Taxi to Samaria gorge | Taxi transfer ( 1 to 8 passengers ) | Taxi from Sougia to Samaria gorge
The price for the taxi from Chania to Samaria gorge (Samaria Gorge or omalos plateau) or the Taxi from Sougia to Samaria gorge is per vehicle and not per person. Our Sougia Taxi can carry up to 4 passengers per vehicle and our fleet of Minivans can carry up to 8 people for a small day trip.
Our vehicles for the taxi from Chania to Samaria gorge (Omalos) or the Taxi from Sougia to Samaria gorge (Omalos plateau) are a comfortable and luxurious Volkswagen Touran with large space for your suitcases and our fleet of minivans are brand new Peugeot traveller minivan.
Samaria Gorge Top entrance – Omalos plateau (or Xyloskalo) – Sougia Taxi Meletis
Samaria Gorge – Omalos plateau (In Greek: Φαράγγι Σαμαριάς – Οροπέδιο Ομαλού).
Samaria Gorge, is said to be Europe’s longest gorge and the second most visited attraction in Crete. It accepts thousands of visitors each year and usually runs from 1st of May until 31st of October. Samaria gorge opening dates sometime differ depending on the weather conditions.
Samaria Gorge 2024 Opening Dates.
The gorge was created by a small river running between the White Mountains and Mountain Volakias. It is now considered to be a national park due to the rare fauna and flora that have survived in this area.
You can also find yourself a Samaria gorge tour by getting a specialized tour guide for yourself or a group. If you want we can always suggest one. You can also check our page on Taxi for hiking for the most known hiking routes and gorges around Sougia. Sougia is a village that is well known along the cycles of the people that are fond of hiking.
Samaria gorge – Sougia Taxi Meletis
(Omalos plateau or Xyloskalo) is the top entrance of Samaria gorge. We are saying top entrance, because there are a lot of people that decide to walk up the Gorge and have Agia Roumeli as a starting point. You can ask us about Agia roumeli water taxi as well. On its top Xyloskalo (meaning wooden stair) at an altitude of 1230m it is so steep that in the past they had used wooden stairs to climb in and out of it. After 16km and roughly 4-8 hours of descent you exit the gorge at Agia Roumeli at sea level. From there you can take a ferry to Sougia or Chora Sfakia, rent a samaria taxi boat, or you can easily stay over night and enjoy the beauty of the place after the crowd leaves.
Samaria gorge hike difficulty is a question that is often asked by a lot of people. Take into consideration that you must be fit to descent the gorge. Only the first few kilometers are a bit more difficult dew to the steepness of the descent. Although you can take your own pace to walk through Samaria gorge, if you are looking for an easier gorge, you can instead take a taxi to Agia Irini gorge. Agia irini gorge as you can read on our page is easier and mostly on a shaded pathway.
Access to the gorge of Samaria – Omalos plateau
Even though there is a bus from Sougia to Samaria and a bus from Samaria to chania or Sougia, it leaves very early in the morning or it is not very often. We however are willing and are able to offer a restful taxi to Samaria gorge (Xyloskalo) by our Taxi or minivan services.
What will the Weather be like on Samaria Gorge?
You can check for the weather online through a weather station. Be aware that the station is located somewhere in the middle of the route so it might be a bit colder on the top of the gorge. Weather on Samaria gorge.