Jeep, Quad & Buggy Safaris

Jeep safaris: someone else drives

On a jeep safari a local driver handles the 4×4, and your job is to hold on, look around and get soaked in the water fights. The Dim River jeep safari climbs through banana plantations to a mountain village and stops for lunch and a swim by the river. The Sapadere Canyon trip heads east of Alanya to a 360-metre walkway between rock walls, with waterfalls and pools at about 12°C. In the mountains behind Manavgat, the Green Canyon jeep safari pairs Land Rover tracks with an hour on the emerald lake, and the Lion Park and jeep day adds a morning with lions, bears and monkeys.

Quad and buggy: you drive

If you would rather steer, the quad safari and the buggy safari put you behind the handlebars or the wheel for a guided convoy through the forest above Alanya. Both take about four hours including the transfer, both are priced per vehicle – single or double – and both begin with a safety briefing. Quad drivers must be at least 16, buggy drivers 18; younger guests can ride as passengers on a double.

Gentler and later options

The cabrio safari swaps the jeep for an open-top bus with music – smoother seats, the same mountain views, a boat ride on the Green Canyon lake and the Manavgat Waterfall on the way back. For a cooler start, the night safari leaves in the late afternoon, watches the sunset from high in the Taurus and ends with a village dinner and a campfire.

What to wear

Old clothes, closed shoes, sunglasses and a scarf against the dust; swimwear for the river and lake stops; a waterproof bag for your phone. The tracks are bumpy, so off-road trips are not recommended in pregnancy or with back problems.