The beaches around Plakias are perfect for numerous water sports. In particular, in Damnoni beach you can find Damnoni Watersports Centre that offers a range of activities for water sports: Windsurf, CAT Sailing, SUP, Wing/Foil, Waterski/Wakeboard/Monoski/Dolphin Trainer, Jetski Training (for children & adults), as well as a wide variety of fun sports and special tours. For more details visit the following link: www.damnoni-watersports.com
In Plakias, you can also experience scuba diving and lessons through the diving school. Qualified PADI instructors will be able to provide lessons and excursions including cave and night dives. For more information, you can visit the website Dive Together.
Alianthos Crete Horse Riding organizes for you guided horseback and donkey riding trails in the amazing beaches of Plakias, the surrounding mountainside and inside the olive and orange groves of the area. For more information, you can visit the website Alianthos Crete Horse Riding.
In Plakias, nature-loving people can enjoy the flora and fauna of the amazing cretan nature, via guided trekking tours through the Kourtaliotis gorge. These tours include dynamic changes of the environment, following the pathway through the gorge along the river, walking inside the river, viewing the Kourtaliotiko waterfalls and the Venetian Bridge until reaching the final destination: the Preveli palm beach.
You can enjoy daily boat trips from Plakias to Preveli palm beach. The boat trip starts at 10.30 every day and takes about 40 min one way until arriving at Preveli. You can enjoy the amazing palm beach and explore the Kourtaliotiko Gorge.
You can also hire mountain or trekking bicycles and enjoy cycling trips in the area of Plakias.
