Dalyan River Cruise: Explore Turtle Beach

Explore Dalyan’s wonders: cruise to Turtle Beach, see Lycian tombs, enjoy a mud bath. Includes lunch, guide, and hotel transfers.

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lake Koycegiz - Köyceğiz Lake
  • Sultaniye Thermals and Mud Baths - Mud Bath
  • Dalyan Nehri - Dalyan River
  • Denizkızı Restaurant - Lunch is enjoyed here.
  • Dalyan Nehri - We explore by boat
  • Kaunos Ancient City - Caunos Rock Tombs
  • Iztuzu Beach - Turtle Beach
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • In-person English, Turkish, and Russian Guide
  • Pick-Up and Drop-Off Service From Hotels and Apartments
What's Not Included
  • All Drinks
  • Entry Fee of Turtle Beach
  • Photos
Additional Information

Embark on a full-day tour from Fethiye to Dalyan for a river cruise to Turtle Beach (Iztuzu Beach) along the stunning Dalyan coast. Experience the natural splendor of the Dalyan delta, visit Köyceğiz Lake, and marvel at the Caunos Lycian tombs. Delight in feeding the sea turtles at Turtle Beach and indulge in a rejuvenating mud bath. The tour includes…

Location
Ölüdeniz
İn front of mosque, İn front of migros market, İn front of erasta avm, İn front of bus station, totalenergy petrol station
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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G7295celoum
Oct 12, 2025
Great trip - Great day out! So relaxing and interesting. Seeing the turtles was just fantastic. Guide was really knowledgeable and had a wicked sense of humour.
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Bluesman288
Sep 28, 2025
A great day with a blend of fun and relaxation - A great day with a blend of fun and relaxation. our tour guide was very informative, friendly and she had a lot of knowledge about the area and all aspects of the day. The mud bath was a lot of fun but also fascinating because of its Roman history, the river journey was relaxing and in a beautiful landscape. Turtle Beach has to be one of the best beaches for swimming in the whole area and the journey back on the boat was also super relaxing. Be sure to try the pomegranate juice that is available on the boat.
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Terri_a
Sep 20, 2025
Lovely host, excellent... - Lovely host, excellent attention to detail. Beautiful nature to watch and the scenery is amazing. First experience of a non airline provider and this did not disappoint.
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Hannahsu1623qj
Sep 12, 2025
so beautiful, to die for, 10/10 experience. - me and my family were quite nervous to begin the trip as we were worried that we wouldn’t see turtles. We were entirely wrong. We started off the day quite slow as our hotel was in ölüdeniz and the turtle beach was further away (the location is stated on trip advisor). our tour guide introduced herself as icy. she was so brilliant. Her mood was sky rocketing throughout the day, she was making everyone laugh and smile. she has the most amazing sense of humour and is just overall kind and considerate towards guests and families. We had begun the trip on the boat and was greeted with the mud bath and hot springs. immediately it lived up to its expectations me and my family had the most amazing time. as daunting as the mud bath may seem it was so worth it my skin feels so soft. we then got back on the boat to go back to get lunch which again was so good for the price. then we had gotten back on the boat to continue on to see the tombs in the mountains which is so so surreal. a beautiful view of the history of the country, icy had explained everything to a T. We had then continued the trip towards the turtle beach and we had visited the turtle hospital to collect crab to feed the turtles. Ivy had allowed us to hold alive crabs as opposed to the cooked dead ones we bought to feed. i digress, we arrived at turtle beach and immediately was greeted by two 30 year old turtles, huge things they were and so majestic. we docked and got off and began feeding them and we were swarmed with turtles and fish the wildlife was honestly to die for. We were docked for an hour and a half and allowed to swim in the ocean and get drinks and collect ourselves while admiring the sights. we then met at 2:45 pm and travelled back to the resturant harbour, all feeling so joyful as we’d seen turtles in the wild and had icy to make us all laugh. The views were honestly incredible i’ve never seen anything quite like it. we laid on the front of the boat sunbathing on the route home, i was so relaxed i’d fallen asleep. but anyway i’d thought i better leave this review as if anyone is debating it to encourage the trip. (the refreshments on the boat are also so affordable).
