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Excursions for deaf in Crete Greece, Our excursions are never days of mass tourism, we take you to places where every Cretan enjoys to spend his free time and will try to show you the unknown Crete. Photo book about our excursions, excursion photo book

Monday: Boat Excursion

A lovely day on the water where we will visit the island Dia with speedboats. This island is uninhibited except for maybe the Kri Kri, a goat only to be found on Crete! See below for details.

Tuesday: Outdoor Cooking

In open air we will teach you 5 authentic recipes from the Cretan cuisine that will give you the chance to surprise friends and family once you have returned home. This unique day enables us to come even closer through cooking together. See below for details.

Wednesday: Hiking

We will pass through majestically gorges and unspoiled nature in all its glory today. Our guides will show you the flora and fauna so unique to Crete. See below for details.

Wednesday: Eco Park Crete

A visit to Crete's ecological park near the Lassithi Plateau where traditional crafts will be shown in a setting that takes you back a hundred years. See below for details.

Thursday: Snorkeling

An exploration of the underwater world where we will discover some of the wonders of the Aegean Sea, a breathtaking experience. See below for details.

Friday: Jeepsafari

An exciting off road trip through the mountains where we can admire Cretan nature and traditional mountain villages. See below for details.

Season dependable excursions:

Much of our culture and traditions on Crete are connected to special holidays, the church and our agriculture. A wedding, a baptism, an important mass at Easter or Christmas are some examples of our special holidays. Other examples are the harvesting of olives and grapes, the making of wine and cheese or oil and raki, the shearing of sheep, we could go on and on.

For all these occasions we can arrange a day with our guides where you will get a real taste of Cretan culture and tradition through our family. To take part in these excursions will depend entirely on the dates of your stay with us. Once these dates are known we will be happy to inform you about the possibilities.

Crete has beautiful museums and institutions to visit, we would like to mention three:

Crete Aquarium: The largest aquarium in Europe where you will feel as if you're actually walking through our seas, without getting wet!

Natural & Historical Museum of Crete: Not only can you get acquainted here with the history of our nature, here you can experience what a real earthquake feels like!!

Amazone Park: A tropical zoo in the city of Neapoli on Crete where you can enjoy the wildlife from the tropics!

It will be our pleasure to arrange your excursions to any of the above mentioned together with our deaf guides.

Boat excursion: After breakfast we will set for the harbour where our speedboats will be ready for us. These boats hold up to 8 people and have a 30 pk engine! At about 9 o'clock we will embark and navigate towards the east of the island Dia. We will then travel around Dia's south coast and will make our first stop at a beautiful bay with a sea cave! Our journey continues to the south-west cape where we will go on land at a mythical abandoned beach. We will spend some time here to enjoy a barbecue and enjoy the clear waters while we swim and snorkel to our hearts content. From this part of Dia we can also take a stroll and cross the island by foot to the north side.

Our boat trip continues past the north side where we will pass high rock formations and travel through deep waters (60 meters!) aiming for the small island of Paximadi right next to Dia. At this stop we will admire the underwater spectacle this island has to offer. Many different and special fish, amphora's from a long time gone and who knows..... maybe we will be visited by a dolphin or two!

 A day for young and old, a fun filled day on and in the water,

Included are: transfers, speedboats, snorkeling materials and lunch. Please bring some water and your sunblock!

Outdoor cooking: A splendid day of cooking together, eating and talking together, all in the fresh open air. The by know well known Cretan diet has many followers. The use of olive oil, fresh herbs and many different fresh vegetables has proven to be a blessing to body and soul. By way of 5 basic recipes that are at the core of Cretan cuisine we will teach to the tricks of the trade as passed on for centuries from mother to daughter.

Through our deaf guides our cook will explain to you step by step how to achieve delicious results. There will be time enough to make notes but the most thrilling will be the actual hands-on experience you will get this day.

Together we will enjoy and taste eachothers dishes while we bask in a slowly setting sun. Upon your return home, your notes clutched tight, you will be able to surprise and spoil friends and family with a real traditional Cretan dinner. A must for all!

Included are: transfers, all ingredients, a notebook and pen.

