Notes from the mountain road
Everything here is written from the days we actually run. Where we cannot state something honestly — a pickup time, a temperature, a guarantee about the waterfall — we say so instead of guessing.
Subjects
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Planning your jeep safari day
Where the day sits in a holiday week, what is settled before you go, and what we can and cannot promise in advance.
2 posts
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Choosing which jeep day to book
Several jeep days leave this coast and they are not interchangeable. These posts set them side by side.
3 posts
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Practical notes for the day
The small things nobody tells you until the jeep is already moving: money, language, weather, what to carry.
3 posts
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Side, the Taurus and the canyons
The places the convoy passes through, written as places — for readers who want the mountains before they want a tour.
3 posts
Latest posts
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Do I Need Cash on a Jeep Safari in Side? What Your Wallet Is Actually For
Do I need cash on a jeep safari in Side?
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Side, the Taurus and the canyons ·
The Dim valley behind Alanya
Alanya is known for a castle on a headland and a long beach either side of it, but the more interesting half of it is inland.
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Side, the Taurus and the canyons ·
The Alanya Jeep Safari to the Dim River: A Day That Belongs to Alanya
The Alanya jeep safari to the Dim River is its own eight-hour day, not the Side tour with a longer transfer bolted onto the front.
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What Language Is the Jeep Safari Guided In?
What language is the jeep safari guided in?
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Planning your jeep safari day ·
Fitting the jeep safari into your holiday week
Deciding which day to book a jeep safari in Side is a different question from which month to come, and it has a shorter answer: put it early in the stay, keep it…
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Choosing which jeep day to book ·
A jeep safari on your own
Travelling alone is the case most excursion pages quietly ignore, so here it is directly: every jeep safari sold on this site is a shared departure, you book a…
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Side, the Taurus and the canyons ·
Köprülü Canyon and Beşkonak: the other canyon above Side
Köprülü Canyon is the second canyon on the map above Side, and it is not the one in most of the brochure photographs.
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Choosing which jeep day to book ·
The Night Jeep Safari in Side: An Evening of Mountains, Dinner and a Catamaran
The night jeep safari in Side is an evening, not a mountain day.
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Travel sickness on the mountain tracks
Nobody sells an excursion by talking about feeling sick in the vehicle, which is exactly why it is worth writing down.
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Planning your jeep safari day ·
What we do not promise on a jeep safari from Side
Almost every page on this site tells you what is included.
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Choosing which jeep day to book ·
Which rafting and jeep safari combo to book
Four rafting and jeep safari combo tours sit on this site and their names barely differ.