Lycian Way Hike

Excellent tour of historical sites in Western Turkey. Tour guide Tim was very knowledgeable and interesting, he went the extra mile to ensure all our needs were met. Definitely recommend this tour.

Great hiking and well organised! Guide (Alpen) was great at keeping everyone moving at a good pace and was very knowledgeable. The itinerary was varied - so made for a very interesting trip. The hikes were great, scenic and just hard enough to make it a great fitness week. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Loved this trip, perfect time of year for walking, great group and our guide Nebil was amazing. Attentative at all times, friendly, knowledgeable, funny, kind. Everything you'd hope for. Thank you so much.

Nabil was the perfect explore leader. Nothing was too much trouble and on the one rainy morning he rearranged the day and we had a perfect time on our boat trip and swimming in 2 beautiful bays. The Staff in the accommodation were truly wonderful and made us feel very welcome. I had the perfect break away from a hectic work life.

First tour with Explore - experience exceeded my expectations! Minor negative (also shared by others in the group) was the ‘shared’ accommodation in Gey Village. Ok if I was in my 30’s but I’m in late 60’s. Worth investigating alternative accommodation options even if some additional busing might be required. Otherwise everything (guide, group, food, accommodation, transportation, and hikes/views) great! Won’t be my last tour with Explore!

This was a wonderful series of moderate to longish walks along the Lycian Way. Our tour leader Nabil was brilliant, always cheerful and engaging and a continual source of local knowledge. Not only does one spectacular view after another open up but there was also a wealth of flora even in November - the cyclamens and crocus were especially lovely. There are also fabulous archaeological sites along the way, with plenty of time allowed to explore. The going is stony, and steep at times - up and down. As a person with heart issues I was concerned that I'd hold the party up, but this didn't seem to be an issue. In fact the pace set suited me perfectly. The accommodation is fairly mixed with one night in very basic village rooms. I enjoyed this as it meant a walk out of the village the following day with the best hiking of the holiday, though I know others found the rooms a touch the wrong side of basic, especially as it involved sharing. Most of the walks featured a minibus journey at one or both ends. Evening meals were usually pretty good too with lunch boxes provided most days. Our group of ten or so was a delight, mostly people travelling on their own which made for lively conversation. Money-wise, this is a good value trip, although Turkey itself is certainly no longer the cheap destination it once was.