Turkey · BOAT TRIPS IN BODRUM
Turkish days out are cheap by European standards and vary wildly in quality, which makes the shortlist the whole job. Here are 14 boat trips in Bodrum that hold up, each with its price and its verdict.
Cruise from Bodrum to Orak Island for four swim stops, a hot lunch, Turkish tea, and clear Aegean water for $41.
“Great trip, good food. Would really recommend - drinks on board quite pricey but overall very good”
Review of Bodrum’s Orak Island boat tour, with turquoise swim stops, BBQ lunch, boat facilities, costs, tips, and honest drawbacks.
“The most perfect day hike. Highly recommend for all ages.”
Review of Bodrum’s Orak Island boat trip, with turquoise bays, lunch, swim stops, costs, crowd advice, and practical tips for a better day.
“The waters were impressive and the crew friendly! Seats and toilet were clean! It’s a memorable trip”
Cruise from Bodrum to four clear-water bays near Orak Island, with lunch, swimming stops, tea, and friendly crew for $30.25.
“The guys that run this boat really know what they are doing. They are so friendly and accommodating. The lunch was really nice and the places you visit are beautiful. Highly recommended”
Review of Bodrum’s Orak Island boat trip, with swimming stops, lunch, optional hotel transfer, costs, tips, and who should book.
“Visited 4 different areas to swim. Friendly crew. Worthwhile experience”
Review of Bodrum’s Orak Island boat tour, with turquoise bays, five swim stops, BBQ lunch, hotel transfers, costs, and practical tips.
“Boat left late but asked for earlier embarking. Location in viator showed wrong pier entirely so ask for the boat with the locals. They played awful music really loud and totally wrong genre of music to the crowd. Was mixed young and old and”
Review of Bodrum’s private six-hour gulet cruise, with swimming stops, lunch, snorkeling, paddle boarding, pricing, and practical tips.
“All in all, this was a great excursion. The weather and the port were not good, but that is through no fault of the operator. They communicated with us every step of the way. We were a family of 7 with ages ranging from 18 to 79. We snorkeled in 3 different areas and the crew made us a fantastic lunch with more food than we could eat! The staff was great and everyone had a fantastic time. Due to the weather, only the 3 younger ones went snorkeling but the grandparents sat on the boat, took photos and were just smiles all day.”
Review of Bodrum’s Orak Island boat trip, with clear-water swim stops, lunch, castle views, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“We had such a great day on the boat. It was set up well and very comfortable. LOVE IT.”
Review of Bodrum’s Orak or Black Island boat tour, with swim stops, lunch, hot springs, practical tips, costs, and honest drawbacks.
“Good boat trip! Nothing special about this compared against all other departing from same harbour.”
Review of Bodrum’s six-hour private yacht tour, with three clear-water bays, lunch, snorkeling, paddleboarding, practical tips, and value advice.
“Absolutely amazing. Our captain and first mate were consummate professionals. You won’t regret paying for this trip. Oh! And the FOOD!!!! This is a chef with a boat not a captain who knows how to cook lol. Get the fish meal. You won’t be disappointed.”
Review of Bodrum’s $28 boat tour, with beaches, islands, lunch, swimming stops, hot springs, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“This was a great excursion for the price. It says to arrive 15mins before scheduled time, which for us was 10:30am. We sat on the boat for an hour in the hot sun amd smelling exhaust and cigarette smoke until we actually set sail at 11:15. We would have arrived later if we knew ahead of time people were still arriving at 11:00. Also, the guy who came around with the ice cream after lunch said it was included. It was not. It was good but just know you get a bill at the end if you get the ice cream. Otherwise, this was a really really nice cruise for…”
Review of Bodrum’s private six-hour boat tour, with Karaada, Red Bay, Rabbit Bay, lunch, swimming, snorkeling, and practical booking advice.
“Being out on the water was great, water was crystal clear at the places we stopped, food was great but they charged us 5 euros for a can of soda and 10 euros for a can of beer, neither of the two crewmen spoke any English or communicated at all with us other than to ask if we wanted fish or chicken for lunch, we jumped in the water at two stops but there was no floaties or snorkeling equipment as advertised, no cave visit as advertised, no safety information relayed, boat was a bit dingy, not as nice as some of the others we saw from the same tour…”
Review of Bodrum’s private sunset boat tour, with dinner, swimming, snorkeling, fishing, paddle boarding, and practical value advice.
“It was a really nice experience in the sunset were we were able to enjoy more of a private time, and very helpful the captain and sailor. We recommend it.”
Review of Bodrum’s private sunset yacht tour with dinner, swimming, snorkeling, paddleboarding, fishing, and flexible private service.
“The boat was amazing and the crew were outstanding (brilliant customer service). I really enjoyed the evening and would definitely recommend.”
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