An epic walk...... By two little old ladies in their mid 70s s but young at heart. The walk is signposted 12.5 k and there is a steep descent and ascent at either end. Spectacular but not an easy walk as it is basically the bed of the river for most of the way. It was luckily dry or the boulders would have been very slippery. It involved climbing large boulders and some bits with ropes like via ferrata. No problems with following the route! There was a great mix of people tackling it so camaraderie was very apparent - as we stumbled onto the road at the end we got a burst of applause from the youngsters ahead of us waiting for the taxi ! It took us 8 hours , with short stops, being aware of the distance and terrain to go .And being conscious of taking care on the rocks - another hiker fell and cracked her ribs and badly bruised her face. As the day went on we hardly spoke aware of the time and distance to be covered. The sign at the start of the walk suggests 6 hours but obviously some people do it in less. The plants and wild life were worth every moment of the walk, including the tadpoles endemic to the gorge. A one point the frogs were very audible! There was a great sense of achievement and relief in downing a litre of lager!!!!! Welived to tell the tale but in Puglia on undulating ground this year....

Just incredible. Took a day trip in our hire car from Sivota. Roads are incredible, so are lay-bys with facilities and negotiating Ioninna was straight forward. We chose to drive the Aristi-Papingo road. First headed to Aristi and parked as soon as we could - before lights. Perfect picture of Road. Great road to drive. Doable. Then we headed for Vikos Gorge View. Drive to end for carpark and 10 minute walk to view point, amazing. Pulled over at many lay-bys throughout the drive too. Headed to ammoudia beach for a brief swim and drive back via Parga. Was a perfect day. Will return another year to do more.

Great, short trek from Vikos village to springs down at bottom of gorge. The path is well marked and not too strenuous fir two adults and three teenage children. 40 mins down and, strangely, just under that on way back up. Done at 4pm in August when most of descent and ascent are in shadow but still sunny by the pools for that refreshing dip. Very popular in August - don’t expect tranquility - but the views are just majestic!

Absolutely magical valley. Clear ice cold water in the baking heat! Great place to visit and several hours of fun times swimming and jumping into pools. There is also rafting which looks fun. If you are looking for mega thrills it’s probably best to raft earlier in the year when there is more water. But I will definitely return to hike the gorge and drift back! Absolutely worth a detour and the restaurant Εστιατόριο «Ο Βοϊδομάτης» at the start of our walk was fab.