Zakfari Jeep Safari - (Zante Excursions)

Stuart M  (26 September 2005)         

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I am just writing to say that the best thing about our holiday to Greece was the zakfari. Peter was our driver and he made the trip very interesting with his knowledge of the island and surrounding area. We were out all day and never got bored once. If you only do one trip do this one as Pauls stories will make you laugh (were they fact or fiction). Go on this trip and make your own mind up. It was also the only trip that we got to see the famous turtle 

It is just a shame that all other trips arent as value for money. The olympia trip is a big let down unless you plan to not see much of the ruins and go shopping with the tour guide to get discount gold jewellery. Anyway back to the zakfari, I got so many good photo's from this trip and we were glad we done it as to see the shipwreck from above was super even though i dont like heights, this was even more important as the day we went to sugglers cove it was to rough to beach so had to take pictures from afar. Anyway This is a big thank you from a couple from sunny Plymouth who came here for our honeymoon four years ago and came back this August 2005.

Day trip to Olympia - (Zante Excursions)

Stuart M           

We said before we came back to greece that the one thing we both wanted to do was to visit olympia.The trip was nothing but a money making trip for the guide Gina, if we wanted to buy jewellery we would've stayed at our resort and spent the trip money on something else instead. The day went as followed left hotel 6.45am to meet coach to go to the habour, left habour 8.00am arrived Greece around 10.45am 30mins to Olympia, 1 hour at ruins (really nice there, wish we had spent more time here),couldnt hear what the guide was saying so it would be better to just go around on your own looking and reading the information boards, 40mins in museum again it is best to leave the guide and do your own thing, Met up with Gina 1.30pm followed her to centre of town (one main street) and there we had 2.30 hours to do as we wanted, as there was only gift shops and cafes and they all sell the same stuff so it was just find somewhere to have a drink and wait to be picked back up to go back to the hotel. I was so dissappointed that i have complained to my holiday company because it was a complete waste of money. Yes we saw the ruins and museum which are both superb but why take us shopping. You should get the choice to either stay in the ruins and museum or go shopping and i believe everyone would take the first choice not the shopping!!!!  If you want value for money do the zakfari trip on zante best thing to do for enjoyment and value for money. The olympia trip is not value for money until they change the format and get rid of the shopping and spend more time at the place you went on the trip for