Day Jeep Tour or Night Safari: Which to Book in Side
They share a jeep and a hotel pickup and not much else. One is a mountain day with lunch; the other is an evening out with dinner and a party on the water.
Short answer
Book the day tour for the mountains: about 8 hours, the Roman bridge, the river crossings, the aqueducts, a swim and lunch by Green Canyon, €20 per person, children welcome, all year round. Book the night safari for the evening: about 5 hours, a late-afternoon jeep run to the water, dinner on board and a catamaran party cruise, €35 per person, guests from 12 up, between early June and the middle of November.
Side by side
| Day tour (classic or zoo route) | Night safari | |
|---|---|---|
| Pickup | Morning, after breakfast time | Late afternoon |
| Length | About 8 hours | About 5 hours |
| Price | €20 per person; €10 for children aged 2 to 10; under 2 free | €35 per person |
| Ages | All ages | 12 and over |
| Meal | Lunch at a lakeside restaurant by Green Canyon | Dinner on board the catamaran |
| The water | A swim stop at Oymapınar; optional Green Lake boat for €5 | A swim at Green Lake; the cruise itself |
| Season | All year — covered jeeps in winter | Early June to mid-November |
| Extras on the spot | Boat, waterfall entrance, zoo ticket on the zoo route | Drinks |
What the day tour is for
The landscape. The day exists to get you off the asphalt and into the Taurus foothills: dry riverbeds, orchards, the aqueducts standing in the fields, the lake seen from above. Children love the splashing and the pancakes; grandparents love the viewpoints and the lunch. Summer means open jeeps and water thrown between them; in winter the convoy is covered and dry.
What the night safari is for
The evening. The jeep leg is the way out to the water — past Manavgat Waterfall in the evening light and a Green Lake swim — and the rest is dinner and a party cruise with music. It takes guests from 12 up and is no place for limited mobility. Think of it as a night out that starts in a jeep, not as the day tour after dark.
Doing both
Plenty of guests do. A sensible order is the day tour early in the week, when you still want to see the country, and the night safari later, when you want an evening that is not the hotel. Both are booked from the same form, from the same hotel gate, and both are paid on the day.
Both tours share the same cancellation rule: free up to 48 hours before the start.