Hiking: Crete is paradise to all lovers of nature and hiking. This full day excursion will take you to Central Crete where we will start our hike from the local village 'kafeneio'. Our trail takes us through beautiful wild surroundings not yet discovered by mass tourism. Depending on the seasons here we will encounter the natural habitat of turtles and discover an  amazing diversity of herbs and flowers. Our deaf guides will contineously explain so you can become acquainted with the cretan flora and fauna. Out in the open we will have lunch together hoping a wandering goat will not run of with it!

The hike is 12 kilometers all in all but can be lengthened or shortened at your request. A summer and winter excursion that should not be missed and will be talked about for many days to come!

Included are: coffee, lunch, transfers and guides. Please try not to forget your sunblock and some water!

We offer many hiking excursions. For the more extreme amongst you we can take you to gorges where climbing will be part of the trail, you may even have to go through water! For the less adventurous hiker there are many gorgious paths to take and it will be our pleasure to arrange a guided trip. These excursions are always guided by professionals and of course your deaf guide. We will be happy to inform you through our e-mail or our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Eco Part Lassithi: A culture filled day near the well known Lassithi plateau. After our breakfast we will set for the ecological park. At this site we will be shown all cretan traditonal crafts as performed way back when but often still today as well. We will see exactly how cheese, honey and raki was made. How the old weaving looms were used, but also how the beautiful pottery and wood cuttings were crafted, the greek crafts that are known worldwide. Impressive is the herbs attick where all herbs found on Crete in the wild are gathered. Our guides will explain the use of those herbs in dishes and tea, as well as the medicinal advantages they may have.

The cretan fauna is well represented at the Eco Park as well, you can watch the animals and ask about them to your hearts content.

A day for all of you who wish to learn more about cretan life then and now!

Included are: transfers, entrance fees, guides, lunch and coffee at the Eco Park.

Snorkeling: We will head for the diving centre after breakfast where our guides will give a 30 minute briefing in sign language. They will explain your equipment, snorkeling techniques and your safety rules. After taking our equipment we will travel by speedboat to our first snorkeling stop: the bay of Kapsis. Here you will have your first encounter with the magnificent waterworld of Crete. Many pictures will be made of the wonderful fish and the exciting colors of the asters and plants. After this first dive we will sail to a mystical cave formation where we will attempt our second dive. For those of you taken by the snorkeling bug we suggest you snorkel through the caves with our instructors, it is sincerely breathtaking! Do you believe that to be a tad too much you can snorkel with our other instructors to the reunion spot with our cave divers. After this thrilling experience we will take our speedboats and head to our next stop: an abandoned palm beach where we will enjoy a barbecue lunch our instructors and guides have set up. While they're doing the cooking you will have ample time to try out your new found snorkeling techniques.

At our return to the diving centre we will clean and return our snorkeling equipment and say our farewells to our instructors. We will drive back to our accomodation tired but filled with beautiful impressions.

A magical day well suited for children and adults of all ages, a day never to be forgotten.

Included are: transfers, speedboat, snorkeling equipment, guides and barbecue. Please bring your sunblock, some water and.... a plastic bag to keep dry what needs to be dry!

Jeepsafari: At 9 o'clock, after breakfast and a short safety briefing, we will jump in our jeeps and hit the road. Our journey will go to the centre of Crete where will stop at a small village and have coffee at the local 'Kafeneio'. By way of off road tracks, old donkey trails and sandy paths we will guide you past  Crete's rough natural surroundings, grand olive groves and herds of sheep to our lunch. The breathtaking views will keep us occupied while we take our pictures.

During lunch our deaf guides will be answering all your questions and tell you local anecdotes, by way of history they will make the area come alive.

After lunch our path continues through small, quaint mountain villages other tourists do not get to see, you will be enchanted by the way we still live here on Crete. At about 5 pm we will arrive back at our apartments where a dip in the pool will wash the dust away, after which we will have a drink together, talk about our day and look at our pictures.

 A fantastic day filled with action, culture and tradition.

 Included are: jeeps, gas, guides, coffee and lunch. Please bring your sunblock and some water!

For all your questions and/or reservations please contact us at deafholidays@hotmail.com or via our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

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