Dalyan Bliss: Mud Bath, Turtles & Ancient Lycian Tombs

Great day out , worth a visit went October little but cold in the morning but soon warmed up in the sulphur pool , little bit tricky get in and out as ledge could do with more steps, so if a bit unsteady may struggle , boat trip was brilliant and seeing the turtles was amazing if even only a few but we did see them , booked with Basket and could not fault them in any way , on time collection , superb hospitality, giggles throughout the trip and knowledge excellent star rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fantastic day out, picked up 9am from our hotel, the tour guide Kerim was informative and funny. First stop mud baths and thermal pool followed by the boat tour to lunch then turtle beach. The boat tour was a beautiful experience, even managed to spot a kingfisher. Lunch was lovely in the gorgeous harbour of Dalyan. Turtle beach is a lovely beach with lovely proper sand and the sea was lovely and warm to swim in, it’s shallow to far out so had a great time in the water with the kids. Got to see the turtles before getting back on the boat. All in all a great day out for the whole family and I would recommend this trip

TLDR: Nice experience for family travelling with 2 kids. Comfortable, slow paced, lots of toilets, mediocre food, huge viator cost markup. We were promptly picked up just outside the resort on the road at 9am in a huge 50seater AC bus. 30mins of travel from Sarigerme and you reach the boats. The guide was informative. Then it's a pit stop at mud bath after 15mins boat ride. The mud bath & thermal spa was well maintained, clean and not crowded at all for mid September. After about an hour there, we were on a boat for another 20mins and stopped at a great place for lunch overlooking the Dalyan Tombs. Food was well below average, but was included the price. Post lunch another 20mins of boat ride into the turtle conservative area. Loads of boats sailing into turtle beach. There are some huge turtle which come close to the shore when crabs are thrown into the water. You get about 2hrs at the turtle beach, you which is a nice shallow beach, the children enjoyed. While returning most of the bus started to pay in cash for the tour. The tour was from 'Basket Travels' and were paying £34 per adult. Essentially trivago were charging £50. For a family of 4, with one under 6 kid who was free I ended up paying £40 extra. This wasn't. A great feeling. The tour itself was great and we were back at the hotel at 5:30 in the evening.

We have just come back from this tour and what a day! Mud baths were amazing and so was the thermal pool, definitely take your shoes down with you as its a stone path to the showers. Yes it smells like sulfer however you do get use the the smell after a minute or so. I went with my daughter (who i found out doesnt like mud on her) and she didnt mind the smell at all for a younger one. We had an amazing guide DoDo he was so friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable told us lots about turkiey and correct pronouciations, we had an amazing lunch at a restaurant on the river and we even got to see turtles we had a good amount of time on the beach to although windy today but thats no ones falt the only thing I would say is there was alot of hornets at the mud baths (can't be helped but im terrified of anything that flies) however they were not interested in me or anyone else the were just doing whatever hornets do. Big should out to mr speedy and the boat man to! So sorry I didn't get there names but the whole day start to finish was amazing! Would highly recommend.

Love this day out with basket always try to do it first day of my holiday to make my skin Feel soft to help get a good tan, the boat trip is lovely sitting back and watching the views and seeing the tooms along the way. Just be prepared for the smell of sulphur it smells like rotten eggs 😂😂 lunch is lovely too this trip is also a must to do

Was amazing start to finish. I was advised by a family member to book with basket travel and I’m so glad I took their advice! We had the lovely gent called Keri pick us up from the hotel for our day out. He was full of information and so friendly! The gent we had on our boat ride was also absolutely amazing (I couldn’t remember his name) he let the children ride the boat. Played some brilliant music also. And helped us get our very own private show of turtles! Cannot thank them enough for such an amazing experience!

What a day do not hesitate the experience from start to finish was great ,Kareem our guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the area ,mud baths to seeing turtles brilliant.💯👌😏

A lovely day out. George our guide was great, very friendly and informative. We never felt rushed at any of the stops. We saw loads of turtles.

Excellent day out. Such a well organised and informed trip and George was amazing and very friendly Our captain was a lovely man and sailing up the river with the cool breeze was absolute heaven o earth I'd highly recommend this but take cash as you'll need ot for cold drinks etc Lunch was nice and relaxed and the whole experience was wonderful

Good day out and really nice boat trip. George the tour guide was very informative and friendly, made the trip a lot more fun.