Active Nature

Join Active Nature for your outdoor sports activities in Greece and feel brave at heart while rafting or canyoning.

Active Nature is based in Ioannina, Greece, and came to life in mid-2008. They are a team of highly qualified, trained and experienced instructors, who are willing to go that extra mile and show you the beauty of your surroundings. They offer other services as well, such as paragliding, kayaking, river trekking, hydrospeed, horse riding, cycling and skiing.

So why don’t you meet the team?

Christos Nikolaou is the founder of Active Nature, a canoe-kayak wild-calm waters coach certified by C. Secretariat of Sports nationwide, a canoe-kayak champion, a member of the National Greek Team since 1997, a member of the Olympic Qualifying Team 2004-2008, a certified guide by the International Rafting Federation (IRF), a licensed lifeguard, a wild water rescue 3 international rescuer, and first aid lifesaver who attended the Red Cross’s First Aid school. As if that wasn’t good enough, he also has 2 silver medals in kayaks and a license for first level canyoning.

Ioanna Kastriti: canoe-kayak national champion, certified lifeguard and rafting guide, first aid lifesaver and graduate of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science.

Loukas Giankoulas: first aid lifesaver, certified rafting guide, canoe-kayak national champion and member of the Greek canoe-kayak national team.

Nikolaos Chrysikos: canoe-kayak national champion, member of the Greek canoe-kayak national team and first aid lifesaver.

Kostas Kranas: canoe-kayak national champion, certified guide by the International Rafting Federation (IRF), wild water rescue 3 international rescuer, and first aid lifesaver.

Georgios Tsagkas: canoe-kayak national champion, certified rafting guide and first aid lifesaver.

Thomas Charalampous: canoe-kayak national champion, certified rafting guide and first aid lifesaver.

Pavlos Vasakos: canoe-kayak national champion, certified rafting guide, and first aid lifesaver.

Konstantinos Mpenekos: Speleologist, rescuer, climber, mountaineer, paragliding pilot and radio amateur.