All excursions in Belek include pickup from your hotel in Belek, Kadriye or Boğazkent, the transfer back and insurance. You book online with no prepayment and pay on the bus on the day, in cash: US dollars, euros or Turkish lira. Drive times depend on the programme: 5 to 30 minutes to The Land of Legends and the Aspendos theatre, from half an hour to just over an hour to Antalya, Köprülü Canyon and Green Canyon, while Demre, Pamukkale and the two-day Cappadocia trip take a full day or longer. On many excursions you’ll have an English-speaking guide or tour rep.
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Excursion prices in Belek for the 2026 season start at $15 per adult, the price of The Land of Legends evening show. Rafting, safari and canyon trips cost $20–40, boat trips and diving $28–40, and longer trips start at $45: day trips from Belek to Demre and Pamukkale, and two days in Cappadocia. The tables show the price for one adult. Most excursions have a child price, shown on each excursion’s page.
| Excursion | Price |
|---|---|
| Yacht trip from Belek | $28 |
| Diving trip from Belek | $30 |
| Turkish Maldives – Suluada tour from Belek | $30 |
| Porto Ceneviz tour from Belek | $30 |
| Manavgat River yacht trip from Belek | $35 |
| Green Canyon tour from Belek | $40 |
| Excursion | Price |
|---|---|
| Antalya city tour from Belek | $25 |
| Mount Tahtali tour from Belek | $65 |
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The excursions below are listed roughly by distance: first the programmes a few minutes from your hotel, then trips of about an hour, then the boat trips from Kemer and Adrasan and the paragliding flight in Alanya, and finally the long-distance routes around Turkey. Pickup and return times are approximate, and the exact pickup time for your hotel is on your e-ticket. Drive times are a guide based on Google Maps and differ slightly between Belek, Kadriye and Boğazkent.
The theme park is 3 km from Kadriye: about 5 minutes’ drive from hotels in Kadriye and about 20 minutes from Boğazkent. You have 6–6.5 hours for the slides and pools of Aqua Land and Tropic Lagoon, the 62-metre Hyper Coaster and the Nickelodeon Land and Masha and the Bear children’s areas, and the Dolphin Show, watched from the stands, is included in the ticket. Food and drinks are bought inside the park with your wristband; outside food and water aren’t allowed in. Pickup is at 09:30–10:15, and you’re usually back between 17:45 and 18:30.
An evening trip to the same complex, to Shopping Avenue: after sunset the lights and music come on, and the shops, cafés and restaurants are open. The $15 covers the transfer there and back, and the show itself is free to watch. The Musical Boat Parade Show doesn’t run every day, so if it’s the reason you’re going, please check the date in the schedule on the complex’s official website. Dinner and shopping are at your own expense.
The hammam is 10–15 km from the hotels, about 15–20 minutes by bus. You can go in the morning, in the afternoon or towards the evening, and you choose the time when you book. You spend 1.5–2 hours in the bath: sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and pool, then a kese scrub with the traditional mitt, a foam massage, a 20-minute oil massage, a face mask and tea. The staff speak English. The whole trip, including the drive, takes about 2.5–3 hours.
An afternoon trip to the Aksu dolphinarium on the seafront, about 20 minutes from Kadriye, with pickup at 13:30–14:30. The show starts at 15:00 and lasts about an hour with an interval: bottlenose dolphins, fur seals and sea lions jump through hoops, play ball and even paint, and during the interval you can have your photo taken with them for an extra charge. You return at 17:00–18:00. In the morning the same dolphinarium hosts Swimming with dolphins in Belek: about 5–6 minutes in the pool beside a dolphin, in a life jacket and with a trainer. Pickup is at 10:00–11:00, you’re back by 12:00–13:00, and a non-swimming companion pays $20.
An open-air dance show in the ancient theatre of Aspendos, about 20 minutes from Kadriye and Belek and up to 30 minutes from Boğazkent. The performance starts at around 21:00 and lasts about 1 hour 45 minutes with a break: Anatolian folk dance combined with ballet and modern choreography, a dervish dance, belly dancing and routines with swords and daggers. The entrance ticket is included, drinks are extra. Open-air evenings can be cool, so a light jumper is a good idea.
