What people actually mean when they search for a jeep safari in Antalya
Antalya is a province, not a resort. Its coast runs from Kemer in the west, past the city and the airport, through Belek and Side, and on east to Alanya — hours of driving end to end. Hardly anyone typing the province name is standing in the old town. Almost everyone is in a hotel somewhere along that strip, asking one practical question: can I do this from where I am staying?
So this page is a map of our operation rather than a brochure about the region. We run mountain days behind the eastern half of that coast. Where we collect, which days you can realistically join, and the places we cannot reach are all set out below with the prices attached, so you can decide in a minute instead of sending three messages.
The two belts we collect from
Every day we run starts in one of two collection belts, and they do not overlap. The Side-Manavgat belt feeds the Taurus mountain days and the rafting combinations. The Alanya belt feeds exactly one day: the Dim River safari.
Pickup and drop-off are inside the tour price on both belts. The meeting point is the main entrance gate of your hotel, because the jeeps travel as a convoy and collect from the road rather than from reception.
- Side-Manavgat belt, confirmed departure points: Side, Kumköy, Evrenseki, Manavgat
- Same belt, arranged on request rather than as a scheduled departure: Çolaklı, Gündoğdu, Sorgun, Titreyengöl, Kızılağaç
- Alanya belt: the whole Alanya area from Kestel to Okurcalar, for the Dim River day only
Where we cannot reach
Antalya city itself, Lara and Konyaalti, and Kemer further west sit outside our collection routes. We do not run a pickup from them and we will not pretend the convoy can swing by on the way. Belek is not on the list of departure points we can confirm either, so if you are staying there, message us before you count on it rather than afterwards.
That limit is worth knowing before you book anything, because a day that opens with a long transfer nobody mentioned is a bad day whoever sold it. If your hotel is on the western strips, look for an operator whose jeeps start there.
The full-day Taurus safari, from the Side side
This is the day most guests mean. Eight hours in an open-top 4x4 carrying eight to ten people with a professional driver, leaving the coastal plain in convoy: an old Roman bridge where the asphalt gives out, orchards of orange, lemon and pomegranate, cotton and sesame fields, ancient Roman aqueducts, a panoramic viewpoint over Green Lake, a swim stop with freshly made Turkish pancakes at Oymapınar village, the dam, the canyon viewpoint and lunch at a lakeside restaurant.
It costs EUR 20 per adult and EUR 10 per child aged 4-12; infants aged 0-3 travel free. Hotel transfer, lunch and guiding are all inside that figure. After lunch there is an optional one-hour boat trip on Green Lake at EUR 5 per person, paid on the day, which brings the day to EUR 25 per adult. A Manavgat Waterfall stop is sometimes added on the way back — it depends on the programme and the entrance is paid on site, so treat it as a bonus rather than a fixture.
Jeep safari days also depart from Kumköy, Evrenseki and Manavgat. Ask us for the figure from your own pickup point when you book: we publish a price only where we can stand behind it.
Rafting and jeep on the same day
If one day is all your holiday allows, the combination days put the off-road drive and white water into the same trip. From Side it is seven hours at EUR 28 per adult and EUR 17 per child, with roughly 12 km of river track in the Beşkonak stretch of Köprülü Canyon. From Evrenseki, Kumköy and Manavgat it is a longer nine-hour day at EUR 40 per adult and EUR 24 per child on the same river.
Ages work differently on these: 12 and over counts as an adult, 4 to 11 as a child, and rafting is not recommended for children under 4. Safety kit and lunch are included on all four departures. Drinks, photo and video services and optional extras such as the zipline are not.
From the Alanya belt: the Dim River day
Guests on the Alanya side get their own eight-hour day rather than a long transfer to ours. Pickup covers the whole Alanya area, Kestel to Okurcalar. The convoy climbs into the Taurus foothills for waterfall and Dim Dam photo stops, visits a village house and mosque, then breaks for a swim and lunch on a riverside platform over the Dim.
It is EUR 30 per adult and EUR 17 per child, and it runs daily in season, April to November. Dim Cave is an optional stop with a small entrance paid locally. In summer there are water fights between the jeeps, which is a feature rather than a warning.
The night version, from the Side belt
Between early June and mid-November there is also a five-hour night safari at EUR 35 per person, designed for ages 12 and over. Pickup is in the late afternoon, the Manavgat Waterfall is seen in the evening light, there is a swim at Green Lake, and the night finishes with dinner, music and a catamaran cruise.
Drinks are extra, guests do not drive the jeeps at any point, and it is not suitable for anyone with mobility difficulty. It is the one day on our list that is not built for young children.
Booking, payment and the shape of the day
Nothing is paid online and no card is taken. You reserve free of charge and pay in euros on the day of the tour, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours before departure. Guiding runs in English, German and Russian as well as Turkish.
We do not print pickup times anywhere on this site. The time depends on where your hotel falls in the collection order and is confirmed to you after booking, so any exact minute quoted before that is a guess. Jeeps are open-top in summer, which means sun, wind, dust and water fights; winter departures use covered vehicles and skip the water games. Some tracks are bumpy, so tell us about back or neck problems before you board.