Antalya: Waterfalls, Boat Tour & Old Town Day Trip

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Duration7h–8h

GroupUp to 16

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Two Waterfalls Falling Straight Into the Sea, Plus the Boat Ride That Replaces the Cable Car

You visit two major waterfalls with 45 minutes at each for photos and walking, eat lunch at a local restaurant, explore Antalya's Old Town inside its ancient walls, and take a panoramic boat ride along the coast instead of a cable car. Hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport are included, and the whole day takes 8 to 9 hours from your hotel door back to your hotel door.

7h–8h

Step-by-step itinerary

Antalya city tour with waterfalls and old town

Hotel pickup after breakfast
Visit Karpuzkaldıran Waterfall
Photo break at Karpuzkaldıran Waterfall
Visit Duden Waterfall
Lunch at nearby restaurant
Explore Antalya Oldtown (Kaleici)
Return to hotel

The Experience

The day starts when your hotel pickup arrives after breakfast. You're heading to Karpuzkaldıran Waterfall first — the highest in Turkey, dropping 45 meters straight into the Mediterranean. The water hits the rocks with so much force that rainbows hang in the spray most of the day, which is why photographers stake out the spot for hours. You get 45 minutes here to walk around, shoot photos, and just stand there watching something that powerful do its thing. The mist cools you down before the drive to the next stop.

Duden Waterfall comes next, and it's a different kind of impressive — more people visit it annually than Karpuzkaldıran, and once you're there you understand why. There's a park around it, paths to walk, and enough space that it doesn't feel cramped even though over 100,000 tourists come through each year. You'll have time to explore before lunch at a local restaurant where you can sit down and actually rest instead of rushing between stops. The guide will be there if you have questions about what you're seeing, but mostly this part is yours to move through at your own pace.

After lunch, the tour heads into Kaleici — Antalya's Old Town — which sits inside 2,150-year-old walls in the city center. You're walking through layers: Bergama Kingdom architecture, Roman ruins, Ottoman buildings all mixed together on narrow streets. Since the Tunektepe Cable Car is closed, a panoramic boat tour from Kaleici replaces it, so you get the water view of the coastline and the old harbor instead. The boat moves slowly enough that you can actually see the cliffs and the way the city sits against the water. Your guide walks you through the Old Town's history as you move, but the real thing is just being in a place that's been lived in and rebuilt this many times.

The whole day runs 8 to 9 hours door-to-door. You're in an air-conditioned vehicle between stops, which matters in Antalya's heat. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, so you don't arrange transport yourself or negotiate with a taxi driver at the end of a long day. Lunch is part of the package too.

What’s included

Your day includes roundtrip hotel pickup and drop-off, an air-conditioned vehicle for the full tour, entry to Karpuzkaldıran Waterfall with 45 minutes for photos and walking, entry to Duden Waterfall with time to explore the surrounding park, lunch at a local restaurant, a guided walk through Antalya's Old Town inside its 2,150-year-old walls, and a panoramic boat tour along the coast from Kaleici harbor.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

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Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Antalya's main natural and historical attractions in one day without arranging separate transport, entry fees, or timing yourself — the fixed itinerary and included lunch mean you show up at your hotel and the rest is handled.