Published on Jul, 2023
We went on this evening boat trip with the family owned and crewed Kingfisher 1boat on Thursday 6th July. We left Dalyan harbour at 6.30pm with 11 guests on the boat ( we were told never more than 18 ). We set sail north to the lake where we dropped anchor for anyone who wanted to to swim in the lake. We were there quite a while which was nice and relaxed while we waited for the sunset over the mountains.
With everyone back on the boat a delicious barbecue was served. There was plenty of food with different meats, rice, vegetables and salads. A couple of us are very wary of eating these types of meals but the food was lovely and everyone was fine the next day.
After the food we sailed the short distance by now in the dark to the Sultaniye mud bath and Spa. We chose not to do the mud pool as we had done one elsewhere the day before ( It is great fun and must be tried at least once! ). We went straight into the spa waters ( there is an indoor and an outdoor one ) which were very hot but bearable like a hot bath. In total we were at Sultaniye about 45mins - 1hr. This was plenty of time to experience the mud pool and the Spa pools. There are also showers, toilets and a bar at Sultaniye.
We then set sail back to Dalyan under the beautiful stars arriving back around 45 mins later where the boat pulled in front of the now illuminated rock tombs so that we could take photos.
In all thos was a very enjoyable evening with a very nice crew. It was reasonably priced at 800TL each including all food. Drinks were served throughout but these you paid extra for at the end.
I would happily recommend this trip for anyone.
