Sapadere Canyon from Kestel

Kestel on the map

East of Alanya centre the coast runs through Oba, then Tosmur, then Kestel where the Dim River meets the sea, then Mahmutlar. The canyon is inland to the east, so Kestel is on the near side of the belt for the canyon tour; the day is about 7 hours from your hotel and back.

Pickup in Kestel

The operator's directory for Kestel is short — 9 hotels, the resorts along the beach and the road behind it — which makes the pickup here quick and the time predictable within the window: in the 08:30–09:30 window on the canyon tour, around 08:55 on the Dim River tour, confirmed the day before. A hotel not in the directory is collected all the same; type it into the form.

The Dim River is your neighbour

The Dim River tour's afternoon valley is the river that ends at Kestel. For a Kestel guest the combined day is a natural one: the canyon in the morning, then lunch on platforms over the river a short way up the valley, the optional Dim Cave, and home almost round the corner.

Local questions

Kestel guests sometimes ask whether they can join the tour at the river instead of being collected. The tour is a round trip from the hotel, so the answer is no — but the drop-off at the end of the Dim River day is about as close to home as a drop-off gets.

Kestel's hotels stand between the coast road and the beach, so the pickup is at the road-side entrance; give the hotel's name as it appears on its sign, and the room number for the confirmation.

From Kestel the canyon is a short ride: book the canyon tour, or the Dim River version for the valley next door.