The Belek boat trip blog
Everything here is written by the people who run the boats, and it sits inside the same structure as the rest of the site: a handful of subjects, each one feeding the guides and the booking page it belongs to. If you only want the short answer, the guides index is quicker. If you want the longer version — what actually happens between pressing book and standing on the deck, what the Manavgat stalls are worth buying, why one of our three days is not on the sea at all — start here.
What we write about
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Planning your boat day
How the reservation works, when the pickup is confirmed, which month to come, and where the boats actually leave from.
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Choosing your boat day
Three days on the water, and the other tours sold from the same hotels — which one is yours, and what we honestly do not run.
1 posts
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On board
What the day asks of you once you are aboard: what to wear, what is handed to you, who looks after you, and how you get on.
3 posts
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Belek and the coast
Belek and the coast as a place rather than a product: the Manavgat river and market, the reservoir behind the dam, and the resorts we collect from.
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Latest
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On board ·
A Belek boat trip with limited mobility: what each of the three days asks of you
If you are planning a Belek boat trip with limited mobility — for yourself, or for a parent who walks slowly — the three days are not equally demanding.
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How to Book a Belek Boat Trip Without Paying Online
You can book a Belek boat trip without paying online because there is no online payment to skip: the form has no payment step, takes no card number and holds no…
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On board ·
Is there a guide on the Belek boat trip? It depends entirely on the day
There is no single answer to is there a guide on the Belek boat trip, because the three days we run are staffed in three different ways.
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The Manavgat river boat trip: what the river half of the day is actually like
The Manavgat river boat trip is the quiet half of our market and river day, and it deserves better than the single line it usually gets.
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On board ·
Seasickness on a Belek boat trip: what moves, what does not, and what to do about it
The pirate galleon day is a genuine sea day.
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Two boat trips in one week from Belek: which pair, and in what order
If you have a whole resort week, the useful question is not which day to pick but which two boat trips in one week from Belek belong together.
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What Manavgat actually is, and why two of our three boat days go there
Manavgat is a working town a little inland from the coast east of Belek, sitting on the river that carries the same name, and it turns up in your excursion…
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What the Green Canyon Actually Is: A Lake Behind a Dam, Not a Stretch of Sea
What is the Green Canyon in Turkey?