Zakynthos

National Marine Park of Zakynthos was created in 1999 and includes Laganas bay, in the former municipality of Pantokratoras, on the south beaches of Zakynthos, in the Ionian Sea. The area is part of the network of the protected areas Natura 2000. The Marine Park of Zakynthos is the first of its kind that was created in Greece as well as the Mediterranean for the protection of the Sea turtle Caretta Caretta.

Marathonissi is a small private island in the turtles’ bay close to Limni Kerì’s beach. Until the second world war the island was lived, today it has neither inhabitants nor buildings. It is now one of the areas where the CARETTA CARETTA turtles go to breed. You can visit the island by private boat or by organized tourists’ visits by caique and for the stronger ones there is the possibility to go by canoes and maybe meeting the turtles. Pay attention that as the island is inside the Marine Park the anchorages it is not legal. There are two beautiful beaches: one of pebbles, reachable by swimming from a huge cave, the other one is a large sand area smoothly gliding towards the sea.

Kerì Caves, accessible only by sea with private boats or tourist excursions, develop along the promontory of Marathia Cape, in the South-West area of the island. Along the coast there are many caves which entrances scarcely suffice to get in swimming, others are broad enough to enter directly with a boat. It is very easy to reach the caves that are surmounted by cliffs where the sea is very deep and as such reachable. While visiting the caves it is possible to stop to swim or sunbathe in one of the many small beaches of Marathia Cape or to reach by boat the Mizitres. Mizitres are two crags very close to the cliffs that form a small beach of very fine sand reachable only by boat.

Keri Lake is located on the south west part of the island. The area combines the sea and a pine forest. Take one of our boats and discover the crystal waters of the Ionian Sea with the rocky coasts, the sharp rocks and the steep slopes which fill the visitor with awe. You can reach the cape Faros which is situated 12 kilometers from the lake.