Tours

Tour the lake

The lake tour is the most popular route. It’s about two hours and four and a half kilometers long. It’s not İztuzu. At the end of the ravine, there’s a quiet lake shore next to the reed beds. You go there on horseback, stay for a while, ride into the water with the horses, and then return the same way. People often say on their way back, “This place is different.” It’s different because there are no motorboats, only birds.

The journey takes about forty-five minutes. You cross a small stream – in summer there is little water, in winter there is more. You leave an open, sandy area and enter a green path. There is bird song, sometimes the wind, no motor. The pace slows down a bit, depending on the horses and the group; we are not in a hurry. We take a half-hour break on the beach. In the middle of the day, that water takes away the heat under your hat. The return journey is the same; the fatigue is of a pleasant kind.

Esra, one of the guests, described a six-person lake tour with her children. There were licensed riders in the group, and the tour was peaceful. Gursan wrote that she found it different from her previous safari experiences, and that it was a nice route for birds. Betül said that she spent a day in silence, surrounded by nature, with Hüseyin Bey and Mert Bey. These notes are still on Google.

We met Mert Bey during our Muğla vacation with our children... The lake tour, which was attended by a total of 6 people, was smooth and very enjoyable.

Esra Sönmez

If you’ve never ridden before, it’s easier to get acquainted with the farm first. The lake can come later. If you’re hungry and the sun is high, a water break is enough; just have a hat and a bottle of water with you. We’re stopping for the photos, but it’s better not to turn the tour into a “shooting day” — the silence is already in the frame.

If we were to do it, let’s put this tour somewhere in the middle of your vacation. Let’s not have the first day filled with luggage and jet lag, and let’s not have the last day filled with farewell stress. If the weather is bad, we’ll move it. It can be early in the summer or late afternoon in spring. Let’s talk about it based on the situation on the day.