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609sharonm
Aug 21, 2025
Fantastic day trip not to be missed - Had a fantastic trip with 2 friends. The day was well planned out and a nice lunch provided. The guides were amazing and very friendly and helpful. Fabulous pomegranate juice on board the boat. Highly recommend. Mudbaths were fun but stink a little. The photographer on the boat was absolutely fantastic. He paid such attention to us and made the whole experience very enjoyable. Turtle beach was fantastic too. Water warm and we saw 2 turtles in the water.
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Chantellel929
Aug 9, 2025
Loved it 🥰 - I went with my mum and son for my birthday and we had a fabulous time! So much crammed into one day! It was a great way to spend my birthday and our tour guide was fantastic. He even gave us each a keepsake of the special eye 🧿 at the start of the trip explaining the meaning behind it, and why it’s so important to Turkish people 🥰. The only down point I would say was the end time of travel. When we bought the tickets we were told it would finish at 5:30 when in fact it was 6:30, and we ended up being delayed due to some guests not getting back to the boat in time, so that affected our evening meal plans that we had. But all in all, it was a fantastic day. Very memorable. Loved it.
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Jonathan_y
Aug 4, 2025
Excellent fun - Full day of excellent fun and service. 8.30am pickup until 6.30pm drop off. The mud and sulphur baths was superb and although we didn’t get to snorkel with blue turtles as they stayed away, we were very close up and had great fun feeding them. The river ride was lovely and The beach was also great albeit a little windy and rough but great fun for the kids in the waves. Only shame was that the turtles didn’t come to the beach
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Laurenfry1
Aug 2, 2025
Lovely trip. More travel time than anticipated - We went on this day trip yesterday and overall had a really lovely experience. Seeing the turtles was absolutely amazing, and all of the stops were timed really well — never felt rushed, but never dragged on either. Our guide, Sev, was wonderful: friendly, knowledgeable, and really made the day enjoyable. The addition of a trip photographer was a nice touch. He captured some lovely photos, though I did find them on the expensive side at £7 per photo or £40 for the whole set. My main critique is the amount of time spent in transit. We were on the bus for about 5 hours in total (2.5 hours each way), which felt like quite a lot compared to the 6 hours we spent on the boat. The air conditioning on the bus also struggled, and I ended up feeling a bit unwell from the heat. On a more positive note, the lunch provided was excellent. Despite some critiques I’d read beforehand, the options were varied — fish, chicken, chicken nuggets, spaghetti, and omelettes — so there was something for most tastes. Both the chicken (which I had) and the fish (my partner’s choice) were lovely and fresh, served with side salads, grains, and more. All in all, a memorable day with some incredible highlights, though I wish the journey time had been a little shorter or more comfortable
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Zubeyde_d
Sep 18, 2025
Guides perfect, Boat trip very nice, Bus annoying - First a great thank you to the tour guides Sevgi an Olga! They made a perfect job! The Boat trip was both interesting as well as relaxing! Food was a bit cold but fresh and more than enough! But the very long bus trip was despite the hood driver extremely annoying, took 2 1/2 hours in the morning and as long or more in the evening traffic...
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Eloiseu879
Sep 2, 2025
Not impressed - 7 hours on a bus to spend 1.5 on turtle beach. There was a long river cruise in between as well as the mud bath, which wasn’t our thing. Well organised and they had an excellent photographer on the boat, and the tour guide tried to make it interesting, but it’s a sausage factory. Multiple other groups doing similar journeys and we had better turtle sightings in the canal in Fetiya. Not what we expected and it’s a very long day of travel. Wasn’t for us.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).