Akamas Small-Group Jeep Tour
Learn about the wild side of Cyprus with this Jeep tour. Hike in the Avakas Gorge, known for its rich variety of plant life, lizards, and birds before continuing to Lara Bay Turtle Conservation Station, where baby turtles get a little help with hatching. After a stop in Latchi for lunch, visit the pretty Baths of Aphrodite grotto, the Edro Shipwreck, and a local winery for a tasting.
Highlights
- ✓Go hiking in Akamas National Park
- ✓Free time for lunch in Latchi is built into the tour timings
- ✓Transfers from your local hotel are included
- ✓Group sizes capped for an intimate experience
What you'll see & do
- ✓Unusual natural landscape These formations are priceless it takes thousands of years to create them
- ✓A rocky path between rugged mountain boulders The route through the gorge is characterised by thick vegetation and a particularly attractive, shady and moist environment. While hiking you can study the indigenous plants: lentisk (Pistacia lentiscus), Phoenician juniper (Juniperus phoenicea), terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus), thorny broom (Calycotome villosa), common smilax (Smilax aspera), oleander (Nerium oleander), storax (Styrax officinalis), and the endemic endangered Akamas centaury (Centaurea akamantis). The main species of fauna found in the area are: Mammals: Fox, hare, hedgehog. Birds: Cyprus wheatear (endemic), Cyprus warbler (endemic), scops owl (endemic), partridge, little owl, kestrel, wild pigeon. Reptiles: Stellion lizard. Amphibians: Marsh frog, iridescent frog, tree frog.
- ✓On a secluded beach away from hotels, shops, and any public facilities, the tiny wooden Lara Bay Turtle Conservation Station helps baby turtles hatch and head for the sea. Sometimes during hatching season, there will be water tanks with tiny sea turtles inside that have just come out of their eggs at the station. At other times, you'll encounter iron cages and signs scattered along the beach warning of turtle nests buried in the sand underneath. Cages protect them from predators such as birds and foxes.
- ✓Way trough Akamas forest with swim stop (April-November)
- ✓Free time for a lunch
- ✓In the shady garden there is a grotto where, according to the legend, Aphrodite took baths
- ✓Abandoned ship became a visit card of Paphos Area
What's included
- ✓Jeep Tour
- ✓In-vehicle air conditioning
- ✓Parking fees
What's not included
- ✓Lunch
Good to know
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
If you dont stay in hotel find closest hotel to your location on maps and choose it from list so you can easily access it on day of tour.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Akamas Small-Group Jeep Tour
Learn about the wild side of Cyprus with this Jeep tour. Hike in the Avakas Gorge, known for its rich variety of plant life, lizards, and birds before continuing to Lara Bay Turtle Conservation Station, where baby turtles get a little help with hatching. After a stop in Latchi for lunch, visit the pretty Baths of Aphrodite grotto, the Edro Shipwreck, and a local winery for a tasting.
Highlights
- ✓Go hiking in Akamas National Park
- ✓Free time for lunch in Latchi is built into the tour timings
- ✓Transfers from your local hotel are included
- ✓Group sizes capped for an intimate experience
What you'll see & do
- ✓Unusual natural landscape These formations are priceless it takes thousands of years to create them
- ✓A rocky path between rugged mountain boulders The route through the gorge is characterised by thick vegetation and a particularly attractive, shady and moist environment. While hiking you can study the indigenous plants: lentisk (Pistacia lentiscus), Phoenician juniper (Juniperus phoenicea), terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus), thorny broom (Calycotome villosa), common smilax (Smilax aspera), oleander (Nerium oleander), storax (Styrax officinalis), and the endemic endangered Akamas centaury (Centaurea akamantis). The main species of fauna found in the area are: Mammals: Fox, hare, hedgehog. Birds: Cyprus wheatear (endemic), Cyprus warbler (endemic), scops owl (endemic), partridge, little owl, kestrel, wild pigeon. Reptiles: Stellion lizard. Amphibians: Marsh frog, iridescent frog, tree frog.
- ✓On a secluded beach away from hotels, shops, and any public facilities, the tiny wooden Lara Bay Turtle Conservation Station helps baby turtles hatch and head for the sea. Sometimes during hatching season, there will be water tanks with tiny sea turtles inside that have just come out of their eggs at the station. At other times, you'll encounter iron cages and signs scattered along the beach warning of turtle nests buried in the sand underneath. Cages protect them from predators such as birds and foxes.
- ✓Way trough Akamas forest with swim stop (April-November)
- ✓Free time for a lunch
- ✓In the shady garden there is a grotto where, according to the legend, Aphrodite took baths
- ✓Abandoned ship became a visit card of Paphos Area
What's included
- ✓Jeep Tour
- ✓In-vehicle air conditioning
- ✓Parking fees
What's not included
- ✓Lunch
Good to know
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
If you dont stay in hotel find closest hotel to your location on maps and choose it from list so you can easily access it on day of tour.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.