Blue Cruise — Multi-Day Gulet Voyage
Several days aboard a wooden gulet along the Turkish and Greek coast: three or four hours cruising a day, the rest at anchor in quiet bays.
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A day on the water, or a week of them
Day boats out of Turgutreis, blue cruises on a gulet, and private charter with a crew who know this coast. We have been putting people on boats here since 2011.
The difference
Day trip, or blue cruise?
In Bodrum the two get used as if they were the same thing. They are not, and the difference is simply where you sleep.
A day boat trip
You board on the Turgutreis quay mid-morning. The boat works its way round the islands and bays off the peninsula, anchors long enough at each one to swim, and has you back on the quay before the evening. Lunch is cooked on board. It is the cheapest day out on this coast, and it is what most people mean.
Out at 10:30, back around 18:00. Lunch and insurance included; drinks are extra.
A blue cruise
A blue voyage — mavi yolculuk — is the same coastline at a tenth of the speed, and you sleep on board. Three or four hours under way in the morning, then a bay for the rest of the day. Routes run south and west into the Gulf of Gökova: Knidos on its headland, Cleopatra's Island, and anchorages with nothing on them at all.
April to early November. Three or four hours under way each day; the rest of it is at anchor.
The season runs from April to early November. Outside it most of the fleet is laid up, and we will tell you that rather than sell you a cold day out.
From Turgutreis
Days out
Boats leave from Turgutreis harbour. Prices are per person, and what each one includes is listed on its own page.
Daily Boat Trip from Turgutreis
Full day on a local boat out of Turgutreis, calling at the peninsula bays and islands to swim and snorkel, with lunch served on board.
from £16€20
Private Yacht and Gulet Charter
Brokered charter of a gulet, sailing yacht, motor yacht or mega yacht in Turkey or Greece, matched to the party and dates, with paperwork and provisioning handled.
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Fishing Day Trip
A day at sea off the peninsula with rods, tackle and guidance provided, and a barbecue lunch cooked on board. Hotel pickup both ways.
from £35€45
Private Fishing Charter
The whole boat to yourselves for a day's fishing, up to seventeen people, with door-to-door transfers and a guide aboard.
from £500€600
Turgutreis Fishing Charter
A smaller private fishing boat out of Turgutreis for up to ten people, with door-to-door transfers and a guide aboard.
from £330€400
Parasailing
Twenty minutes under the canopy behind the boat, over the bay. Solo, or two together in tandem.
from £45€55
Skippered Sailing Charter
A yacht with a skipper aboard, so the party can either do nothing at all or learn to sail from the crew over the course of the week.
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Bodrum Gulet Regatta
Join a competing gulet as a passenger and crew hand for the annual October regatta: four racing stages over four days, with evening entertainment ashore.
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Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Booking
Reselling big-ship cruises calling at Bodrum and the wider eastern Mediterranean, plus short economy Greek-island cruises out of Cesme.
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Bareboat Charter from Bodrum
Self-skippered yacht charter out of Bodrum. One crew member must hold an RYA Day Skipper or Coastal Skipper certificate, or equivalent, plus prior experience.
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Private Minibus Charter for Excursions
Chartered air-conditioned minibus for up to 14 passengers, priced per vehicle by route. Vehicle and driver only - no guide, entrance fees or meals are stated.
from €90₺265
Fishing goes out too — a shared round with the tackle, a guide and lunch on board, or the whole boat for a group of up to seventeen. Days and prices depend on the boat, so ask us.
Charter
Chartering a boat
There is no price list on this page, because a charter price does not exist until we know four things. Tell us those and we will come back with boats and real numbers.
A charter is the boat and its crew for as long as you want them. Most people take a gulet: broad, wooden, built along this coast, cabins below and nearly all of the living done on deck. A sailing yacht is quieter and faster and asks more of you. A motor yacht covers more sea in a day and burns more fuel doing it.
If you hold an RYA Day Skipper or Coastal Skipper certificate with recent sea time behind it, you can take a boat bareboat. If you do not, take a skipper — he will know which bays stay flat when the meltemi gets up.
What sets the price
- The boat
- Length, age, how many cabins, and how recently she was refitted.
- The crew
- A gulet normally comes with a captain and a cook. A bigger boat carries more people than that, and it sits in the weekly rate.
- The dates
- A week prices differently from three nights, and August prices differently from May.
- Your party
- Six friends spread across four cabins is a different quote from a family of four in two.
Fuel, food, harbour dues and the crew's gratuity are handled differently from one boat to the next. Whatever your quote covers, and whatever it does not, is written down before you pay anything.
The October regatta
Every October the peninsula's gulets race the BODTO regatta over four days and four stages. There are places aboard for passengers and for extra hands, not only for crew. Ask early and bring your passport — recent years have taken the fleet across to the Greek islands.
Tell us what you want the week to look like
Dates, how many of you there are, and roughly what you have in mind. We answer on WhatsApp or on the phone, in English, Russian, Turkish or German.