Samaria Gorge Ticket: What Does Entry Cost and Which Chania Tour Includes It?
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Only one of the Chania tours states the ticket in its title: the Samaria Gorge All-Inclusive with ferry and entry fee. It costs €75 per person and has 4.6 stars from 289 reviews. The cheaper guided hikes do not say so in their titles, so treat the ticket as something to settle before the day.
| Tour | From | Rating | What it says about the ticket |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-inclusive, ferry and entry fee | €75 | 4.6 (289) | entry fee named in the title |
| With professional hiking guide | €31 | 4.7 (1,239) | “organized ticket support” before the gate |
| Full-day trek with guide | €40 | 4.6 (3,552) | not mentioned in the summary |
| Guided hike with pickup | €28 | 4.5 (1,118) | not mentioned in the summary |
What the park charges
Sources for 2026 put the park fee at €5 per person, paid at the Xyloskalo gate where the walk begins. The gorge is only open in the dry season, from May to about the end of October, depending on weather. The fee is separate from the boat that carries walkers away from Agia Roumeli, which you cannot skip because no road leaves the village.
What the extra money buys
The gap between the all-inclusive tour and the €27.60 trek is €29.40. Of that, the entry fee explains only about €5. The rest pays for the ferry, which the title names, and for what the description adds: a swim in the Libyan Sea and a traditional Cretan lunch. Whether the cheaper tours cover the ferry is not clear from their summaries, so ask before you book.
See what the all-inclusive Samaria tour covers
“Ticket support” is not a ticket
The hiking-guide tour lists organised ticket support before entering the gorge. That means someone helps you through the entrance; the description does not say the €5 is inside the €31. Look at its inclusions list for your date.
Check the inclusions of the hiking-guide tour
Should you just pay the gate fee yourself?
For a €5 fee, yes: the fee alone never justifies a €57 tour. What the dearer tour sells is the certainty of one price and a lunch. If you are happy to pay the gate fee and the boat yourself, the full-day trek with 3,552 reviews is the better value. Our guide to what a Samaria tour costs compares the price levels in full.
Our recommendation
Pick the all-inclusive tour if you want no surprises at the gate or the pier. Otherwise take the full-day trek and read its inclusions before paying.
