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BODRUM - GOKOVA BAY WEEKLY CRUISES
ITINERARY
SATURDAY : BODRUM
This gullet
cruise is available starting on Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday
and Monday only.
Bodrum-Gokova-Bodrum
route is the birth place and the most popular route
for blue cruising with gullet yachts exceptionally being organized in
Southwestern cost of Turkey. Embarking: You can check in to boats after 15:30.
Those who came earlier can leave their luggage at our local agent's
office until that time. The cruise boats stay in the marina of Bodrum
on the first day of the cruise program, therefore the guests can
check-in to the boats from early afternoon till late evening,
which gives you flexibility with arrival time of your flights or
buses, especially useful if you are not staying in a hotel in
Bodrum the previous night. Thus, you will also have a chance to
discover exciting Bodrum town on the first day. Since you will be
on quiet bays and beaches for about one week ahead of you, you can
start your vacation by joining crazy night-life of Bodrum on this
busy Saturday night.
After all guests gathers, you will get detailed briefing about the
daily life on board and cruising program while sipping your
welcome drink.
Dinner on boardand overnight at your private cabin
at the cruise boat.
Arrival: Transfers from central Bodrum hotels are included
and we can also offer you airport transfer with reasonable prices,
if requested. There are regular bus connection to Bodrum from all
major cities and towns of Turkey. Bodrum-Milas airport is 35 km
away from Bodrum and many flight companies operate scheduled and
charter flights to Bodrum in Summer season. From the airport there
are also Havas Shuttle services in accordance with each planes'
arriving to the domestic lines of Bodrum Milas Airport.
(approximately 10 Euro pp). Click here for the shuttle schedule of HAVAS for Bodrum
airport. In high season, Bodrum is reached by the sea from Greek
Islands of Cos and Rhodes. Daily ferryboat services from/to Cos
and Rhodes to Bodrum are available during the summer season.
Click here for selected hotels in Bodrum, if you need
accommodation before this cruise
SUNDAY :
ORAK ISLAND -
COKERTME
Get ready for an incredible journey. Right after breakfast your
boat will depart from Bodrum Marina for Orak Island famous
with its sparkling turquoise waters. You will have considerable
time for swimming in crystal-clear waters and have your lunch in
Orak Island. Before the evening you will sail on to Cokertme
for dinner and overnight, where cheerful and friendly local people
live. Cokertme is a charming fishing village famous for its
hand-made carpets.
The cruise boats at
Orak Island
Cokertme
Village
A beach near Cokertme
Orak Island
is about 9 miles east of Bodrum, an islet of bare rock and thorny
shrubs that seem to float in the clear morning light. It is a
popular point where yachts and boats on Gokova tours do not pass
without stopping. The island stretches opposite of Kargicik Inlet
and has indented shores covered with olive trees in the lower
slopes of the hills. There is no settlement on the island but
there are sheltered coves that you can anchor at in the north and
in the east the sea that is like an aquarium.
Cokertme: This small hamlet, mentioned in the local folk
songs, is an important stopover before or after crossing the
Gokova Gulf. Cokertme Bay takes its name from a small village.
Cokertme Bay is a sheltered place for spending the night. It is
well known by the boatmen mainly because its secluded bays well
protected from the wind. Cokertme has a long coastline with
forests of pine and olive trees starting right from the coastline.
Local restaurants with reasonable prices offer fine food to boat
people. At night time, there are even belly dancers entertaining
the visitors.
MONDAY : CATI HARBOR
After breakfast, depart from Cokertme for Cati Harbor
arriving at noon, where your will spend the rest of the day and
the evening. Most of the bays near Cati harbor has sandy beaches
and there is a pine forests covering all around it. After having
your lunch you can either swim in the warm waters of the blue sea
or walk though the untouched pine forest to fill up your lungs
with pure oxygen. Dinner and overnight on board.
TUESDAY : SEVEN ISLANDS-KUFRE
Today you’ll be having another wonderful day in Yedi Adalar (Seven
Islands) famous with the coral reefs. You’ll have ample time
for swimming, snorkeling, and windsurfing. Arrival to Kufre which
has a natural harbor. You may walk through Gunluk Forest if you
wish. Dinner will be ready to be served on your return. We will
spend the night on board in Kufre.
One of the ideal stops during a blue
voyage is Seven Islands, a secluded bay in the south of Tulsa. It
is ideal spot for swimming, snorkeling, fishing or sponge diving.
Holiday maker can harpoon fish and collect sponges there.
WEDNESDAY :
SEDIR
ISLAND-KARACASOGUT
Today we will first sail to Sedir Island (Cleopatra's Island)
where you’ll encounter an antique city with its theater and other
ruins. From there your boat will shortly sail on to Karacasogut
for dinner and overnight.
Cleopatra's Beach at Sedir
Island
Sedir Island:
A rumor has it that, this was the meeting point of Cleopatra and
Mark Anthony. You can still visit the ruins of a horse shoe shaped
antic theatre and other things from Hellenistic and Roman periods.
This island boasts an incredible beach with fine sand composed of
fossils and a magnificent view of the Kiran Mountains across the
bay. Cleopatra's beach of Sedir Island is one of the most
beautiful and crowded beach in Turkey. It is also suggested that
the fine sand of the beach was brought all the way from Nile river
of Egypt. The Sedir (Cedrea) Islands was also a resort area at
Roman times, now crowded by people coming mainly from Marmaris.
Karacasogut is the most suitable and logical place for
anchorage in the area, located 40 kms from Marmaris town. It is
one of the spectacular places of south western Anatolian
coastline. The area already attracted land developers who built
fancy summer villas around the bay.
