Three areas, transfer already in the fare
Belek, Kadriye and Boğazkent are three of the 15 areas where being collected from your hotel and driven back afterwards is covered by the buggy safari fare. Whichever of the three your hotel stands in, nothing is added for the transfer.
The fare is per person and identical across all three. A driver pays €35 for the short route (18 km) and €43 for the long route (28 km); whoever sits beside the driver pays half, €17.50 or €21.50. Anyone who joins pays, even a guest who only wants to come along and watch.
If your hotel is outside these three areas and also outside the wider list of 15, please don't count on being collected: send us a WhatsApp first, and we will check it for you before you book.
Average pickup times on this stretch
Each day the safari leaves twice, for a morning session and an afternoon session. For this part of the coast the owner has given an average pickup time for each of the three areas:
The order follows the route of the pickup run. It works along the coast from west to east, starting in Konyaaltı, so on this stretch it reaches Kadriye first, then Belek, and ends in Boğazkent. That is why Boğazkent has the latest averages of the three.
An average describes the area, not your particular hotel. Your own time is sent the day before the ride and may differ somewhat from the figure listed here.
- Kadriye: on average 09:00 (morning) or 14:00 (afternoon)
- Belek: on average 09:20 (morning) or 14:20 (afternoon)
- Boğazkent: on average 09:35 (morning) or 14:35 (afternoon)
From the Belek area to the Köprüçay
The buggies do not ride in Belek, Kadriye or Boğazkent. The course lies in the Aspendos countryside, on the land along the Köprüçay river, and the transfer takes you out there and brings you back to the hotel you left from.
From the Belek area the drive is around 35–40 minutes, depending on the hotel. This stretch is the only one for which we quote a drive time, because it is the only one the owner has given a figure for.
With both transfer legs, the safety briefing and the test ride counted in, the programme runs about 4–4.5 hours from pickup to drop-off, so the session you choose takes up roughly half of your day.
Morning or afternoon from Belek
Both sessions are the same programme on the same course; only the clock moves. In Belek the morning session means an average pickup of 09:20, and the Belek afternoon pickup averages 14:20.
Kadriye guests are collected a little earlier than that and Boğazkent guests a little later, in line with the averages above.
Online bookings open from tomorrow onwards. Hoping to ride today? Then WhatsApp is the only way to ask, and the reply will tell you whether there is still room to arrange it.
Before you leave the hotel
When the time you were sent arrives, be waiting by the main entrance of the hotel, wearing old or comfortable clothes and closed shoes. Nobody under 16 drives, so drivers carry ID with their age on it. Before the safari each of them must pass a compulsory test ride; those who don't manage it, or decide they prefer the other seat, ride along as a passenger at half price.
Nothing is charged when you reserve and no card is asked for: the fare is settled in euros on the safari day itself. If your plans change, cancelling costs nothing as long as it happens at least 48 hours ahead.