Earlier in the week, after hearing great reviews we booked a private day long boat tour for just 600TL (£34ish each).
We were due to depart on Sunset 1 at 1030 but arrived at 1010, being private we set sail right away with a coffee in hand.
The captain and his assistant were very nice and kept us informed of each location. We arrived at the first, mouse island see (PIC 1) but this seemed busy so we suggested we go on.
The next stop was a short swim from a small pebble beach. This was hard to get onto as the rocks were v slipperly, then the beach itself is hard on the feet. We swam back then went to our next location. By this time lunch was being prepared, whilst on the boat the crew were fishing for our fish! We decided not to swim and sat at the table and had a beer each.
When lunch arrived it was a feat, plenty of:
Freshly caught whiting
Chicken in a nice sauce
Yogurt and mushroom sauce
Aubergine salsa thing
Runner beans
Caughette fritta
Panckake with cheese
Out captain even jumped in the water to assist another boat who was having anchor problems. He dived in and went under to see why it wasn’t coming back up!
The quality was, like others have said, restaurant quality. Despite the basic facilities they have.
After more swimming at the final 2 stops we had tea:
a marble like cake
Baklava
Melon
Water melon
Banana
Figs
Apple
Oranges
And a choice of apple tea or coffee.
We were all surprised at how quick the day went. Everyone expected us to be wanting to go back after 4 hours but we wanted longer!
Check out some of the pics below. Recommended to anyone who comes to Kalkan
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