You spend 1.5–2 hours at the wheel of a buggy on off-road tracks and narrow winding trails, with stops for photos. The base is 30–40 minutes away, and you choose a morning or an afternoon pickup, at around 09:00 or 13:00. You don’t need a driving licence: the instructor hands out protective gear and takes you on a practice run. A buggy seats two: the driver pays $35 and the passenger $15. You can drive from 16; younger children, from age 7, ride as passengers with an adult. The trail is dusty, so please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. The whole trip takes 3.5–4.5 hours. The same format on a quad bike is Quad safari from Belek, with the same prices and age rules; it’s shorter, about 3–3.5 hours door to door.
A convoy of jeeps heads up the slopes of the Taurus Mountains on a route of 70–80 km. The first stop is a viewpoint at about 700 metres, then Hacıosmanlar village, where you can try adaçayı, the local sage tea, followed by lunch at a fish restaurant (included) and free time by a cool mountain stream where you can swim. Pickup is at 08:00–08:30, and you’re usually back between 16:30 and 17:30. There are no free places: every child has their own paid seat in the jeep, $20 for ages 4–9 and $10 for ages 0–3.
Pickup is at 08:00–09:00, and from Kadriye it’s about 30 minutes to the Lower Düden Waterfall. First comes a viewpoint where you see the river fall into the sea from a cliff about 45 metres high, then the Upper Düden, a waterfall about 27 metres high with caves behind the water. After a textile centre (shopping is optional) and lunch, which is included, there’s a walk through Kaleiçi, the old town by Hadrian’s Gate and the Clock Tower. A boat trip from the old harbour (45–50 minutes) can be added for $10 through the “Special Requests” field; the price in the table doesn’t include it. The bus brings you back between 17:00 and 18:00.
A half-day trip in the afternoon, with pickup at 12:30–13:30: about an hour’s drive and 1.5 hours of free time inside. The highlight is a 131-metre glass tunnel with a 180-degree view, where sharks and rays swim over your head. The ticket covers the main exhibition on three floors; Snow World, the terrarium, the wax museum and the XD cinema are paid separately, and any time you spend on them comes out of the same 1.5 hours. You’re back by 16:30–17:30.
Köprülü Canyon is about an hour’s drive from the hotels. The “4 in 1” are the four parts of the day: a cabrio safari in open-top buses, the crossing of the Roman Oluk Bridge, 14 km of rafting on the Köprüçay River and a zipline over the river; lunch at the rafting centre is included as well. There are no difficult rapids, each raft for 8–10 people goes with an instructor, and the mountain river is usually 15–20 degrees. On all our rafting and Tazi Canyon programmes, pickup is at 09:30–10:00 and you’re back at your hotel between 18:30 and 19:30. Add a quad or buggy ride as a fifth part and the programme becomes 5 in 1: the quad and buggy combinations cost $30 each. On these combos the vehicles run on a track next to the rafting centre, each buggy or quad takes two people, drivers must be at least 14, and children aged 6–13 ride as passengers with an adult.
Before the rafting, open-top buses climb to Tazi Canyon, a gorge about 4 km long with cliffs rising more than 200 metres. The first viewpoint is included; the national park’s wooden panoramic platform is an optional $5, so please tell the instructor before you board the open-top bus. Then come 14 km of rafting from Oluk Bridge and the zipline over the Köprüçay, so the five parts are the cabrio safari, Tazi Canyon, Oluk Bridge, the rafting and the zipline. Without the zipline, the 4 in 1 version costs $25, and with a buggy or quad ride as the sixth part, the 6 in 1 combo costs $40.
