Kas: Saklikent & Gizlikent Gorge Jeep Safari with Mud Bath

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 29

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Two Canyons, a Mud Pool & Water Fights: The Saklikent Jeep Safari from Kas

You start with tea in a village garden, move through two canyons on foot with a guide, have a water fight between jeeps if you want in, eat lunch by Gizlikent waterfall, soak in a mud pool, pass through Xanthos ruins, and finish with a swim at Kaputaş Beach. The whole thing runs from 9am to evening, with breakfast, lunch and all entry fees included—you just show up and get in the jeep.

Step-by-step itinerary

Jeep safari and canyon exploration

Depart from Kas at 09:00am
Pass Kaputaş Beach slowly
Stop at village for tea break
Visit Üzümlü village for light breakfast
Prepare and join water fight
Walk to Gizlikent canyon waterfall
Have lunch near Gizlikent canyon
Explore Saklıkent canyon with guide
Drive to mud pool for mud bath
Visit Xanthos ancient city
Swim at Kaputaş Beach
Return to Kas or Kalkan

The Experience

The driver picks you up at 9am sharp, and within minutes you're heading toward Kaputaş Beach for the first swim stop—a quick dip to wake up before the real day starts. On the way back, you stop at Üzümlü village, a former Greek settlement tucked between vineyards, where someone's grandmother is already setting out tea and fresh pancakes in her garden. You sit there, the Taurus Mountains rising behind the village, and it hits you that this is how the day is going to feel: not rushed, not polished, just real people in real places.

After breakfast, the jeep safari gets louder. The guide hands out water guns and explains the water fight—if the group is game and the weather holds, you're about to get soaked on purpose. It sounds silly until you're actually doing it, vehicles pulling up alongside each other, everyone laughing and dripping. Then it's time to walk down into Gizlikent canyon with the guide, following the riverbed toward the waterfall. The canyon walls close in, the water is cold, and you can take photos without worrying about missing the moment because the pace is slow enough to actually look. Lunch happens at a restaurant right there by the canyon—a buffet spread that tastes better after a morning of walking and water.

The Saklikent Gorge walk comes next, and this is where you feel the scale of it. The canyon is deeper, the walls steeper, and your guide walks you through it pointing out the geology and the history without making it feel like a lecture. After that, the jeep takes you to a mud pool by the Eşan River—yes, you get in, yes, you get covered in it, and yes, it's as ridiculous and fun as it sounds. You rinse off, pile back into the vehicle, and then you're rolling past Xanthos, an ancient Lycian city where the guide gives you the quick version of what you're looking at while you snap photos from the jeep. The final stop is Kaputaş Beach again, this time for a proper swim before the drive back to Kas or Kalkan in the late afternoon.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup from Kas or Kalkan at 9am, light breakfast (tea and pancakes) in Üzümlü village, entry to Gizlikent canyon, a buffet lunch at the canyon restaurant, entry to Saklikent National Park, a mud bath at the Eşan River pool, a guided walk through both canyons, a pass through Xanthos ancient city, entry to Kaputaş Beach, and return transport to your hotel in the late afternoon. Water gun rental for the water fight is available if you want to join.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for back problems

Operated by Tatil Sihirbazı Travel Agency

Is this one for you?Book this if you want a full day of movement and variety without arranging transport, park tickets, or timing yourself—the jeep and the guide handle all of it, and the fixed schedule fits two canyons, a mud pool, ruins and two beach swims into one afternoon.