2 reps and the cave wasn’t mentioned, take 6euros each for the cave and maybe a sturdy shoe as the climb on the ‘harder’ route is worth doing but pretty rocky.
Food was amazing in a traditional Greek restaurant and would have been worth the trip alone as off the beaten track and away from the tourist traps.
Overall excellent and Daryl excellent.
Written October 29, 2022
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Jamie B
Romford, UK3 contributions
Aug 2021 • Friends
Gary our guide was not only really funny, his knowledge and enthusiasm was amazing and he made the whole group feel included and was ready to help with any queries anything else the group needed. All the places we stopped were brilliant and with each stop came more inside information into the way of life on Crete. Couldn't recommend this highly enough and the hearing the story behind his name is just hilarious and you will be on Google looking it up at the earliest time haha
Written August 17, 2021
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vangelis74
Thank you for the review and the lovely feedback. We are lucky to have so passionate and know ledged drivers in our team. We hope to see you again one day. Your Safariclub Team
Written August 18, 2021
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Melanie B
1 contribution
May 2022 • Couples
WOW what a day. We’ve just got back from a full day jeep safari tour with Jase our driver/tour guide/creative photographer/silver service waiter-is there no end to this mans talents. From pick up to drop off he gave 110% to the tour, providing us with lots of cultural information, historical information, geographical information along with a few Greek myths. He tested us on our knowledge of herbs, stopping to pick some en route and knew the best places to get that panoramic shot of the island. I would say if you don’t like heights or suffer from travel sickness this may not be for you as some of the off road tracks are quite close to the edge and very windy. That said if you get Jase as your guide you’re in for a good day. I would definitely recommend this trip as a good way to see parts of Crete from great heights. Oh and the traditional lunch provided was great too. Thanks Jase! 😁
Written May 16, 2022
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vangelis74
Dear Melanie, Thank you for taking your time to write this amazing review. Kind regards, Safari Club Crete
Written May 24, 2022
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Gana M
10 contributions
Aug 2021 • Couples
We did the 4 x 4 sunset plateau trip with Geoff . It has been the highlight of our holiday ! Geoff was probably the most informative , knowledgeable, polite and humourus guide we've ever had . Ever !
The trip takes you away from the tourism of Crete high high to the mountains where life is real , and one becomes aware there is far greater things in Crete than the beach and bars. We travelled through untouched villages , past hundreds of bee hives , shepherd's with flocks to witness the sunset 1300 metres above . Evening meal was served in a local taverna where food was home made , delicious, plenty with home grown wine and Raki. I cannot recommend this trip enough . If we had time , we'd go again !
Written August 23, 2021
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vangelis74
Many thanks for your lovely review! We aim to delight our customers every time and we are so pleased that we were able to meet your expectations. We hope we can welcome you again one day. Your Safariclub Team
Written August 25, 2021
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pablosis
St Helens, UK1 contribution
Jun 2022 • Family
Absolutely brilliant, all I can say. Our tour took us up the Lassithi plateau and into the villages up there. Met the locals and saw how they lived, bought some local produce which is fantastic. The views are just incredible, Crete is a beautiful island. Jason our tour guide was a top fella, typical northern lad living on the island now for many years, speaks the language fluently and whos local knowledge and history of the area was topnotch. His stories about the Cretans and the nazis during WW2 are amazing, also some great ones about the Turks. Cretans are an amazing people who have been through some stuff and endured. All in all the whole holiday was made by this experience. As we took the trip early it gave us more of an appreciation of the island, people and places we went when we ventured out on our own. We booked through TUI so it may be cheaper going direct to them and if you are lucky enough to have Jason as your guide say hello for me and maybe chuck him a few quid as a tip 😉
Written June 25, 2022
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Thank you for taking time to write this amazing review and recommendation. Kind regards, Safari Club Crete
Written July 12, 2022
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Joe W
1 contribution
Jul 2023 • Family
We are a young family with toddler and were advised to book onto the Minoan tour by the helpful staff at Safari Club via WhatsApp.

We were collected from our hotel at 8:40am and immediately put at ease by our driver and tour guide for the day, Jason, who can only be described as a character.

Jason has lived on the island for over 20 years, and his passion for storytelling about the island was really what made the day one to remember.

The route was well planned and our two year old was interested for the whole day.

The taverna we visited for lunch was fantastic. It boasted a panoramic view of the plain (over 1000 metres above sea level) and the food was exceptional; we got to sample a variety of local dishes with BBQ meat and salad accompaniments and finished with Greek yoghurt and local honey.

Would recommend to anyone wanting to explore the island, with or without kids. 5 star tour and guide!
Written July 11, 2023
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vangelis74
Thanks for sharing your positive experience with us. We hope we can welcome you again one day. Your Safari club Team
Written July 25, 2023
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Alexa C
3 contributions
Jul 2022 • Couples
This js one of my most magical experience I've ever had. I experienced so much joy on that trip, 6 of us were there and two Slovakian (cpuple). I fed some goats, we saw wondrous views and picked some wild herbs, visited a beautiful town where we tasted so much Raki and the olive oil tasting and the honey (we bought 2 of each). We stood at the tip of a mountain where you feel like you're on top of the world, like it was a movie scene and I fell in love with Crete and Sisi that night. The Slovakian couple got engaged, w went to a restaurant and had amazing Bruschetta, tzatziki, salad, chicken, and other neats and some beautiful tasting wine and two bottles of Raki to myself and didn't get a hangover and just felt tipsy, however I'm scottish and the stereotype is accurate about our drinking.
I genuinely cried happy tears because I was so happy up there.
If you want to see the island, the mountains and watch as the sun goes down and darkness engulfs it. Then this Is the trip and it is worth every penny.

Sunset Safari- Vasia Resort and Spa,
8th July 2022.
James, Rachel, elma, Jimmy, David and Alexa.
This trip will be worth the money for a lifetime guarantee. You'll remember this until the end of time.
Written July 18, 2022
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Edward B
13 contributions
Sep 2022
My wife and I did the Minoan full day safari in September 2022 and it was a fantastic experience overall.

The scenery is stunning and the people we met and places visited were all interesting and worthwhile. However the real highlight of the trip was our driver, Darrel.

Darrel was full of interesting information and (terrible) jokes that kept us all going and engaged throughout the day.

The only less than positive thing I can think of is that when you're in the back of the 4x4 (the boot seats, not the back seat) I found I could barely see anything due to my eyeline being above the smaller windows there. However Darrel ensured we all got a chance to sit in the front seats so it was never too long in the back.

If, like us, you're staying at an all-inclusive hotel, then this was a brilliant addition to that as you get to see the island, learn about its people and history all in one day from someone who clearly loves it.

Overall I cannot recommend this tour enough and I think it's excellent value for money given the lunch included.
Written September 21, 2022
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