A mountain lake within easy reach of your Side-area sunbed: cruise the emerald Oymapınar reservoir for seven hours with swim stops, a grilled lunch on deck and pickup right from Kumköy.
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A mountain lake within easy reach of your Side-area sunbed: cruise the emerald Oymapınar reservoir for seven hours with swim stops, a grilled lunch on deck and pickup right from Kumköy.
Behind the Oymapınar Dam, up in the Taurus range, the sea is nowhere in sight: this is a freshwater canyon lake, mirror-calm and startlingly green. Sheer cliffs drop straight into deep clear water, and the boat glides between them past strange rock formations and the floating cages of working trout farms.
Guests staying along the Kumköy and Side resort strip get the shortest run inland of all our Green Canyon departures, which keeps the whole outing to about seven hours. After hotel pickup you head for the hills, board at the reservoir and spend the day drifting beneath pine-topped walls with the Taurus peaks all around.
The boat anchors at secluded coves where you can dive straight off the deck — the lake never really warms up, which is precisely what makes it so refreshing in July. A freshly grilled lunch is served in the open air, an English-speaking guide handles the rest, and you are back in Kumköy before dinner.
Wear shoes with decent grip — decks and jetties can be slippery — and pack a swimsuit, towel, sun cream, hat and sunglasses. Optional extras such as tea-garden stops and drinks on board are paid separately.
You reserve without paying a cent; the fare is collected in euros on the day itself, cancellation stays free until 24 hours before departure, and WhatsApp support runs in English, German, Russian and Polish.
We collect from hotels in Side, Kumköy, Evrenseki, Çolaklı, Titreyengöl, Sorgun, Gündoğdu, Kızılağaç, Kızılot. Staying somewhere else along the coast? Message us and we will tell you honestly whether we can reach you.
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Most booked Swap the busy Antalya seafront for a mountain reservoir: eight hours around Green Canyon with emerald water, pine-covered cliffs, cool swim stops and an open buffet lunch — hotel pickup included.
Most booked Not a sea trip at all — from your Side hotel you head inland to the emerald Oymapınar reservoir, where a music-free catamaran cruises the canyons with lunch and two cool-water swim stops.
Most booked Leave the Belek shoreline behind for a full day afloat on Green Canyon, where the boat threads between pine-covered cliffs, anchors in cool turquoise coves and serves lunch straight off the grill.