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Dalyan River Cruise, Turtle Beach & Mud Baths from Marmaris

Name: Dalyan River Cruise, Turtle Beach & Mud Baths from Marmaris
Brand: Tourmania
SKU: 9398P39
Price: 32.93 USD
Rating: 4.5 (215 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceMarmaris, Turkey

Dalyan Boat Trip from Marmaris or Icmeler with River Cruise Turtle Beach Mud Baths and Lunch

10 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

=Spend a day cruising Turkey’s famous Turquoise Coast on this full-day boat trip from Marmaris or Icmeler, including hotel transfers and lunch. Take in the highlights of the Dalyan canal, admiring the rock-cut Lycian Tombs of the Kings of Kaunos, taking a dip in the mineral-rich mud baths and viewing the protected Iztuzu Beach, famous for its large population of loggerhead turtles.

Family friendly
Ideal choice for families
Romantic experience, perfect for couples
All entrance fees included
Lunch included
Free hotel pickup and drop-off included

What's Included

Lunch
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
River boat
Mud bath

Drinks
Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

08:30 AM

Pickup details

Pick-up from hotel security gate

What To Expect

Marmaris (Pass By)

Iztuzu Beach

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Lycian Rock Tombs

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Dalyan Nehri

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Dalyan (Pass By)

Kaunos (Pass By)

Sultaniye Thermals and Mud Baths

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Dalyan (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Operated by Tourmania

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Lesleyhalligan

Brilliant day trip from start to finish. Mud baths were great. Lunch on boat was fresh and tasty. Tombs were beautiful and turtle beach was great fun! Our hosts on the boat were lovely and drinks were very good value as were photos to remind us of our day. Would thoroughly recommend this trip to anyone.

Reviews

4.5

215 reviews

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Excellent tour

Barry_H, May 2024

Excellent tour very friendly people very good value for money. Long day out of the hotel very relaxing

Good

Natalia_D, Sep 2023

Beautiful guide and perfect experience-food is so good and small group.We love it so much only I would do lower music on boat.

Lovely day

Alison_B, Sep 2023

Managed to see the turtles and tombs which was good. The turtle beach was lovely sandy and clean. I wasn’t keen on the mud baths but others were really enjoying them

Not a group of 15 - more like 60- but overall good tour

Ben_W, Sep 2023

The reason we booked this was because it said it was a group size of 15. As soon a a full sized coach turned up we knew that the description had lied and had paid more to be in a smaller group. However the trip was good but would be better in a smaller group and also made shorter by not having to drive round all the hotels picking people up and dropping them off. You were able to pay for your drinks and food on the boat by card/Apple Pay at the end which was very handy as you spend a lot of time on the boat where you can’t eat or drink your own stuff.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for a very well-rounded and thorough review of the tour. We appreciate your hard work in putting this review together and know it will be helpful and informative for our customers. Have a good day!

Good value & fun day

Stephen_D, Jul 2023

Excellent and fun guide - informative - good lunch and refreshments reasonably priced on the boat - got to the mud baths before the crowds and a great day enjoyed by myself and 2 teenage sons

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Thank you so much for taking your time to give us your pleasant feedback. hope to see you again in the near future.

Great but shame about the coach

Zoe_D, Jun 2023

The boat and tour guide was amazing but what let the trip down was the coach transfer we moved to 3 different coached on the way then the coach on the way back over heated and we had to stop in a garage they are very old and needs to be looked at overall the trip was great

Response from Host, Jul 2023

We are grateful that you took the time to leave us a review. Your feedback helps us to improve service for everyone. All the best;

A great trip however….. the coach ….

Dave_B, Jun 2023

A fantastic trip. Loved the boat trip and the timings were great Turtle beach was great (but busy) The boat crew and guide were excellent but …. The coach driver was driving with one hand using a phone on a coach which had no speedometer and had a STOP sign permanently on his dashboard - and a full length crack up the windscreen. It did feel a little sad for such a poor standard of coach and driving with such a wonderful trip otherwise

Response from Host, Jun 2023

We are grateful that you took the time to leave us a review. Your feedback helps us to improve service for everyone.

Great day out, excited value for money

David_W, May 2023

Great day out, the guide was excellent looked after us from the moment we were picked up till we arrived back at our hotel.. very good value for money, if we are ever in Marmaris area would do it again!

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you so much for this 5-star review. We really appreciate you being a customer and helping to share the word about us. We’re here for you anytime

Fantastic, great excursion, Value for money

Harrison_M, Oct 2022

Great Excursion! second time going on this exact one now, went in june, and again beat my expectations! brilliant organisation and fantastic entertainment! would highly recommend. Thanks again :)

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thanks for taking the time to review. We know it takes time and we appreciate your effort! We’re glad you had a good experience and hope to see you again soon. All the best ; Murat

The turtles saved the day

Natalia_P, Jun 2022

The description of the trip is inaccurate - it is not a full-day boat trip from Marmaris. It is a coach trip from Marmaris to a lake, then a river cruise and then a coach trip back to the hotel. From the moment you enter the coach, it is like a bazaar, with the tour guide listing prices for drinks and snacks. It is the same on the boat, but worse, with everything for sale, forced photos and a captain that weaved self-marketing for other trips he runs in between his tour speech. He was also culturally insensitive, calling an Italian guest a mafioso (deeply insulting to Italians and not something to joke about). Absolutely no food or drinks allowed on the boat unless purchased, even plain water is forbidden! The rules of a restaurant without the quality or comfort of a restaurant. The mud bath was fun and great for the skin, the necropolis was stunning and we got to see some majestic turtles on turtle beach. In short, the tour itself is wonderful, but the company offering it is unpleasant and will treat you like money-producing cattle. I'd recommend finding another provider!

