BODRUM-GOKOVA BAY-BODRUM CRUISE
Gay friendly gullet boat cruises from gay owned travel agency of Turkey

BODRUM - GOKOVA BAY WEEKLY CRUISES

BLUE CRUISE #4 - ITINERARY & ROUTE

Day 1: Bodrum

Departure Days: This gullet cruise is available starting on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Bodrum-Gokova-Bodrum route is the birth place and still the most popular route for blue cruising with gullet yachts which are exclusively being organized in Southwestern cost of Turkey. Bodrum is one of the most gay friendly destinations in Turkey and the route is especially recommended to our gay and lesbian clients.

1st days program:
Check in after 15:30 o'clock, free time until dinner and overnight in Bodrum.

Embarking: You can check in to boats after 15:30. Those who came earlier can leave their luggage at our local agent's office until that time.  The cruise boats stay in the marina of Bodrum on the first night of the cruise program, therefore the guests can check-in  to the boats 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 colorful night life of Bodrum on the first day of the cruise. 

Arrival to Bodrum: 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.
 

Day 2: Orak Island - Cökertme

Get ready for an incredible journey. While you have breakfast, you will be informed about the cruise itinerary and the boat. 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. If the weather conditions are permitting it may be possible to use the sail on the way. Guests are welcome to take a short walk on the shore.
 

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.
 

Day 3: Seven Island - Kufre - Long Port

Today you’ll be having another wonderful day in Yedi Adalar (Seven Islands). Before the breakfast in the early morning we will start to cruise. You will experience another beautiful day in Seven Islands Region. In the region full of many small islands and coral reef; it is recommended that you should dive, swim, sleep and rest. Our guests can also enjoy a walk in the forests which are filled with pine trees. Our first stop in Seven Islands Region will be Kufre Bay. We will be anchoring at Uzun Liman (Long Port) for diner and overnight stay.
 

Day 4: Tuzla - Longoz - Karacasogut

The gulet will be anchoring at Tuzla Bay to enjoy a swim in the turquoise- blue waters. Morning swimming will become a routine of your daily activities. For lunch; our captain will cruise to Longoz Bay; another paradise, sheltered with huge pine forests. After lunch you can enjoy a short walk in the forest and take a rest in Ali Baba's local shed-like cafe. Then our boat will sail to Karacasogut village for dinner and to spend the night. This lovely village is located 25kms away from Marmaris. The transportation from here to Marmaris can be done by 'dolmuş' buses. We may have optional tours to Marmaris or Dalyan-Caunos for those wishing to explore these places. The guests joined for ‘Mini Cruise’ may leave the boat here.
 

Day 5: Cleopatra Island - English Harbour

Karacasogut-Bodrum mini cruise check in days coincides to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

The Mini Cruise guests who are leaving the boat will leave before 9:30 a.m. The new guests joining us for Karacasogut-Bodrum Mini Cruise must board the boat by 10:30 a.m.  Then we will cruise to Sedir (Cedrae) island. This unique island with its small beach and unbelievable clear water is like an open-air museum. You can see the city-walls, the ruins from the Dors' reign (later on restorated as a church); the amphitheatre with 1500 guest capacity and the domed historical buildings. You can walk around the wrecks of pillars with antique writings on them or the ancient stones decorated with reliefs. Cleopatra beach, located on this island has a very special kind of sand that can only be found in the deserts of Northern Africa. According to the myth King Antonius had brought this sand from Egypt by sea for Cleopatra. Later we will cruise to English Port for dinner and overnight stay. The name English Port comes from the 2nd World War; when the ships of English Navy forces used to dock here. In this area there are so many small and large bays sheltered enough and suitable for the boats to anchor.
 

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.

 

Day 6: Kargili - Kisebuku (Alakisla Buku)

Day 7: Pabuc Burnu - Yalıciftlik - Bodrum

We will sail to Pabucburnu after breakfast and enjoy lunch here. Tea will be served in Yalıçiftlik Bay. An optional village tour can be arranged from this bay for those guests wishing to experience local life. Then our boat will be cruise back to Bodrum Port for the last day's dinner and overnight stay. Those who need to depart earlier, may check out in Bodrum, if they like.
 

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.

DAY 8 : BODRUM

PRICE LIST

2010 Summer Prices (Full Board- Per Week)

Starts on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday only

Prices include:
* All services, harbor taxes and yacht insurance*
* 5 o'clock tea break with, cookie, biscuits, cake offer *
* Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner during the cruise period*
* Basic snorkeling and fishing equipments and board games*
* 7 nights accommodation in private cabins with en-suite bath/WC*
* Towels and bed sheets, but still bring personal towels and swimming materials*

Prices do not include
* Personal travel insurance.
* Airport and hotel transfers from/to boats.
* Optional excursion tours at the stopover places which may be recommended by boat staffs.
* Drinks are not included but available at the boat with very reasonable prices.
* Various surcharges in case of credit card payments ( Visa and Master, and American Express)
 

PAYMENT AND RESERVATION