Kayaking in Greece

Steep and beautiful green valleys, mesmerizing canyons, blue water and ancient heritage will quickly convince you to add Greece to your new favourite paddling destination. Something that very few people know is that Greece is also home to beautiful whitewater hidden in deep canyons with transparent water. This special trip will let you experience your favorite sport at the same time as experiencing Greece’s ancient culture and heritage. After relaxing days on the water you’ll enjoy the evenings experiencing local food and drinks.

Whitewater Kayaking Holidays

We can pick you up from the airport in Ioanina (IOA) for a small fee or you can choose to go by your own car. The journey to Greece can be made either by car directly or ferry or an airplane.

When arriving by car, we recommend the route via Zagreb, Belgrade, Macedonia (don’t forget your green insurance card!), Saloniki, Via Natura Rafting & Kayak Camp, Φράστα, Tzoumerka 470 43, Greece.

If you take a ferry from Venice or Ancona you come directly to Igoumenitsa, from there you can get in an hour and half at our meeting point at the Campingin Plaka.  – link to ferries: http: // www.minoan.gr; http://www.superfast.com/site/content.asp?sel=291&loc=3; http://www.anek-lines.info/

If you are arriving by plane – there is very close airport nearby in Ioanina where we can pick you up from for a small fee. If you choose to arrive to Athens or Thessaloniki we recommend renting a car from the airport. Please get in touch for travel advice, we will make a plan accordingly. Please enquire for further details, costs will be shared among participants.

If you choose to have a shuttle you will be picked up and driven to our accommodation where you will meet the rest of your travel companions. It is recommended to book the flights arriving before 1 pm. Please get in touch regarding your flight before booking it, we will try to synchronize everybody to minimize waiting time for each group.

You can rent a boat for 20 Eur and paddle for 10 Eur per paddling day

At our kayak camps, we look forward to a cozy get-together in the camp. We are happy to have breakfast together and for dinner, everyone decides whether to cook or eat in local restaurants!

Basically, we are always on a campsite during the entire week, if someone would prefer to have a room there is an amazing hotel just on the other side of the river. It is well worth staying in it as price is per shared room with breakfast included. Also only breakfast option is available for ~8 euro while dinners are shared cost ~15-20 euro per person with wine included.

Most shuttles to the rivers are organized by us  It may be necessary for private vehicles to also be used for shuttles and transfers if we go to Acheloos.

We and the environment are generally happy when carpools are formed. When booking, we are happy to help establish contact between the participants.

Either by car, plane or a ferry we meet at Via Natura campsite (Via Natura Rafting & Kayak Camp)

where you will meet the rest of your travel companions for the next week of adventure.

Accommodation: Via Natura Rafting & Kayak Camp, Φράστα, Tzoumerka 470 43, Greece

Classic Day 

III guided trip

We will be aiming to run a different section every day, based on group skills and current water levels. It is a great trip for going down the river enjoying the views and kayaking with little coaching planned. Ideally, our plan is to do different sections of Arachtopotamos, Karaliktikos, Acheron and Acheloos.

Half Slice

This is a trip where you will be spending more time in one place actually practicing and improving your skills for controlling the half slice boat, learning tailees, flairs, skips, grinds and more.

Our coaching plan is based around two sections of Arachtopotamos where we will learn the sections and master the skills on specific parts revisitng them and helping to track and understand the progression. If levels allow one of the days we would go to Acheloos to implement our skills on river section.

Accommodation: Via Natura Rafting & Kayak Camp, Φράστα, Tzoumerka 470 43, Greece

Day of departing back home. Flights from Ioanina should be booked for early afternoon while Thessaloniki should be booked for the evening of that day.

This is the draft of the trip. Based on the level of participants certain days might be adjusted

Custom dates for this trip may be available. Please use the Contact Us form to make an enquiry.

Guided trip that is suitable for people that have completed a basic course, have a whitewater roll and want to paddle rivers at II – III+ under the eye of professional kayakers enjoying different rivers and flowing down the sections. You should have run class III river at least once in the past.

Do you want to paddle a Half Slice boat but don’t really know how to make all these fancy moves? Or maybe you don’t want to run hard rivers but still have fun? Also if you are a II/III paddler you can join that trip and enjoy the rivers and sections we do!

The camp is suitable for both youth and adult paddlers. During the camp if our coaches are going to look after young paddlers, participants and their legal supervisors must agree to rules of camp.

Feel free to drop us an email if you have any concerns or questions about this or to discuss it further info@loveitliveit.co.uk.

The journey to Greece can be made either by car directly or ferry or an airplane.

When arriving by car, we recommend the route via Zagreb, Belgrade, Macedonia (don’t forget your green insurance card!), Saloniki, Via Natura Rafting & Kayak Camp, Φράστα, Tzoumerka 470 43, Greece.

If you take a ferry from Venice or Ancona you come directly to Igoumenitsa, from there you can get in an hour and half at our meeting point at the Campingin Plaka.  – link to ferries: http: // www.minoan.gr; http://www.superfast.com/site/content.asp?sel=291&loc=3; http://www.anek-lines.info/

If you are arriving by plane – there is very close airport nearby in Ioanina where we can pick you up from for a small fee. If you choose to arrive to Athens or Thessaloniki we recommend renting a car from the airport. Please get in touch for travel advice, we will make a plan accordingly. Please enquire for further details, costs will be shared among participants.

If you choose to have a shuttle  you will be picked up and driven to our accommodation where you will meet the rest of your travel companions. It is recommended to book the flights arriving before 1 pm. Please get in touch regarding your flight before booking it, we will try to synchronize everybody to minimize waiting time for each group.

For cooking you can bring your own camping equipment but if you are flying in we will be happy to share our stove. We can help you also with renting camping equipment or alternatively you can stay at nearby hotel that is a great deal when room is shared. Camping is 7 euro per person while hotel per room (2 people) is 80 euro including the breakfast. Rooms are amazing and food is great. We will eat dinners also at the hotel. Breakfast on it’s own is 8 euro.

At our kayak camps, we look forward to a cozy get-together in the camp. We are happy to have breakfast together and for dinner, everyone decides whether to cook or eat in local restaurants!

Most shuttles to the rivers are organized by us.  It may be necessary for private vehicles to also be used for shuttles and transfers if we go to Acheloos.

We and the environment are generally happy when carpools are formed. When booking, we are happy to help establish contact between the participants.

We plan to arrange a pick up from Ioanina at 1:30pm on arrival day and drop off after early morning breakfest on the last day.

Price does not include accommodation fees (approx. 7 EUR per person per night at the camping) and personal camping equipment (tent, sleeping bag, sleeping mat, etc.), food, and travel to and from the hotel.

Alternatively you can stay at the local hotel “TELONEIO”   www.teloneio.gr   .

For kayakers the price for double room is 80.00€/night + 1.50€/night accommodation taxis (including breakfast).

You can rent a boat for 20 Eur and paddle for 10 Eur per paddling day. Personal equipment has to be brought by you or we can help sourcing few missing bits.

Price does not included food or drinks.