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BODRUM - GOKOVA BAY WEEKLY CRUISES

ITINERARY

SATURDAY : BODRUM

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.

Departure: This cruise is available once a week starting on every Saturday, from the beginning of April till the end of October. Please ask for availability in April and October closer to departure time.

Embarking: 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 board and 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.
 

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

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.
 

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

PRICE LIST

2009 Summer Prices (Full Board- Per Week)

This gullet cruise is available on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday only.

Prices include:
* All services and harbor taxes*
* Basic snorkeling equipments and board games*
* Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner during the cruise period*
*Please kindly bring your own towels and swimming materials*
*7 nights accommodation in private cabins with one double bed & en-suite baths*

Prices do not Included.
Airport and hotel transfers from/to boats.
Optional excursion tours at the stopover places. (Not compulsory)
Drinks are not included but available at the boat with very reasonable prices.
Surcharges in case of credit card payments ( Visa and Master, and American Express)
 

PAYMENT AND RESERVATION