The same national park, but without the raft. The five parts of the programme are the cabrio safari, Tazi Canyon, the ruins of ancient Selge, Adam Kayalar (natural rock figures) and the Roman Oluk Bridge, plus lunch and time to relax by the river. The open-top bus climbs from the Köprüçay River up to the canyon, and you cross the bridge on the way back. An instructor accompanies the group, and pickup and return times are the same as for rafting.
This excursion runs on Mondays and Thursdays. Pickup is at 08:00–08:30. From Kadriye, the drive to the pier in Manavgat takes about 55 minutes; the yacht then sails down the river to the point where the Manavgat flows into the Mediterranean. There’s a swimming stop here: you can swim in the cool river or in the sea and sunbathe on the sandbar. After lunch on board you get about 1.5 hours at Manavgat bazaar. An English-speaking guide is with the group throughout. The bus gets you back between 17:00 and 17:30.
The Oymapınar reservoir lies in the mountains above Manavgat, about 1 hour 10 minutes from Belek and about 1 hour 20 minutes from Kadriye; pickup is at 07:00–08:00. A two-deck yacht cruises between pine-covered slopes, and soft drinks on board are free. You swim from a platform by the rocks, where fishing rods are handed out too, and in the Little Canyon the yacht passes close to limestone walls with grottoes; the water here is noticeably colder than the sea. Lunch at a café overlooking the canyon is included, and on the way back there’s a short stop at a textile centre. You’re back at 17:00–18:00.
The Megastar doesn’t sail from Belek: it leaves from Kemer marina, about 1 hour 20 minutes from Kadriye and about 1 hour 35 minutes from Boğazkent, so pickup is at 07:30–08:30. There are three swimming stops during the day: in a bay by ancient Phaselis, in Alacasu Bay among the pines and in Aquarium Bay near Kiriş. Lunch on board is included, drinks are sold at the bar, and after lunch there’s music and a foam party. An English-speaking tour rep is on board. You’ll usually be back in Belek between 17:30 and 18:30.
Diving also starts in Kemer: after pickup at 07:30–08:00 the bus takes you to Kemer harbour, and the yacht heads for the bays around Kiriş. The programme includes two dives of 15–20 minutes each, to 5–8 metres, with the instructor beside you the whole time. No experience is needed, you don’t have to be able to swim, and scuba diving is open to anyone aged 12 or over. There are medical restrictions: diving isn’t recommended, for example, for pregnant women or for people with heart, circulatory or respiratory conditions, and the full list is on the excursion page. Between the dives there’s time for a swim and lunch on board. If you just want a day on the yacht, you can come at the no-dive rate of $20, which is handy when only one of a couple wants to dive. You’re back at the hotel between 18:30 and 19:30.
A morning trip to the summit of Mount Tahtali, 2,365 metres high. The lower station of the Olympos Teleferik cable car is out towards Kemer, about 1.5 hours from Kadriye. The panoramic cabin for 80 people takes about 10 minutes to reach the top, where you have about 1.5 hours on the viewing platform and in the café. It’s usually 10–12 degrees colder at the summit, so please bring a light jumper even in summer. Return cable car tickets are included. This is a morning programme: pickup is at 08:00–09:00, and you’re back between 14:30 and 15:00.
The yacht leaves Adrasan harbour at about 10:00, and the drive from Kadriye takes about 1 hour 55 minutes, so pickup is at 06:00–07:00. At the uninhabited island, often called the Turkish Maldives, you swim twice, on two different sides, and then the yacht passes slowly by the Lovers’ Cave (there’s no swimming inside). Lunch on board is included, and the last swim is in American Bay or Fener Bay. The yacht is back in the harbour at 15:15–15:45, and you reach your hotel between 18:30 and 19:30.
Also from Adrasan, with the same early pickup but on a different route: a wooden gulet visits Akseki, Sazak and Ceneviz bays. Hardly any roads lead to them, so they’re usually quieter than Suluada. You have time to swim in every bay, lunch on board is included, and in Ceneviz Bay, if conditions allow, you can put natural black clay on your skin. Return times are the same as for Suluada.
