Your daily Kenyan safari itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Thessaloniki
Arrive to Thessaloniki international airport. On arrival meet your driver at the arrival hall & transfer to the centrally located hotel.
Day 2: Walking guided tour to Thessaloniki
After breakfast, meet your guide at the hotel’s reception & start walking through Thessaloniki’s history & culture. Meet locals and interact in the local fish & meet market, visit the newly renovated Modiano market and through the amazing seafront of Thessaloniki visit the famous White Tower, the landmark of the city. Spent a morning leisurely like the locals do while enjoying your coffee or even a local spirit like Tsipouro to a place among Thessalonikians! Taste a koulouri, one of the favorites of the locals and learn all about the history of the city through the ages.
Day 3: Visit to a local farm to the outskirts of Thessaloniki- Greek dessert making
After breakfast, meet your driver & assistant & head to the outskirts of Thessaloniki, the village of Lagadas. Live the experience of everyday lifestyle of a traditional Greek family and an authentic traditional Greek sweet meal with your friends. Live like a local, feel like your home, learn authentic recipes based
on the Mediterranean diet. You will taste and enjoy Greek coffee or hot mountain tea, some Greek meze snacks and traditional welcome drinks. You can familiarize with the animals of the farm. Learn all the secrets of Greek gastronomy!
Experience how to make traditional Greek kourampiedes, traditional Greek patsavouropita, traditional Greek revani, traditional Greek semolina halva& taste so much more and enjoy a wonderful time!
Day 4: full day tour to Kavala/ Filippi guided tour, overnight Kavala
Check out after breakfast. Meet your guide & driver & head to Kavala, approximately 2h north of Thessaloniki. The ancient city of Philippi in the prefecture of Kavala is one of the most fascinating archaeological sites one can visit. Once conquered by Macedonian King Phillip II, Alexander the Great's father, who gave the town his name, later became one of the most important Roman cities. This is where Paul, the Disciple of Christ, came to preach Christianity and created the first European Christian church. In the baptistry of Lydia we can see the place where the first European woman, Lydia, was baptized and where adult baptisms still take place to this day. Of course, no visit to the area would be considered full without enjoying a beautiful walk around the city of Kavala, one of the most beautiful cities of northern Greece. Early afternoon, check in to your hotel.
Day 5: Jeep tour to Elatia forest with brunch
After breakfast, meet your driver at the hotel & head to the Forest of Elatia. The legendary Cara Dere. 700,000 acres of orchard vegetation on the Greek Bulgarian border, on the golden section of the panEuropean and Mediterranean climate zone, with spruce (Picea abies) at its southern limit. On site we will embark to our Jeep 4*4 and enjoy an off-road trip. We will then enjoy our brunch at Stravorema with wine from Drama, local snacks and pies (one of the most beautiful places of the area) along with a local expert.
Day 6: Free day
After breakfast, our day will be free to enjoy & explore the area of Kavala or visit the nearby beaches or the island of Thassos.
Day 7: Day tour to Aggitis Gorge, Alistrati Cave & Winery visit
Depart Kavala after breakfast aand after one hour reach Aggitis Gorge with its breathtaking views of 100m stip rocks. See the prehistoric rock frescos dated back to 2500BC and then proceed to Alistrati Cave one of the most beautiful of Europe. After the visit to the cave, proceed to the winery where we will meet the owners, taste 3 labels of famous local wines accompanied by small bites. Around 16.00 return back to the hotel.
Day 8: Depart
After breakfast transfer to the airport of Thessaloniki for the flight back home.
Pricing details
What is included
- Accommodation at a 4* hotel
- Accommodation at a City Hotel 4*
- Daily breakfast at your hotel
- Private transfers by sedan car or higher category
- Tours as listed in the itinerary with private guide or assistant
- Entry tickets to Filippi archaeological site
- Dessert making masterclass at a local farm outside Thessaloniki with tasting
- Wine tasting at a Drama winery and brunch in Elatia forest
What is excluded
- Internationql flights
- Any services or meals not explicitly mentioned in the itinerary
- Tips and gratuities for drivers and guides
- Local Greek climate resilience taxes (payable directly to hotels)
- Personal travel insurance and international flights