Full day · about 9 hours
Saklıkent Gorge & Tlos Day Trip
A crack in the Taurus mountains eighteen kilometres long and in places only a couple of metres wide, with snowmelt running through it all summer. You wade in up to your knees, sometimes your waist, between walls hundreds of metres high. It is markedly colder inside than out.
- Duration
- Full day · about 9 hours
- Group
- Shared minibus
- Season
- April – October
- Price
- Message us for today’s price
The day, hour by hour
- Early pick-up from Dalyan
About two hours each way.
- Tlos
Lycian rock tombs, a fortress on the acropolis and a stadium, on a hillside above the Xanthos valley.
- Saklıkent Gorge
The wooden walkway, the river crossing, then as far up the canyon as you fancy walking.
- Lunch over the water
Trout and gözleme on platforms above the stream.
- Evening return
Back in Dalyan for dinner.
What’s included
- Return transfer from Dalyan
- Guide
- Tlos entrance
Not included
- Saklıkent gorge entrance
- Lunch
- Canyon shoe hire
What to bring
- Shoes that can get soaked and grip on wet rock
- A towel
- A fleece — the gorge is cold
- A dry bag for phone and wallet
Questions people actually ask
How far into the gorge do we walk?
As far as you want. The first river crossing is the hard part; after that most people manage twenty to forty minutes upstream and turn round.
Is it suitable for older visitors?
The walkway and the restaurants are easy. The gorge floor is loose wet rock in fast water and is not. Both are fine — you can sit over the river while the others wade.