Jeep safari

[SexOnTheBeach]

Hi, me and the family are off to marmaris soon and have been thinking about doing jeep safari. Just wondering what its like? And how much it costs? Also does anyone know what the weather is like over there just now?

[unitedman57]

don`t wear your best clothes and don`t take cameras,phones,camcorders ect unless they are waterproof.suncream is a must be prepared to get soaked and a bit mucky. great day out will be be booking 1 in august for the 4 of us

[dill]

As previously stated, do not wear anything decent. You will get wet. This probably the best value for money trip. You will have a brilliant day. Have been on this trip for past 3 years now and probably will go again this year. Just to see the amazing blue fish is worth the price alone. Tip... take some black bin liners from home with you to put your bags in. T ie them up tight and all your stuff will keep dry. Do try this trip,

[SexOnTheBeach]

Thank you

[LynnJenny]

its such a laugh we went got soaked and full of mud want to go again in july

[dksbbs]

The jeep safari is the best trip going, below is an extract from my 2008 review, we go on the jeeps every year it is now a tradition for us,

Up bright earlier, weapons loaded and checked, extra ammunition organised in the shape of 2 five litre water containers, water bombs removed from the fridge where they had been chilling nicely over night, contents of ruck sack placed in a black bin bag to keep them dry, old cloths worn as we know we are going to get dirty and it was time to go.

There were only three jeeps in our safari ours with 7 people, another with 6 including two lovely ladies and their two daughters, these four people actually made our day as they were really into the spirit of the adventure, the third jeep had another 6 people and they were 50/50 into the spirit of things.

Once we had all met up it was off into the mountains, as the jeep climbs the steep road navigating the hairpins the views of Icmeler are stunning, the temperature also drops with the motion of the wind and the higher altitude, the jeeps continually change places so you can fire at each other as you overtake. We came to the first stop which was a place where they make honey, we all had a taste while we purchased drinks, prices were good, and we purchased some orange honey for the father-in-law as we do every year.

Back into the jeeps and it was off to the waterfall, driving through the countryside the views are stunning, we also saw some hawks flying above us, didn’t know whether they were eagles as too high. The waterfall was quite busy being a Sunday, quite a few locals were there on their weekend off. We had a swim in the mountain water, it was a cold but very refreshing, in total we were there about 45 minutes and it was back in the jeep, weapons reloaded ready for battle.

Most safari’s stop at the carpet factory which is a very interesting as you are shown how carpets are made by hand, on this trip we drove past them which was fine by us as we had been there on four previous occasions, but if you do stop it is recommended.

Lunch time was fast approaching and we arrived at our restaurant by the beach, the choice was either, chicken, meatballs, omelette or fish, this was included in the price of the trip, as normal drinks were extra As we left the restaurant a very nice young lady decided to cool us all down from a hose pipe as we drove by, and to think we had only just got dry.

Next stop was the beach where we had an hour, the sun beds and parasols were free, there was a bar to buy drinks but we didn’t bother but went for a swim instead.

Following the beach we drove through more countryside until we came to the river where the blue fish can be found, I’ve seen them three times before so would normally let others go to the front but as we were only a small group there was still plenty of room for us all to see them, it took a few minutes for them to be tempted out from under the bushes with bread by the drivers, but eventually everyone had a good look at this beautiful local phenomena.

Back to the jeep and it was a drive through the river and off to the next stop for drinks, local pide was being cooked in a charcoal oven which you could purchase and we had a chance to dry off from the water battles.

Following this stop it was off to do some off road and then the drive back to Icmeler, We arrived back at about 4.30pm, it would have been 30 minutes later if we had stopped at the carpet factory. It was a great day out and we will be doing it again next year as we do every year.

Back at the apartments it was a quick shower at the poolside shower to rinse off the dust then a dip in the pool.