Altinbesik Cave and Ormana Village Tour: Discover Taurus Mountains' Splendors

Embark on the Altinbesik Cave and Ormana Village Tour to discover the splendors of the Taurus Mountains. Explore the stunning underground lake, experience traditional Turkish life, and enjoy picturesque landscapes.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Side - Your exploration begins in the morning, when our team members will pick you up from your hotel. You will travel towards

bradı city of Antalya with a comfortable bus. During the bus ride through Taurus Mountains there will be some stops for photos. Another stop will be made at a traditional coffee shop at a village.

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Altınbeşik National Park Entrance Fee
  • Lunch
  • Inflatable Boat Tour in Altınbeşik Cave
  • Guiding Service
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
Additional Information

Join our tour of the Altınbesik Cave and Ormana Village to experience everything the Taurus Mountains have to offer! This engaging journey across the mountains includes a visit to the third largest underground lake in Europe. Besides this magnificent part of nature, the trip will allow you to delve into the local culture of the villages. The tour’s…

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Annebella_p
Jun 20, 2025
Spectacular cave visit and Taurus mountain tour - The tour began with a 8.45 minibus pick up from our hotel with a friendly and knowledgeable guide. My daughter and I were the only English people (there was also one Slovak) so the guide skilfully provided all info in German and in English. We stopped at a Manavgat service station to use the loos (there are few toilets in the mountains!) and got on the road out of the city. The guide told us all about the agriculture and wildlife in the region. The driver navigated us carefully around very steep roads and hairpin bends, even stopping to remove a baby tortoise from the road at one point. There were a few welcome stops for leg-stretches and photo-taking in the mountains on the long way to the cave. Once there, we donned hard hats and were taken around the illuminated underground lake on an inflatable dinghy, ten at a time, by a cheerful oarsman. The cave lake is truly unique: spectacular and unforgettable. We then travelled to Ormana village for an excellent buffet lunch, included in the price, which was fresh and delicious. The lunch place had a brilliant view - we bought ice creams and sat in the swing in their garden, then looked around the tiny village with its beautiful unique historic architecture (button houses). Our final stop was another village with a fascinating historic disused wooden mosque and abandoned school (there is now only one child in the village). We took tea there, served by the child’s family, who also have a small shop selling local herbs, oils, honey and trinkets and a small display of historic domestic items. The journey home was a speedy motorway route. The whole tour was 8 hours and great value for money. There was a great atmosphere throughout, thanks to our guide and driver. We saw a very different side to the region than we saw in the towns / hotel areas. Highly recommended tour! We learned a lot and we saw a lot of nature and history and we had a lot of fun. Thank you!
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Travel24565448161
Jun 19, 2025
Fantastic tour with lots of interesting facts about the flora and the Taurus mountains - We made a trip to the Taunus Mountains to Green Canyon three days earlier and found it okay. It was run by a large three-letter tour operator, but it was already a mass event where you were dragged from one bazaar to the next. This tour is very different, we were only 16 people, we as the only family with a small child (7). For families the tour can be quite suitable if the children have the necessary staying power, our son is used to it and found the day very interesting. The highlight was of course the cave, but our goat faruk told us a lot about medicinal herbs from the region, which we all tasted. We found it very exciting and great that you had the feeling that everyone was being addressed. Lunch was also very delicious and you had a fantastic view. Highly recommended!
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Jennywd4690tv
May 23, 2025
Wonderful excursion - If you want to admire the landscape and a charming cave, this excursion is just the thing. It was very nice , great travel companion Language German, English
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Sebastianje6938nl
May 2, 2025
Amazing! - Amazing trip! Good guides with a lot of knowledge. Took ekstra time to visit a local family and show us a local school and mosque
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Hope_b
Apr 28, 2025
Canny excursion:) - My partner and I had a great time. Umit the tour guide with very funny and knowledgeable. He translated the entire journey between English and German. Got a lot of great photos and really enjoyed the meal. There was a selection of food to choose from. The drinks however weren’t included and ranged from 1€ to about 5€. The driver didn’t speak any English and was referred to as ‘Turkish Schumacher’ 😂 id definitely recommend if you like learning a little about the area and the cave was just beautiful. Might be a bit boring for kids though.
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Inspire55650234996
Sep 25, 2024
Great day - Tour was brilliant caves amazing tour guid was very interactive in English which os very much appreciated would recommend
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25serapm
Sep 23, 2024
Highly recommended - Your was very lovely. They came on time to pick us from our hotel. Safe drive. Yucel our tour guide was very knowledgeable, polite, friendly and speak English and German. Also we have other tour guide who speaks Russian. I highly recommend this tour and tour company.
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Nicolemg9155gs
Sep 3, 2024
A very clear recommendation 👍 - It was a great tour. We learned a lot about land and people. There were many great views to take great photos. We would definitely recommend this tour. Everything went flawlessly via WhatsApp. 😊
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Romanww9582ye
Aug 26, 2024
A beautiful day with lots of information - A successful excursion with good extensive information about country and people. Good service. Beautiful day.
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Nasisha
Oct 26, 2024
Not value for money - The day trip started out a little weird. We were picked up by a small van from our hotel and we stopped at another hotel. We wanted to get out, but we had to stay put. The driver did not speak English and could not tell us what was intended. With google translate we understood that we had to wait for another bus. On the other bus were all Germans and we had explicitly asked for an English guide. The guide couldn't speak English and I didn't think it was possible, after all we had asked for it. She told us some information about Manavgat and made jokes that everyone could laugh at, except us because we didn't understand anything. We made a stop at the gas station, where other vans from this organization also gathered for the same trip. They looked into putting us on another bus, but there was no place. We were very upset and the photographer said he would translate for us. Because he knew a little English. I explained to them that it wasn't fair that you're served something and you don't get it, but you get paid for it. We would have preferred to go back to the hotel, but we were already quite far. It was a reasonable day, not wow and was disappointing. The bus was too full. At the time of booking it said that there would be a maximum of 25 people. There were 38 men on the bus. We had chosen an English guide but she spoke German. The trip in the cave with a rubber boat would take 30 minutes, but this was at most 5 minutes. Lunch was cold food and wasps everywhere. One had gone into the juice of orange and we asked for a new one, we just had to pay extra for this. What hospitality. The pity is that many Turks do not speak English here but German, but then they do not have to offer an English guide. We did the trip but it was definitely not worth the money. If they had asked for €20 it would be good, There is more being asked than you get, very unfortunate. Hope they do something with this, because we feel turned off.
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From $45
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).