Dalyan Cruise: Iztuzu Beach, River Cruise and Mud Bath from Marmaris and Icmeler
Description
Combine a day in the sun with Dalyan’s loggerhead turtles, Lycian tombs and mud baths on a full-day cruise from Marmaris! After leaving the city, enjoy a swimming stop in the clear waters of Adaköy peninsula before cruising east to the coastal village of Dalyan. Swim, sunbathe and turtle spot at İztuzu Beach; cruise along the Dalyan River to visit the local mud baths and thermal pools; and then cruise past the ancient King’s Tombs at Kaunos. A delicious lunch is included on board.
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Itinerary
After picking you up from your hotel, we board our boat and our tour begins. Our first stop is Aquarium Bay and we take a swimming break here.
We approach the magnificent sandy beach where the caretta carettas nest, get on the small boat from our big boat and move into the canal.
During the cruise, we see the historical Rock Tombs and our guide gives brief information. The temple tombs what we see today are the remnants of the Kaunos necropolis that once had over 170 rock-cut graves. The tombs mostly date back to mid 4th century BC and have influences of Anatolian, Greek and Persian elements. Although the tombs are inaccessible now, their imposing sight (seen best from across the Dalyan River or even sitting in a boat in this river) is a memorable one. You can see these sights depicted on covers of tourist guides, travel brochures and even in some TV documentaries.
The mud baths in Dalyan are rich in sulphur and contain minerals that soothe and rejuvenate your skin. Regular treatments can tighten up the skin, erase wrinkles and its said to be that the mud baths in Dalyan will make you look younger by 10 years! After having a mud bath in these pools, you wait for some time until the mud is dried down and now it’s time to clean off the mud pack at the hot springs. There are showers facilities near the mud baths, toilets and a cafeteria.
Iztuzu Beach; We take a swimming break for about 50 minutes at this beach. Because of the end of the Dalyan channel, which connects the Köyceğız Lake to the Mediterranean and parallel to the Mediterranean drags on, is 5km long sand beach Iztuzu and ranks among the most beautiful beaches of the world. With it fine sand beach and Mediterranean Sea fascinates the it visitors. The beach is strongly by becoming extinct threatened one of the most important nest Workstation for the Caretta sea turtles is there for the guests enter to the beach between 08.00 and 20.00 o’ clock.
After swimming at the beach, we get back into our small boat and head towards our big boat. We arrive in Marmaris approximately two and a half hours later, around 19:30.
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Pickup Locations & Times
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Don't forget to bring your towel and swimsuit.
- Photos and CDs are sold by independent photographers. Please have their contact numbers as we are not in contact with them.
- This tour is a full day tour (approximately 11 hours). Lunch is prepared according to the boat conditions and may not be enough for some of our guests. Lunch is not an open buffet, it is served in a plate with Chicken Nugget + Rice + Salad and 2 slices of bread. However, you can order any additional meal you want on the boat for a fee. All drinks, including water, are charged.
- You may need to have cash with you for all these. You can also pay for your extras on the boat with a credit card.
- Due to hygiene rules, it is forbidden to bring food and drinks from outside onto the boat. You can only bring 50 ml of water per person.
Reviews(25)
As seen we found a relaxed day, picked up from hotel with bus and not such a large group. If you are going with children it is ideal to also visit the turtle hospital. Food was well catered for. Trip to the beach was beautiful, boat had no music which only made it better the view
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The boat itself was good, with lots of space for everyone to sit where they want, inside, top deck, sunbeds, front. The stops were very short - about 30 minutes at the Turtle beach. They are charging you a lot of money for turtle food. The Dalyan river cruise was lovely, scenic, relaxing. King's Tomb amazing, like something from Game of Thrones. The mud baths were great fun, but again a very short time allowed there. The photographer did not take a photo of us there, so tried to sell us for £20 a picture of us on the boat, which we have on our phones, and was quite grumpy about our refusal. We enjoyed the trip but the food was a HUGE letdown. On most trips, lunch is a buffet or has something about it, that is nice or nutritious. Lunch at 11.30am was a flat greasy chickenburger, 2 bits of white bread, a spoon of rice, a sad bit of lettuce. They were asking £2 for Chips! No drink included. On board they were charging money for real food, burgers, chicken, nice things, so by 7pm you either were starving hungry or forced to buy food. £5 for a tube of crisps... The lunch was an insult. The rest was fun.
Hello, thank you for your comments and warnings. We will work on the issues you mentioned. We have placed some of the topics as information notes in our product to inform our other guests. Best regards Atilla Arman
We took the river taxi cruise as we wanted to view the historic cave dwellings carved out of the rock and get to the beach where sea turtles choose to lay their eggs. What a fantastic experience on a superbly sunny day, the historic features did not disappoint nor the beach itself. This was only topped by the fantastic sight of a Turtle swimming alongside our boat on the return journey. A magical day
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There is no boat to Dalyan its a coach. There is no stop at the thermal springs, there's an excuse. The time at the mud bath is not enough to let it dry. The drinks at turtle island are extortionate, and toilets nailed shut. The small boats are freezing cold. Dimitri was dismissive of several complaints about what was sold, shrugging and laughing. The drive back in pouring rain was treacherous as the driver didn't seem to know where the blowers were. Then missed our hotel and dint realise we were still on the bus.
Hello, we do not deserve your comment and evaluation. You contacted us and asked us for a partial refund of 50%. Although we implemented our program fully, we refunded you 25%. I regret this now. It is not good to serve guests like you who both get a refund and give very bad comments. Our Dalyan Sea Tour was canceled due to the cold weather and wavy sea in April. In order to please you, we offered you the same program with the bus. We offered you an alternative so that you do not lose a day. It is incomprehensible that you find so many problems in this tour that many guests are satisfied with. I repeat, your comment is not true and misleading.
Boat was a bit overcrowded, although not the fault of the organisers just some very ignorant people. Free meal was basic but tasty and the additional paid food had plenty of variety and prices weren’t too high considering they had a captive audience. Activities were well worth their money with plenty of time at each stop. Would recommend as seriously beautiful scenery. Perfect for all ages. Staff were absolutely flawless.
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Well what can i say... brilliant day from start to finish, we paid app £25 each, please ignore all negative comments about being pestered to buy drinks/food, we were on board for app10hrs and were asked maybe 5/6 times if we wanted a drink, i call that service. First we stopped for a swim, then another sail had lovely lunch onboard, then transfered to another boat onto turtle beach, then to see massive loggerhead turtles, seen 3. Then onto mud bath followed by thermal dip, then 2hr sail home. You cannot ask for anymore, crew and captain onboard brilliant. Mags n dave cumbria
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Let me start by saying that it is a long day. You do get to see turtles, swimming in the bay and you do get to smother yourself in mud. You get to see some historic sites along the Dalyan river. It’s a full day, where everyone looked exhausted on the journey back to Marmaris. It is worth it.
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Didn't know what to expect. Was quite pleasantly surprised! Even though the cruise seemed to be more of a family affair, my friend and I really enjoyed experiencing it together! We wanted a day on the beautiful Mediterranean and we got that and much more at great value. Also appreciated the excellent service on board and the punctuality of the operators. Great experience, would totally do it again and recommend to family and friends.
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Amazing trip, worth the price and many things to do during the trip. Iztuzu beach is awesome. I highly recommend to visit it
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What can I say but from start to finish the cruise was so beautiful.The staff were friendly and scenery was perfect. It is a long day though so a nap may be needed on the way back!
Hi, Thank you very much for your review. Hope see you again. Regards Atilla Arman
