Ormana Village & Golden Cradle Cavern from Side

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  • Duration:9 hours (approx.)
  • Location: Side, Turkish Riviera
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New travel adventure awaits you on this exciting tour to Ormana village and Altinbesik cave, the largest cave in Turkey. Authentic button houses will guide you through the history of more than 100 years, and a boat ride on a subterranean lake will reveal amazing cave formations.


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Posted By : T5337VFannap
The guide, was nice! Beautifull
views!!! Nice lunch, bus, driver. Good places to take photos. Nice people. The lake was amazing.
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Posted On : 2024-06-08 14:56:44 full ratings


Posted By : kevinbA697LB
The tour was very nice and definitely worth the experience. We had a great tour guide, Aydin Sahin, who told us lots of interesting things about the tour and everything surrounding it.
The lunch was delicious and plentiful.
All in all, a great day.
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Posted On : 2024-05-30 15:20:17 full ratings


Posted By : inesn560
Murat, our guide, gave us a lot of information about the country and its people, which we found very interesting. In the mountain villages there were always short walks without annoying stalls where you could buy something, but it was never a must. It was a very pleasant, interesting, entertaining tour that we can recommend... and the underground lake is amazing!
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Posted On : 2024-05-23 13:35:39 full ratings


Posted By : saschasA4120MT
The cave was really beautiful, the food was great.
The guide, Faruk, was able to tell us a lot about the history and culture. What interested me most, however, was his in-depth knowledge of plants and herbs.
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Posted On : 2024-05-12 01:54:39 full ratings


Posted By : Vacation17205751777
80% of the tour you stay in the bus. We were disappointed as we literally spent only 10 minutes in the cave.

Overall it was ok. The tour guide spoke both German and English. We learnt a lot of interesting facts about Turkey and its history.

When we placed an order for a child in the beginning of the trip, we checked with the tour guide
and ordered Turkish pizza. When it came too spicy, they refused to replace it for a child and the way the tour guide dealt with the situation was unacceptable. Also I would not recommend fish, as it wasn't deboned.
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 02:04:56 full ratings


Posted By : O6605JThelmuth
The tour was perfectly organized. Great sights. The tour guide Murat spoke perfect German and English. We received a lot of interesting information about the country and the tour with all the sights from him. In the last 20 years of our Turkey vacation, we have never had a better guide than Murat. The bus driver was also very good. On time, reliable and safe. The price/performance ratio was very good. We can only recommend this agency and the tour guide Murat. Thank you for the lovely day.
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Posted On : 2024-04-26 03:12:26 full ratings


Posted By : sandyhO5898HU
We had booked this tour, but then we had to stay in hospital at short notice. With a letter from the hospital, it was also possible to change the date at short notice without any problems.
We had a wonderful tour with great photo stops on the approx. 2.5 hour journey to the cave. The cave is really very beautiful, you don't need a cell phone filter ;-)
It was a shame that everyone had to wear life jackets and helmets in the boat, but there were neither life jackets nor helmets for the small children and they in particular can't swim🙈
Then we went on for about 30 minutes to a very new restaurant. There we had a very good lunch.
We then drove to a village in the mountains, where we spent some time on a detailed tour and various sightseeing tours. Before we headed back for about an hour.
Our guide was incredibly nice, it was great fun and he was incredibly good with the children! And he also provided us with information at all times.
However, we had booked a German tour especially for the children, but the guide didn't speak German. In the end, it wasn't that bad for us, but there were other older people there who couldn't speak English... So it was stupid to book a German tour that wasn't in German... Hence one star deducted.
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Posted On : 2024-04-23 00:58:10 full ratings


Posted By : TrailBlazer766978
All in all, a worthwhile trip. Our guide did the tour in a different order than stated in the tour plan, but this ultimately meant that we had to wait less at the cave. During the tour, he provided a lot of background information on past history and current topics.

The food at Mustafa's was delicious, but we didn't see any wild horses and the fog blocked our view from one of the viewing points.

The bus driver drove quickly but very safely, so it was ultimately a successful day.
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Posted On : 2024-04-11 12:13:49 full ratings


Posted By : othmars2024
Great tour. Our driver Nemet was always up to the task of driving through the Taurus Mountains. I felt completely safe. Tour guide Nemet told us a lot about Turkish history. Very competent. A little joke at the right time lightened things up again. The lunch was really great. I can recommend this tour to everyone.
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Posted On : 2024-04-04 09:58:52 full ratings


Posted By : AminaKhatun_C
Out of all the tours I went on whilst in Side, Antalya, this was by far my favourite.
Ibrahim, the tour guide, was the most genuine of them all.

We went to see Ibradi, beautiful. Photos don't do it justice. Ibrahim stopped along the way to feed the cats & dogs ♥️
We then went to the cave, stunning.

Lunch was amazing. It was in the Ormana village. Quaint, scenic & ruins. No idea what the starters were, the main was pasta chicken & mushrooms & then a sweet dessert. You only pay for drinks.

Ibrahim was knowledgeable, dry humour, kind, smart. More importantly, genuine. You didn't feel like you were being mugged off.

I went on my own & met really good group of people on the minibus.

There was no pressure to tip like the other tour guides make you feel.

Perfect day!


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Posted On : 2024-04-02 02:14:44 full ratings