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Dolphin Watching Cruise from Sorgun

Quick answer

Sorgun is the closest point on our pickup list to the river piers — the Dolphin Watching Cruise transfer has barely started before you are there. Hotel pickup is included and reaches the pine-belt hotels near the end of the morning round. The classic Side day at sea: cruise the Manavgat river, take a long swim stop where river and sea meet, then more swims offshore with lunch served on board. Pickup 08:30–09:25, back at your hotel around 17:30. Booking is confirmed instantly, you pay on the boat on the day, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours before.

Dolphin Watching Cruise from Sorgun

Your pickup from Sorgun

Hotels in the pine belt are collected late, which is a small luxury: an unhurried breakfast and a short drive. You are met at your entrance and returned there in the afternoon or evening. Because the route is built around the day's bookings, the exact time is confirmed the evening before rather than fixed in advance.

  • Meeting point is usually your hotel's main entrance or security gate.
  • Your exact pickup time is confirmed the day before the tour.

What Sorgun is like

Sorgun is the forest side of the coast — a belt of coastal pine between the lake at Titreyengöl and the sea, with walking and cycling paths through it and the Çamiçi public beach where the trees run down to the sand. The old town is three or four kilometres away, five to seven minutes by road, so the hotels here trade the ruins for shade.

About the Dolphin Watching Cruise

A full day on the water without the guesswork: morning pickup, a gentle river cruise, one long swim stop where the Manavgat meets the Mediterranean, and lunch served on deck. Turtles sunbathe on the branches along the river — and on lucky days dolphins show up offshore.

Tour programme

  1. 08:30–09:25 — pickup from your hotel
  2. Slow cruise down the Manavgat river, turtle spotting on the way
  3. About 1.5 hours of swimming and free time where river and sea meet — cool fresh water on one side, warm sea on the other
  4. Further swim stops offshore; lunch and the foam party on board
  5. 16:30–17:00 — arrival back at the harbour
  6. ~17:30 — drop-off at your hotel

Water sports at the beach stop (jet ski and similar) are optional and paid on the spot.

Your booking is confirmed instantly, you pay on board on the day, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours before departure.

Included

  • Life jackets for all ages
  • Professional guide
  • Foam party
  • Lunch on board
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Frequently asked

What time is hotel pickup from Sorgun?

Late in the round. This is the last stretch of coast before the river, so these hotels are among the final collections and the drive afterwards is short. We confirm the exact time the day before, and you are dropped back at the same entrance in the afternoon or evening.

Where do the boats depart from?

Closer than you might expect. The river piers sit on this side of the water, and the coastal boats leave from the old-town harbour three or four kilometres away — so whichever trip you book, the transfer is a short one. Your confirmation names the exact point.

Do I pay in advance?

No. Booking is confirmed instantly and you pay on the boat on the day, in cash or by card. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before.

What time does the tour start?

Hotel pickup runs between 08:30 and 09:25; the boat then sets off down the Manavgat river in the morning.

How long does it last?

About 5–6 hours on the boat; with transfers you are back at your hotel around 17:30. In midsummer the day can run slightly longer.

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