The strip we collect from
The pickup zones sit along one stretch of coast either side of Side. They are not interchangeable — where your hotel falls on it changes when you are collected, and almost nothing else.
One coast, two ends
The resort strip runs roughly east to west with Side in the middle of it. Gündoğdu marks the western end and Çenger the eastern one, and what lies between the two is a long line of hotels on or just behind the same coast road.
The safari is identical from every one of them. Same horses, same trail, same hour. What changes between a hotel in Gündoğdu and a hotel in Çenger is the order you are collected in and how long you sit in an air-conditioned vehicle before you meet a horse.
What the two halves are like
Side itself is the part with the sights: the old town out on its peninsula, the harbour, the Roman ruins, and the shops and restaurants packed in around them.
West of Side, through Kumköy, Evrenseki, Çolaklı and out to Gündoğdu, the hotels stand in larger plots with more space between them. East of it, Sorgun and Titreyengöl back onto pine woodland, and the strip thins out through Kızılağaç towards Kızılot and Çenger at the far end.
Why the run goes the way it does
The vehicle works the coast in one direction rather than doubling back for a hotel it has already passed. A run built that way costs every guest on it less time than a run rearranged around individual requests would.
It is also the reason you will not find a departure time published here. Your place in that order decides your own, and it reaches you with the pickup confirmation before the day.
- Gündoğdu
- Çolaklı
- Evrenseki
- Kumköy
- Side
- Sorgun
- Titreyengöl
- Kızılağaç
- Kızılot and Çenger
Collection is always from the hotel's main entrance gate — the security barrier on the road side, not the lobby door and not the beach gate.
If your hotel is not on the strip
Then ask before you book rather than afterwards. The fare includes the transfer from the zones above; anywhere outside them is neither priced automatically nor accepted automatically, because checking whether we can reach you is better than cancelling on you the evening before.
The same goes for a hotel you have not booked yet. If the safari matters to your week, it is a reasonable thing to weigh while you are still choosing where to stay.
Ready to ride?
One ride to book, three to request, hotel transfer included, nothing charged online.
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