The flight takes place in Alanya: about 1 hour 35 minutes from Kadriye and about 1.5 hours from Belek and Boğazkent, with pickup at 09:00–10:00. From Cleopatra Beach an open-back jeep takes you up to the take-off point in the Taurus Mountains, at about 800 metres. After a briefing you fly in tandem with a pilot for 15–20 minutes over Cleopatra Beach and Alanya Castle and land on the beach. You don’t need any experience, the minimum age is 7, and the weight limit is 110 kg for men and 90 kg for women. Insurance with $40,000 cover is included, and a non-flying companion can come along for $25. The whole trip takes 5–7 hours.
A day in ancient Lycia with an English-speaking guide: pickup is at 04:00–05:00, and the drive takes about 3 hours. First comes the Church of St Nicholas in Demre, then Myra, with its Roman theatre for 10,000 spectators and Lycian tombs carved into the rock. After lunch at a restaurant (included) a yacht takes you to Kekova Island: in clear weather you can see the ruins of the sunken city through glass panels built into the tables on board, and if the weather allows, there’s also a swimming stop. Tickets for the church ($23) and Myra ($17) are not included in the $45 and are bought on the spot. If you’d rather not pay there, choose the All-Inclusive Package: the excursion with both tickets costs $80 per adult instead of $45. Just write “All-Inclusive Package” in the “Special Requests” field when you book. On the way back there’s a stop at an onyx shop, with no obligation to buy, and you return at 20:00–21:00.
A two-day trip: we pick you up from your hotel during the night, between 03:00 and 05:00, the drive takes about 7 hours not counting stops, and you’re back on the second day by 19:30–20:30. On day one you visit an underground city and a rock-cut church with frescoes (tickets included) and take in the views over Uçhisar, Pigeon Valley and Göreme; the night is spent at the deluxe Alp Hotel Cappadocia (or a hotel of the same standard if it’s full), with dinner and breakfast included. Day two brings Love Valley, Imagination Valley, a pottery workshop, an onyx workshop and a 13th-century caravanserai. Paid separately: two lunches ($17 each) and, if you wish, either a hot-air balloon flight (€100–300) if the weather allows or sunrise balloon viewing from a viewpoint, where you watch the balloons take off ($40), plus sunset in the Red Valley ($20), the Turkish Night show ($40) and a cave hotel instead of the main hotel ($30). Guests travelling alone pay a $20 single supplement. Please bring your passport: the hotel can’t check you in without it.
The drive takes about 4 hours: pickup is at 04:00–05:00, and you’re back between 19:30 and 20:30. The Pamukkale entrance ticket (€30) and a buffet lunch are included, and you get about 3 hours of free time on site: the travertine terraces, which you walk on barefoot, ancient Hierapolis with its theatre and necropolis, and the archaeological museum. Cleopatra’s Pool, with fragments of ancient columns on the bottom, is optional and paid on the spot: $15, €15 or ₺650. On the way there are stops at a textile centre, a sweet shop and an onyx factory, with no obligation to buy. There are two more options. Lake Salda and Pamukkale day trip from Belek ($75) adds the white shore of Lake Salda, includes breakfast, lunch and dinner, and returns at 21:00–22:00. Hot-air balloon flight over Pamukkale from Belek ($160) leaves during the night, with pickup at 00:30–01:30, includes a 45–60-minute flight at dawn if the weather allows, and returns at 18:30–19:30; on this option the Pamukkale entrance ticket (€30) is paid separately, and children under 6 can’t take part.
Belek is a resort area between Antalya and Side that grew up among pine forests: the hotels stand along long sandy beaches, with golf courses between them. If you’re looking for things to do in Belek beyond the beach, almost everything below is within an hour’s drive of the hotels.
The village next to Belek, with shops, a market and cafés. Nearby is The Land of Legends complex. By day it’s a theme park with slides and rides, which you can visit on The Land of Legends Water Park from Belek. In the evening Shopping Avenue lights up and the music starts, and that’s where The Land of Legends evening show from Belek takes you.