Nice trip but be prepared if you have kids

Ralph_C, Jun 2022

The trip was very nice, the guide was well informed, the beach was super. I wish though they mention there was an hour bus ride and 2 hours of boat before we get to the beach . So if you are travelling with kids be prepared...

Dalyan River cruise to mud baths, tombs of the kings and turtle beach.

Louise_M, Jun 2022

A fabulous family trip with teenagers. The owner made everyone feel welcome and made the experience very enjoyable with his happy personality. The mud baths were great fun and we were given a lovely lunch of chicken, pasta and salad after we had the chance to bathe and clean the mud off. The boat trip through the Dalyan winding river was lovely seeing the tombs of rhe Kings and spotting turtles hiding in the reeds, it brought great excitement. Turtle beach was absolutely beautiful and the sea was adult shoulder depth quite far out which made it safe for novice swimmers. The return journey brought the option of an additional meal (extra charge at a reasonable price) which we were offered fresh water crab and fish, both were delicious. All together it was a brilliant day trip with a fabulous host. We all really enjoyed every minute of the adventure. I would highly recommend.

Brilliant trip - great value for money

Lesleyhalligan, Jun 2022

Our trip to Dalyan

Jordan_M, Sep 2021

Started day off waiting outside the office. Tour van pulls up and lady was very short asking for tickets, we requested and English speaking group but got put with an all Russian group instead. Guide was nice and did speak English well. Took smaller and bigger bus up to the lake got onto the boats headed to the mud baths mud baths were fine. Had lunch after baths chicken was extremely dry noodles were good though. Then cruised down to the river. There wasn’t much commentary from any of the guides went past tombs stopped and looked but we’re told nothing about them. Didn’t see any turtles or even attempt to look for turtles along the way. Which was our main reason for booking tour. We had an impromptu stop to fish for blue crabs which was fun. Guide was helpful and so was crew Drinks were pretty expensive for 3 glasses of wine and 2 crabs we paid almost 300 lira Stopped at beach which was pretty nice When asked where we wanted to be dropped off lady seemed annoyed that she had to drop us off and they dropped us off at the wrong hotel. Probably wouldn’t recommend to friends

Good day out

Tendai_M, Dec 2020

The cruise itself was good, the guide was very hospitable. The first stop which was the mud bath was nice views but the mud bath itself wasn't got me. It looked a bit more like a dirty pool, lunch was decent, the stop at dalyan beach was amazing and the water was warm, it was a shame didn't get to see any turtles but overall it was good value for money

Delightful day for out

Helen_T, Oct 2020

Tour from start to finish was well organised and well managed. Enjoyable boat trip on a small boat with other English speaking guests. Tour guide very knowledgeable about the area. Boat captain was delightful and had many skills from driving the boat to serving drinks and cooking tasty meals for us. Thoroughly recommend booking this tour.

Great day out at a cheap price

Maria, Sep 2020

Thank-you to our lovely tour guide, captain and crew. Enjoyable all day excursion, great value for money.

Lazy day on beautiful river.

Austin_M, Oct 2019

This was a most enjoyable relaxing trip with plenty to see. The Lake and river cruise was most enjoyable with Dalyan tombs the highlight. Turtle beach was beautiful although turtle sightings are rare.

Excellent day, good price

Pierre_O, Jun 2019

We enjoyed our day thoroughly, an excellent mix of swimming in the sea, ship, food, mud baths, beautiful places, ancient spots, ecotourism (turtles)

The coach was full of people so it...

Asia K, Nov 2017

The coach was full of people so it is a really popular excursion. The guide was multilingual and on some strange frequency, but he was approachable and friendly that i wasnt bothered about his phoneline..to be fair he was funny at times. sailing across the beautiful Lycian Coast along the Turquoise Sea was really relaxing and fun. Everybody was buying drinks and ordering the crab which seemed like some kind of luxury item.. Lunch was actually included, but there was no fuss if you wanted to eat and drink more. Sailing along the coast was idyllic and the highlight was the rock cut tombs of the Kings of Kaunos founded in the 9th Century BC on the border of the Kingdom of Lycia. Sailing along the the Dalyan Canalo from Koycegiz Lake ti Iztuzu Beach was a gem, leading to the Mud Baths - which is why I actually booked the excursion. The mud is supposed to be really good for your skin because of its sulphuric qualities and I absolutely loved it. I met another guest who helped with what to do instead of bugging the guide or the souveneir photographers. There was mud, drying off, taking a dip, showering and a hot-tub. Then onto Iztuzu beach for swimming , sunbathing and relaxing.. It was a really fun and therapeutic day around other people who were friendly and like vacating. I would do this specific excursion again.