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Caldera Morning Cruise With King Thiras Boat: Visit Santorini's Landmarks
3.9
42 Ratings
Santorini Volcano
The uniqueness of this tour lies in the chance to visit Santorini’s major landmarks all in a single day, while taking in breathtaking views and landscapes.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Santorini Volcano - Volcano
- Hot Springs
- Thirasia Island
- Cruise below Oia village
- Return to Athinios port
The tour starts with the bus transfer from the pick-up point to the port of Athinios and continues with the King Thiras boat to the lava island of Nea Kameni. King Thiras will make a stop to give us the opportunity to ascend the soil path and approach the crater of the still active volcano.
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Palea Kameni - After seeing the crater, we will walk back down the path and get on King Thiras boat. We’ll sail to the second lava island of Palea Kameni and reach the Hot Springs. The boat makes a stop approximately 50 meters from the opening so you can dive in the green waters of the hot springs or relax and enjoy the view.
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Thirassia - The tour continues to Thirasia Island which was part of Santorini before the big explosion of the volcano. We will stay in Thirasia for two hours having the chance to go for swimming, have lunch next to the sea or explore the village of Manolas with its winding steps and traditional houses.
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Oia - Sailing across Oia, on the way back to Athinios port, you may take wonderful pictures of the cliffs and the breathtaking scenery. At the port of Athinios, the bus will be waiting to take you back to the place where you started the excursion.
What's Included
- Children under 4 years old can get in free
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Kindly note there is a 5,00 E entrance fee to the volcano collected by the local authorities
- Children under 4 years old will not reserve a seat on the bus. They will sit on parents’ lap
Additional Information
- COVID-19 Special information:
- Travelers must book this activity online and present mobile vouchers
- Antiseptics will be available on the bus
- Travelers must wear protective masks. Please bring your own masks. Driver and guides will wear masks too
- All customer touch-points are frequently cleaned
- To reduce crowds, the number of passengers is limited. There will be sufficient space between each passenger during transportation
- Social distancing is maintained in vehicles and during the tour (at least 1,5 meters outdoors and 2 meters indoors)
Location
Santorini Volcano
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(42 Ratings)
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Stanis_aw_
Oct 26, 2023
Cruise around the volcano caldera - While in Santorini, it is worth taking a boat trip around the volcano's caldera. The tours are organized by the local Kamari Tours office. The office bus picked us up from the church in Kamari and transported us to the port of Athinios on the west coast of the island. In the port, we boarded the King Thiras boat and sailed to the island of Nea Kameni, which is actually the top of a volcano. After visiting the island with a guide, we returned to the boat and sailed to the next island, Palea Kameni, on the shore of which we could bathe in hot springs. After swimming, the boat sailed to the island of Thirasia, which lies on the western side of the caldera. Here we had about two hours to eat something, swim in the sea or lie on the beach. After this time, the boat sailed towards the town of Oia in the north of Santorini and turned south, sailing along the shores of the island and thus reaching the port of Athinios. Here we boarded the bus that took us to Kamari.
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Shibashis_k
Aug 24, 2023
Volcano boat trip - Nice experience of watching Santorini from the seas with good views. Learning history of Santorini and the volcanos from the guide also very good.
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B3556cmantonyb
Jun 29, 2023
Professional and worth the price over the cheaper alternative - Professional and comfortable. I was impressed with the King Thiras team, not only did they provide a well narrated tour and clean facilities, the boat was not crammed full of people (like the cheaper tour we saw leave at a similar time) and they even had a safety boat follow the swimmers into the hot springs with extra life jackets and lifeguard.
We did the "morning" tour but please note it left at 9am and only returned at 5pm. That said, we finished with a wonderful drive by Oia which was unexpected.
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Daniel_c
Aug 1, 2022
Amazing! - Wonderful cruise. The king Thiras was amazing and the guide was very clear in the explanations. The places were also beautiful.
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Dave
Jul 2, 2022
Great tour of the active volcano - We popped into one of the Kamari Tours centres to ask a couple of general questions on our first day in the. Area. The lady gave us helpful answers and a map of the local area, which included details of the tours offered. We travelled the island by public bus but Kamari tours offered something different including a boat trip to the volcano island of neo kameni, the hot springs and a few hours on Tharissa. The tour was well organised and ran to time. There was about the right amount of time at each stop and the guide Chris was excellent. Although the boat was full it wasn’t overcrowded like some tours we have done in the past.
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Alastair_d
Jun 21, 2022
Great Value Tour - Gray value trip which gave you an insight to the formation of Santorini over the years with beautiful scenery and great service from all.
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Susanchanel1956
Sep 7, 2022
Don't listen to the tour guides recommendations eat at Labros restaurant in Thirassia. The food is horrible - The tour itself was good. The guide was very knowledgeable of the history of this beautiful area. I am taking away a star because the guide recommended Labros restaurant and the food was absolutely disgusting. She must be related to the owners. I felt ill after eating just a couple of bites and i will probably never eat calamari again. Fortunately a couple of stray cats came along and even one of them refused to eat it. Kamari tours should really prohibit her from directing trusting guests to this horrible place. It just not right.
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Thatmurrayone
Aug 3, 2023
An OK experience - This was ok - positives: our guide was super. She was really knowledgable and was great especially on the volcano hike. It was great to see the volcano and definitely something to tick off the bucket list! We enjoyed the hot springs and felt the staff prepared us well for all of the experiences (warning about jewellery, footwear etc) The price is very reasonable for the amount you squeeze in
We did feel that they over sold the tour. The boat was very crowded and squashed which was not ideal is such heat. It also meant that it was hard to see some of the sights as people were standing blocking eachother. The bar only took cash which was not told to us before which would have been good to know, especially when water is so important in this kind of weather. The island we stopped at in our opinion did not offer much to see or do. We spent our time on the island having lunch and that was it.
Overall it was an OK tour but be aware it is very crowded and bring cash if you have any hope of getting some cold drinking water.
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Abl1990
Jul 8, 2023
Extremy loud music and neglected pick up/drop off - Too crowded on the boat, queue everywhere you go including the volcano. Uncomfortable seats on the boat. Extremely loud music that is played constantly, didn't hear the sound of the ocean one time. Expensive food, paid 8 euro for a little baguette. But mice, english speaking tour guide. Unfortunately too crowded on the volcano so we left the tour to walk the mountain by ourselves. Also the bus driver who was supposed to pick us up drove past our prebooked pick-up spot so we had to run after the bus to get him to stop. When we were returning from the tour he hadn't even got instructions to let us off at the prebooked stop, so we had to ask him to stop there but he didn't speak english. We had to track our spot by ourselves on google maps as he drove another route that was far away from our stop, so we just asked him to let us off as he was about to deviate from our stop completely. Then we had to walk 15 minutes in the warm afternoon sun. Mind you, this was a prearranged pick up and drop off.
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Angelagb7535pj
Sep 20, 2023
Not very pleasant! - An overcrowded boat, with rough seas completed the nightmare of the day! I don't speak English well so I understood almost nothing of the guide's explanations. My note is that at least a small booklet in Italian, French and German could be provided for those who, like me, are not familiar with the Anglo-Saxon language!
As for the vaunted sunset in Oia, I have seen more beautiful ones and certainly in better conditions... hundreds of people like sardines in the streets or on the ridges overlooking the sea.
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