A 2nd-century Roman theatre next door to Belek. It still hosts performances today, including the open-air dance show Fire of Anatolia.
An ancient city between Belek and Antalya, with a colonnaded street, a stadium, an agora and Roman baths. There is no separate Perge excursion on our list.
A national park in the mountains, about an hour’s drive from the hotels. All our rafting trips run on its Köprüçay River, which is crossed by the Roman Oluk Bridge, about 27 metres high and around 1,900 years old, and further up the mountain road lies Tazi Canyon. You see the river from the water on Rafting 4 in 1 from Belek and from above on Tazi Canyon 5 in 1 from Belek.
The river, about 93 km long, rises on the slopes of the Western Taurus and flows into the sea at the town of Manavgat. Up in the mountains stands the Oymapınar Dam, and the reservoir behind it is the Green Canyon you visit on Green Canyon tour from Belek. At the river mouth you swim on Manavgat River yacht trip from Belek, and the town itself has a large bazaar with spices, Turkish sweets, fruit and souvenirs.
Two waterfalls on one river: the Lower Düden plunges from a cliff into the sea, and at the Upper Düden, in a park in the Varsak district, you can walk into the caves behind the falling water. The old town of Kaleiçi begins beyond the marble arch of Hadrian’s Gate and runs down to the old harbour. You see all of this on Antalya city tour from Belek.
A child who travels free doesn’t get their own seat on the bus and sits on an adult’s lap. On most excursions the youngest children travel free: depending on the programme, that means up to age 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, and the exact age is on each excursion’s page. There are no free places on the jeep, buggy and quad safaris. If you’d like your child to have a seat of their own, for example on a long drive to Pamukkale, Demre or Cappadocia, book them at the child price. Child prices differ too: children aged 6–12 pay $15 for the 4-in-1 rafting, for example, and children aged 5–10 pay $23 on the Megastar yacht trip. With small children, programmes with a short drive are easier, such as The Land of Legends and the Aksu dolphinarium; the travel times are in the descriptions above.
These excursions suit families with children:
Age limits at a glance: rafting, the zipline and swimming with dolphins from 6, the balloon flight over Pamukkale from 6, paragliding from 7, scuba diving from 12 (younger children can come on the diving trip at the no-dive rate) and the hammam oil massage from 13. On the buggy and quad safaris you can drive from 16 and ride as a passenger from 7; on the rafting combos, from 14 and 6.
Not staying in Belek? Each resort has its own page with its own list of excursions and prices:
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Our list currently has 31 excursions from Belek: six boat trips and diving, ten rafting, safari and canyon programmes, eight entertainment excursions, two sightseeing tours and five historical tours, from Demre and Pamukkale to two days in Cappadocia. The 2026 prices and links to every programme are in the tables above.
The lowest price is $15 for The Land of Legends evening show, and the highest are swimming with dolphins ($130) and the hot-air balloon tour over Pamukkale ($160). Among the day programmes, the 4-in-1 rafting costs $20, the Turkish bath $22, and the Antalya city tour and the Tazi Canyon trip $25 each. Of the long-distance trips, Demre, Myra and Kekova and the two-day Cappadocia tour have the lowest price, $45 each, but both have costs on top: the church and Myra tickets in Demre, and lunches and optional extras in Cappadocia.
The price includes pickup from your hotel gate, the return transfer and insurance, which appears in the “What is included” list on every excursion’s page. Everything else depends on the programme. Lunch is included, for example, on the Megastar yacht trip, the rafting trips, the Green Canyon trip, the jeep safari, Demre and Pamukkale, while at The Land of Legends you pay for lunch yourself. The entrance ticket is already covered on the Pamukkale day trip ($65), the aquarium tour and the Land of Legends waterpark. In Demre the tickets for the church and Myra are bought on the spot, or you can take the All-Inclusive Package: $80 for the excursion with both tickets. Some routes include a shop stop, where buying anything is up to you. The details are on each excursion’s page, under “What is included” and “What is not included”.