THURSDAY : ENGLISH HARBOR-BALLISU BAY
After breakfast
and a short sailing, your boat will anchor in English Harbor where
Rosemaries and a pine forest frame a lake where English war ships
sank. After lunch, a 1,5 hour cruise will bring us to Longoz
harbor. For the night, we will drop the anchor at Ballisu.
According to locals, British naval vessels hid at the English
Harbor (Degirmen Buku) during German Occupation of Greek Islands
at World War II. In fact, two British military aircrafts including
the skeletons of the pilots were discovered by Turkish divers at
the English Harbor. It is suggested that these two airplanes were
hit by German anti-craft guns form the nearby Greek Islands in
1942.
There are six anchorage spots at Degirmen Buku area. At a distance
about 5 km's west of Degirmen Buku, there is Ballisu Bay, which is
also a perfect spot for god anchorage.
FRIDAY: KERME BAY-KARAADA-BODRUM
After breakfast you will sail on to Kerme (Gokova) Bay. There are
many historical ruins, antique water channels, memorial tombs and
Byzantine walls to be visited around here. Then, we will stop at
Karaada (Black island) just outside of mainland near Bodrum, which
is famous with its mud baths and finally continue to Bodrum
marina for dinner and overnight. Tonight, you will have a last
chance to join the colorful night life of Bodrum.
It is possible to check out from the boat in Bodrum this evening
for those who need to depart earlier.
Kerme Bay
The Gulf of Gokova (Kerme), is a narrow gulf of the Aegean Sea
which separates the Bodrum peninsula from the Resadiye peninsula
in southwest Turkey.
Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus), located in its northwest reaches,
is the only large city on the gulf today, but the gulf was
originally named for the ancient city of Ceramus, on the north
shore. The Greek island of Kos closes off the gulf from the
Aegean.
Administratively, Gulf of Gökova coastline includes portions of
the districts of Bodrum, Milas, Mugla, Ula, Marmaris and Datca.
The alluvial plain at the Gulf's end is the location of the
townships of Akyaka and Gokova which are much prized by visitors
with especially Akyaka becoming a rising center of tourism.
SATURDAY: BODRUM
Disembarking after having your last breakfast all together on
board at Bodrum marina by 10:30 am.
You will be transferred to your hotel in Bodrum, if required.
(please let us know your hotel information)
Please let us know if you need any hotels, airport transfers,
domestic flight or bus tickets after check-out.
Click here for selected hotels in Bodrum, if you need hotel
after the cruise
PRICE LIST
2010 Summer Prices (Full Board- Per Week)
Starts on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday and Monday only
PRICE
PERIODS Prices in between below dates; starting only on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Per person in a double cabin (twin beds are not guaranteed)
Private
cabin for single use (cabin share is not guaranteed)
April 10- May 27
October 01 –28
290 Euro pp
450 Euro pp
May 28 – July 01
September 17-30
320 Euro pp
500 Euro pp
July 02-29
August 27 - Sept. 16
390 Euro pp
620 Euro pp
July 30 - August 26
440 Euro pp
700 Euro pp
Mini Cruise (4 days-3 nights) Bodrum-Karacasogut or
Karacasogut-Bodrum
You can join the first or
second half of
the cruise (4 days -3 nights)
in which case there will be %25 discount off weekly rates
Prices include:
* All services, harbor taxes and yacht insurance*
* 5 o'clock tea break with, cookie, biscuits, cake offer *
* Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner during the cruise period*
* Basic snorkeling and fishing equipments and board games*
* 7 nights accommodation in private cabins with
en-suite bath/WC*
* Towels and bed sheets, but still bring personal towels and swimming
materials*
Prices do not include
*
Personal travel insurance.
* Airport and hotel transfers from/to boats.
*
Optional excursion tours at the stopover places which may be
recommended by boat staffs.
*
Drinks are not included but available at the boat with very
reasonable prices.
* Various surcharges in case of credit card payments ( Visa and Master, and
American Express)
PAYMENT AND
RESERVATION
Payment and reservation:
We will request 30% of the total tour price for guaranteed
reservations. We will send you a detailed reservation contract by
e-mail after all details are confirmed mutually.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
This blue cruise starts regularly only on mentioned days. Private charter version of the same or similar
route can be organized starting any day for private groups if
requested. Private charter cruises can also be shorter or longer
than 7 nights, if required. This cruise is classified as
cabin charter and the boats are standard quality. Private charter version of the same or similar
route can be organized with standard, deluxe or superior quality
boats if requested by private groups. We have direct contacts
with the boat owners and boat operators in Bodrum, but there will
be a considerable price difference depending on the number of
participants, the size and the quality of the boat.
There may be small changes with the
cruise route. This is the most common route for this destination but the captain
can make some minor changes with the route due to wind/weather
conditions.
Click here to have an idea about blue cruises and gullet
boats
Click here for more the map of the blue cruise
destinations in southwestern Turkey.
Other Tours & Activities
in Bodrum
BODRUM DELUXE CRUISE
Bodrum-Hisaronu Bay-Bodrum
Air-conditioned luxury gullet boats and high standard meals.
Including tax,
accommodation on gullet boats with en suite baths, breakfast,
lunch, dinner, board games and basic snorkeling equipments
DAILY TOURS
IN BODRUM There are many daily tours and activities
you can join while you are in Bodrum such as daily Ephesus and
Pamukkale tours, boat trips, village tours, diving, fishing,
jeep safari tours, Note that we make 5 Euro pp discount for
all tours if you book your hotel from our company
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