Shore excursions
Trips to Nea Kameni
- Santorini Volcano and Hot Springs $82 a person · 3 hours
- Volcano, Hot Springs and Thirassia $80 a person · 6 hours
- Private Group Volcano, Hot Springs, and Winery 4 hours
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group
Nea Kameni
Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited volcanic islet in the flooded Santorini caldera. Visitors land at a jetty and climb rocky slopes to look into the smoking crater.
About Nea Kameni
Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the Aegean Sea, sitting inside the flooded caldera of Santorini. It is the larger of the two islands in the middle of the bay and holds craters that are considered active today. Its most recent eruptions added new rock to the caldera's floor.
A visit is simple. The boat stops at a jetty, and you walk up a rocky trail to the rim of the smoking crater. Steam and sulfur vents rise along the way, and you watch them from a safe distance. Nea Kameni is nearly barren, and dozens of tour boats come each summer day, so the walk is busy at the top.
- 130 meters Height of the crater
- 2.6 km Trail to the crater rim
What you can do on Nea Kameni
Trips that go to Nea Kameni
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group. Prices are per person.
Santorini Volcano and Hot Springs
Volcano, Hot Springs and Thirassia
Private Group Volcano, Hot Springs, and Winery
Getting there, cost and time
Boats cross from Fira, the port town above the caldera, in about 20 minutes.
Your boat fare.
About 1 hour and 15 minutes ashore.
Good to know
- The trail is rocky and uneven, with steep sections. Wear sturdy shoes with good grip.
- Keep a safe distance from the steam and sulfur vents along the way.
- Nea Kameni is nearly barren and is visited daily by dozens of tourist boats in summer.
- In summer a red carpet of grassy succulents covers the thin soil.
Near Nea Kameni
Hot springs of Palea and Nea Kameni
Warm sulfur-water springs in the sea around Palea and Nea Kameni, the small volcanic isles inside Santorini's caldera. You swim in natural pools, not in a spa building.
Santorini Cable Car
A three-minute cable car ride up the caldera cliffs from the Old Port to Fira, the island's capital. The car gives wide views of the sea and the whitewashed houses above.
Fira
Fira is the capital of Santorini, a white town of cobblestone streets stacked on the caldera rim. Shops, tavernas, hotels and cafes line the lanes, and most visitors come up from the old port.
Fira to Oia caldera trail
A walking route along the caldera rim from Fira to Oia, mixing cobbled village alleys with gravel and cliff paths. It takes in the caldera views the island is known for.
Sailings that stop in Santorini
873 sailings on 19 cruise lines call here in the next twelve months. Totals are for two guests, taxes included.
Explora II
Viking Libra
Celestyal Discovery
Sources: Nea Kameni, Wikipedia · Santorini, Wikivoyage
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0