Very close by are The Land of Legends, the hammam, the Aksu dolphinarium and the evening show at the Aspendos theatre. In about an hour you reach the rafting and Tazi Canyon in Köprülü, Green Canyon, and Antalya with the Düden Waterfalls and Kaleiçi. For a day at sea there’s the Megastar yacht from Kemer, or Suluada and Porto Ceneviz from Adrasan. Of the long-distance trips, guests most often choose Pamukkale, Demre, Myra and Kekova, and two days in Cappadocia.
There are two evening programmes. Fire of Anatolia is a dance show in the ancient theatre of Aspendos: pickup is between 19:00 and 20:00, and you’re back at 23:15–23:45. The Land of Legends evening show is a trip to Shopping Avenue, with pickup between 19:30 and 20:30 and a return at 23:30–00:00; the evening’s programme is set by the complex. To spend the whole day at The Land of Legends and come back after the evening show, make two separate bookings, one for the waterpark ($55) and one for the night show ($15). The day and evening groups travel on different buses, so the day ticket doesn’t include a late return transfer. In the “Special Requests” field, write that you’d like to go to the water park in the morning and come back after the show, and we’ll arrange the return transfer with you.
The Megastar yacht trip and the diving trip start in Kemer, the yachts to Suluada and Porto Ceneviz leave from Adrasan harbour, and on the Manavgat trip the yacht sails down the river all the way to the sea. In the mountains above Manavgat, the Green Canyon trip cruises the Oymapınar reservoir. The lowest-priced boat trip is the Megastar yacht trip, at $28.
Closest to the hotels are The Land of Legends and the dolphin show in Aksu; for half a day there’s the aquarium, and for a full day the Megastar yacht trip or Green Canyon. Child prices and free ages differ by excursion: on the Green Canyon trip, for example, children aged 4–7 pay $25 and under-4s travel free. The age limits and the full list for families are above, in the section “Excursions in Belek with Children”.
Yes. All our excursions from Belek are open to guests at hotels in Kadriye and Boğazkent, at the same prices as in the tables. We pick you up at your hotel gate, by the security post, just past the barrier. The exact pickup time for your hotel will be on your e-ticket once your booking is confirmed.
Yes, on many excursions. An English-speaking guide goes with the group to Pamukkale and Lake Salda, on the hot-air balloon tour, and to Demre and Cappadocia. On the Megastar yacht trip there’s an English-speaking tour rep, at the hammam the staff speak English, and on the Manavgat river trip the guide speaks English too. On rafting, safari and diving trips you’re with instructors, and on paragliding with a pilot. If the guide’s language matters to you, please ask our manager before you book.
Belek is mainly a resort for beach holidays and golf. In the evening people usually head to neighbouring Kadriye or to Shopping Avenue at The Land of Legends for shopping and dinner, and the nearest ancient sites are Aspendos and Perge. There’s more in the section “What to See in and around Belek”.
Not for our excursions. Every excursion on this page includes pickup from your hotel in Belek, Kadriye or Boğazkent and the return transfer, so you don’t need a car to get to the start.
Right here, on our website: open the excursion you want from the table and send your request through the “Online Booking” form. If you’d like some advice first, message our manager on WhatsApp or Telegram, and they will help you choose a programme and make the booking.
Yes. You can book any excursion on this page yourself, free of charge and with no prepayment, and pay on the bus on the day. The prices and programmes of all our excursions are on the website before you book, and we pick you up right at your hotel gate, with the transfer there and back included in the price.
There’s no prepayment. You pay on the day of the excursion when you board the bus, to the guide or the driver, in cash, in one of three currencies: US dollars, euros or Turkish lira. Almost all our excursions are paid this way; a few have different terms, which are shown on their page.
Please message our manager on WhatsApp or Telegram. If an excursion has special cancellation terms, they’re shown on its page, and programmes that depend on the weather, such as the balloon flight and paragliding, explain there what happens if it stops them. On the day of the trip, message us there too if the bus is more than 10 minutes late: we’ll find out straight away where it is and tell you when it will arrive.
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