From Heraklion -Malia: Day Trip to Elafonisi Island Pink Sand

Start your day of discovery with a pick-up service. Right after you board your comfortable, air-conditioned bus, you will journey to the southwest corner of Crete to spend a relaxing day on the pink sand beaches on the small island of Elafonisi.

Take in the lush green landscape on the way to the island as you travel through the impressive Topolia Gorge and pass This is an excursion you do not want to miss!

Up to the south-westernmost point of the island, in one of the most spectacular and unexpected locations on the

island, is where we will spend the day.

Elafonisi is a place of exceptional natural beauty, something between an island and a peninsula, as you have to

walk through the sea to reach it.

Once occupied by pirates, today it is a very popular destination for day-trippers who flood there to faraway lagoon,

whilst having a Mediterranean holiday.

Elafonisi is a paradise on earth – a heaven of unparalleled beauty. It is covered with sand dunes, low trees, bushes,

sand lilies and junipers. You can get there on foot from the beach by passing through shallow aquamarine and turquoise

waters. The white and pink sand made of thousands of broken seashells, the limpid blue-green waters, the little coves

and the secluded tiny beaches remind the travelers of a paradise lost.

Take a swim in the warm tropical waters and relax under the hot summer sun!

11:00 Arrival Elafonisi

15:30 Departure from Elafonisi

19:30 Arrival Heraklion

Route: 540 km

Duration: app. 15 hours

Stay Elafonisi: app. 4 ½ hours