Saklikent Fethiye

While in Olympos our travel plans took an unexpected turn. We met a group of 8 Aussies who are doing their own tour around Turkey finishing in Gallipolli for ANZAC day. Greg the organizer is a former tour guide and had been coming to Turkey for the past 20 years.

After chatting to Greg for a while we decided to hitch a ride with them them …

Arrived in Kayakoy via Fethiye on the 31st.  Charming hotel in a small quaint village but it was stinking HOT!  No A/C but İ snagged the only fan.  Screens on the windows and a fan are all that you really need to make a place ...

... a tourist trap stop at Yakapark where the sisters endured 30 degree water for five minutes in exchange for free beer. Next stop was Saklikent, a 13km long gorge. It reminded me of the one in Zion Canyon. The nice thing about this one was the mud bottom ...

... theater where you had to walk through the old entrance under the seats to get in, and some ruins of temples. The drive to Saklikent gorge was long and winding, and when we finally arrived and saw all the water around us we were glad. Lining up to ...

... that way with an earthquake damaging the city. Its quite eerie! I also went on a day trip to Saklikent Gorge- the longest and deepest gorge in Turkey. Amazing! You walk like a k through water to reach Saklikent village...its super cool, the water is ...

... previous day I though I would do something requiring a little bit more energy so decided to take a minibus to Saklikent gorge about an hour from Fethiye. This was probably my favourite day in Turkey so far as I spent about 2 hours with Tom from Norway ...

... and Romans turns taking over the city. After wandering about the ruins we boarded our bus and headed off to a natural wonder of Turkey, the Saklikent Gorge, and lunch. Saklikent (Hidden City) Gorge is the longest and deepest gorge in Turkey. It is a ...

... in Fethiye were closed but the buses to nearby attractions were still running intermittedly, so I decided to make a day trip out to Saklikent Gorge, which is 18km long and so deep that the sun does not penetrate, so the water is icy cold even in ...

... 't et l'on vous le prépare pour 2,5e avec hors d'oeuvre.. Ambiance trés agréable avec musiciens !! gorges de saklikent un peu d'aventure, laissez tomber vos chaussures et c'est parti pour une excursion alone à travers les parois de cette gorge ...

... .  Trunk of tree constantly throwing up. Bar counter filled with fish swimming. This place was definately a catch. A restaurant at Saklikent was also very exotic.  It was built on a river with hammocks and Turkish textile paddings; full of foliage and ...

5/29 On todays drive from Koycegiz to Fethiye we stopped at a spot of amazing natural beauty virtually free of tourist busses. Saklikent Gorge is the second-longest(20 km-long) gorge in Europe (we'll do the longest while on Crete!) and the longest and ...