Monday, Thursday: 08:30 - 17:30

Program

• Transfer of guests from hotels on comfortable air-conditioned buses
• Departure for a tour of Altinbesik Cave from Side
• Visit to Sarihacilar village and Button Houses
• At the request of the participants, a visit to the ethnographic museum
• Reservoir with antique cisterns Sarnichlar
• Free time in the village mosque
• Hiking in the village of Ormana
• Lunch break
• Altinbeshik cave tour and swimming in the underground lake in small boats.
• Return transfer to the hotel

*Includes: Round trip transfer, Insurance, Guide service, Lunch, Cave Boat Tour

*Excludes: Drinks, Personal Needs, Museum Admission Ticket (Optional)

*Recommended taking with you: Money, Comfortable shoes and clothes

Tour content

Altinbesik cave tour from Side and Ormana village is an informative family excursion to nature with a visit to a large underground lake, boating on the lake inside a cave with colorful stalactites and stalagmites.

Altinbesik Cave is a relatively new attraction available for visiting tourists vacationing in Turkey, including in Side. This mysterious place is one of the most popular attractions. The distance from Side to Altinbesik Cave is 65 kilometers and about a little over an hour of travel time. You can get there on your own or a rented car, by taxi or through the services offered by travel agencies. Altinbesik cave is located on the western part of the slope of the deep and steep Manavgat valley, in the eastern part of the village of Urunlu of the Ibrady (Aydinkent) Antalya region. The total length is more than two thousand meters, and the highest part of the cave is 102 meters in comparison with the starting point.

The air in the cave is very humid, and the temperature fluctuates between 16-18 degrees. Altinbesik cave from Side is one of the most beautiful caves in Turkey. The karst topography and surrounding forests of pine trees give it a beautiful landscape. It is located at the end of a tunnel or system, which is one of the longest in the region. This is a very large system, which includes the waters of Kyzylov. This cave is considered one of the longest and karst systems in the world, with a bird's eye view of over 100 kilometers. The water coming out of the cave is connected with Beysehir Lake. Because it stays in the water, the cave is made with boats and boats.

Travel agency IDVA Travel, being a legal travel agency, offers its services to guests of Side. An excursion to the Altinbeshik cave from Side is organized both individually and in group trips several times a week, on comfortable air-conditioned buses, as well as accompanied by an experienced Russian-speaking guide.

The program begins in the early morning with the collection of tourists from all the hotels in Side and villages, after which the bus leaves towards the Taurus Mountains. Before arriving at the cave itself, according to the excursion program, the group is expected to place the following places.

Walking tour of the village of Sarihachilar and visiting button houses, where free time is provided for participants to get acquainted and take a photo session.

The next point is a visit to the ethnographic museum and the ancient Sarnichlar cisterns, which form a reservoir. Free time is also provided in the village mosque. Another village of Orman is included in the excursion program and during a walk through the old village, tourists will get acquainted with the life and customs of the local population, Turkish culture in this area. Before arriving at the cave itself, the group stops for rest and a lunch break at one of the local restaurants, where the participants of the trip are treated to freshly prepared Turkish dishes.

The final part of the tour is arrival at the Altynbeshik cave and transfer to small boats. A boat trip on the lake inside the cave will give each guest a lot of positive emotions. Acquaintance with a mysterious cave wrapped in multi-colored stalactite and stalagmite stones, the opportunity to take beautiful photos while floating on the lake.

At the end of the cave tour, tourists are transferred back to the bus and taken to their hotels. You can take part in this fascinating and informative excursion by filling out a form for a free booking with the possibility of full payment after the fact during the tour. Additional information can be obtained through the chat on the website or by calling the specified phone number from Russian-speaking online managers