A private transfer from Souda Port to Elafonissi covers 78.6 km (48.8 mi) in about 1 hr 32 min and costs a fixed fare from €98 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, or the departure run back from Elafonissi at the same fixed fare.
Fares are per vehicle, not per person, and cover the whole car, so a family of four pays once. The price you see is the price confirmed on your voucher; it does not change with traffic, time of day, or a delayed flight.
| Vehicle | Typical models | Passengers | Bags | Fare | |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €98 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €132 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €251 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Elafonissi back to Souda Port costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
The line is the road a driver actually takes from Souda Port to Elafonissi: 78.6 km (48.8 mi), about 1 hr 32 min door to door. Pickup and drop-off are marked at the coordinates the booking engine quotes against, not at the centre of the nearest town.
Your driver meets you in front of the passenger terminal at Souda Port, holding a banner with your name and the company name on it. Ferry passengers all disembark at once, so the banner is what makes your car findable in the crowd leaving the ramp.
Souda Port sits in Souda Bay, a deep natural harbour east of Chania, and is the ferry gateway for the whole of western Crete. Souda Port takes the overnight sailing from Piraeus, which docks early in the morning and empties several hundred foot passengers onto the quay at once.
That early docking is the reason pre-booking matters here more than at an airport. Taxi supply at Souda is thin at 06:00, and the queue forms before the ramp is down.
The port road joins the national road within a few minutes, so eastbound journeys to Georgioupolis, Rethymno and beyond leave directly without crossing Chania.
In front of the passenger terminal, where your driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Wait at the terminal rather than walking towards the port gate. The quay is a working port with restricted vehicle access, and the car cannot meet you on it.
Give us your ferry operator and arrival time at booking. We track sailing arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
Tell us as early as you can if your sailing is cancelled or diverted, so the driver can be reassigned.
Elafonissi is a beach and a small island at the south-western tip of Crete, joined to the mainland by a shallow sandbar that can be waded at most times. Elafonissi is known for the pink tint in parts of its sand, which comes from crushed shell fragments, and for water shallow enough to stand in a long way out.
The site is a protected area with no development on it. Facilities are limited to seasonal kiosks and a car park at the end of the road.
Getting there is the constraint. The approach is a long mountain road from either the north coast or the south, and the last section is slow.
We drop you at the car park at the end of the road, which is as far as any vehicle goes.
Elafonissi has no accommodation and no village. Tell us at booking whether you want the driver to wait or to return at a set time, since there is no taxi rank here.
The drive crosses to the south-western tip of the island, 78.6 kilometres in about 1 hr 32 min. Elafonissi is a protected beach with no village and no accommodation, so this route is a day trip rather than an arrival transfer.
The car leaves the port gate and joins the road west without entering Chania, which is the advantage of starting from Souda rather than from the city.
The coast road runs west past the resort strip as far as Tavronitis, and the road south leaves from there into the hills.
The last section is mountain road. It climbs through the Selino district and comes down to the coast at the sandbar, and it is slow enough that the timing on this page allows for it. Elafonissi itself has a car park at the end of the road, seasonal kiosks and nothing else.
A seasonal bus runs to Elafonissi from Chania in the summer months.
It leaves in the morning and returns in the afternoon, one service each way, which fixes your whole day around it. Reaching it from Souda means getting into Chania first after the boat docks, and outside the season it does not run at all.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 78.6 km (48.8 mi), about 1 hr 32 min, and the same fixed fare from €98 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Elafonissi at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Elafonissi back to Souda Port is the same 78.6 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Evening sailings to Piraeus board well before the printed departure, so a return from the beach is timed against boarding rather than the ticket.
Book both directions together and the return is held at the same fare. Switch the form at the top of this page to Departure, or select a return when you book.
For a return to a sailing we work back from boarding: about 1 hr 32 min of driving, plus the terminal time your ferry line asks for, plus a real allowance for the mountain road.
Give us the operator and sailing time at booking and the exact pickup is confirmed on your voucher.
The fare covers the whole vehicle rather than each seat, so 4 people pay the same as 1. The price on your voucher is the price you pay, with no booking fee and no card surcharge.
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall holding a sign with your name on it. You walk out of baggage reclaim straight to the car, without joining a taxi rank or agreeing a fare on the spot.
Child seats cost nothing extra. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age, so the correct seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and you pay nothing. Plans change; the booking does not lock you in.
The vehicle carries your party and nobody else. It runs from the pickup point to your exact address, with no intermediate stops and no waiting for other passengers.
Your pickup is set against your flight number, not a clock time. Transfers run at any hour, which covers night landings and pre-dawn departures.
Every booking is confirmed by a person and carries a voucher showing your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare.
These are the questions guests ask most often about the Souda Port to Elafonissi transfer, answered with this route's own distance, duration and fares.
Anything not covered here is answered when we confirm the booking.
A private transfer from Souda Port to Elafonissi costs a fixed €98 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €132.
No. It is a protected area with no village and no hotels, only a car park at the end of the road and seasonal kiosks, which is why it is visited rather than stayed in.
Tell us at booking whether you want the car to wait or to return at a set time. There is no taxi rank at Elafonissi and no way to arrange a car on the spot.
It is about an hour and a half each way. Check your all-aboard or boarding time before planning it, and give us that time so the return is set against it.
The last hour of the drive, working south and down the western side of the island. It is the slowest part of the journey and the reason the distance understates the time.
Per vehicle. The fare covers the car and everyone in it, up to that vehicle's passenger and luggage limit. Two people and four people pay the same €98 for a Standard car to Elafonissi.
Yes, at no extra charge. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age so the correct infant, child or booster seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Give us your ferry operator and sailing time when you book. We track arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
In front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours. Ferry passengers all reach the quay at once, which is what the banner is for.
Yes. Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and there is no charge.
Pay by card online when you book, or in euros in cash to the driver. There is no card surcharge and no booking fee either way.
You receive a confirmation email with your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare on it. Check the details and tell us if anything is wrong. An automated receipt on its own is not the confirmation. The emailed voucher is.
Yes. Souda Port to Elafonissi and Elafonissi to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €98, and both directions are booked from this page. Select a return when you book and the price is held for both legs.
Those routes are priced the same way as this one: a fixed fare per vehicle, confirmed before you travel. The same applies to every private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.