ROUTE 5: Marmaris - Gocek - Fethiye - Marmaris
Type of Boat: A/C Traditional Wooden Gulet (M/S)
Duration: 7 Nights - 8 Days
Embarkation Day: Saturday
Embarkation Place: Marmaris Harbor
Embarkation Time: By 15:30
Disembarkation Place: Marmaris Harbor
Disembarkation Time: Before 10:30 after breakfast
Optional Excursions: Dalyan, Jeep Safari, Saklikent - Oludeniz, Turkish bath
1. Day: MARMARIS
Boarding starts by 15.30 at Marmaris Marina. You will have time for visiting the old town and bazaar of Marmaris with its small streets and hundreds of shops, bars and restaurants. The castle of Marmaris lies on the old town hill and offers a beautiful view across the harbor. Dinner and overnight stay will be in Marmaris.
2. Day: EKINCIK GULF - DALYAN
After breakfast you will be informed about the cruise itinerary and boat. The cruise will move towards Ekincik Gulf and overnight stay will be in this beautiful gulf. You may join optional Dalyan excursion. The participants will be taken from the yacht with a smaller boat called 'Piyade' which will bring you into the green delta of Dalyan through the Lycian Rock Tombs. You will have a swimming stop at a unique place called Caretta - Caretta beach. There will be a mud bath occasion.
3. Day: SUNKEN BATH - TERSANE ISLAND - KIZIL ISLAND
Because of the wavy seas of Disibilmez and Kurtoglu capes that we have to cross, we will cruise earlier than the other days and reach the world-famous Gocek Gulf. We will anchor at Sunken Bath for breakfast and swimming break. This place is also known as Cleopatra Bay due to the beautiful underwater ruins of an old bath. Then we will cruise to Tersane Island. This naturally protected harbor was used as a shipyard in Byzantine and Ottoman times. Dinner and overnight stay will be at Kizil Island.
4. Day: FETHIYE
Arrive at Fethiye Harbor early in the morning. We offer optional jeep safari tour. For those who will not join the Safari, the boat will anchor at Samanlik Bay for lunch and swimming. Afterwards around 16:00 the boat will anchor at Ece Saray Marina for dinner and overnight stay.
5. Day: GOCEK ISLAND - YASSICA ISLANDS
After breakfast, depart from Fethiye Harbor for Gocek Island. After moving through uniquely beautiful islands, we finally anchor at Yassica Islands. Lunch will be taken in this beautiful chain of little islands. Snorkeling in the crystal clear water is recommended. Dinner and overnight will be in a bay amongst the islands of Gocek.
6. Day: BEDRI RAHMI BAY - SARSALA - AGA LIMANI
After breakfast, we sail to the spectacularly stunning Bedri Rahmi Bay, named after a famous Turkish artist and then to Sarsala Bay. Cruise to Aga Limani after lunch. Overnight stay will be in this lovely bay.
7. Day: KUMLUBUK BAY - CENNET ISLAND - MARMARIS
Cruise starts early in the morning and the breakfast will be served in the bay of Kumlubuk which lies within the sight of Marmaris but is cut off from it by a forbidding set of Limestone Mountains. You will have afternoon tea in a nice bay of Cennet Island. Overnight stay will be at Marmaris Harbor.
8. Day: MARMARIS
Disembarkation by 10:30 after breakfast.