Salt Lake and Kayasehir Private Day Tour from Cappadocia

• Private tour: only you and your own group, with your own guide and vehicle
• Kayasehir, the largest rock-carved settlement in the world, found by accident in 2014
• Agzikarahan Caravanserai, a Seljuk stone inn on the old Silk Road
• Salt Lake, the second largest lake in Turkey, with two hours of free time on the salt flats
• Traditional lunch with a soft drink and all entrance tickets included
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Cappadocia
• Starts at 09:00 and ends around 19:00

This tour heads west out of Cappadocia, away from the valleys, to three places that most visitors never reach. The first is Kayasehir, under the hill of Nevsehir Castle, where urban renewal work in 2014 broke into a rock-carved settlement that turned out to be the largest in the world, with a painted church, connecting tunnels and close to a thousand cave rooms. The second is Agzikarahan, a Seljuk caravanserai built in 1231, one of the stone inns that sheltered merchants a day's march apart along the Silk Road. The last is Salt Lake, a shallow sheet of water covering 1,600 square kilometres, which dries into a hard white crust in summer that you can walk out onto.

Places to visit

• Kayasehir rock-carved settlement
• Agzikarahan Caravanserai
• Salt Lake

What to expect

• This is a private tour. Only you and your own group take part, with your own guide and vehicle.
• The itinerary is flexible. You can change the route and set the start and end times to suit you.
• Lunch with a soft drink is included, along with all entrance tickets on the route.
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Cappadocia are included.
• The tour starts at 09:00 and you are back at your hotel around 19:00.
• You have about two hours of free time at Salt Lake to walk out onto the salt and take photographs.
• If you would like a Spanish or Portuguese speaking guide, please select this option when booking.

Good to know before you book

• Salt Lake sometimes turns pink, usually between May and September, when the heat concentrates the water and the algae in it multiply. It depends on the weather and the water level, so it cannot be promised for any particular day.
• Flamingos breed on the lake and are often seen between spring and late summer, but they move around a large area and are not there every day.
• There is no shade at the lake and the salt reflects the sun. Bring sunglasses, a hat and water, and shoes you do not mind getting salty.
• The lake looks different through the year: full of water and mirror-like in spring, dried into a hard white crust from June to September, when it is also most likely to turn pink. Kayasehir and the caravanserai are the same in any season.

Pricing Information

According to the number of people participating in the tour, the total price is discounted. The total discount amount appears on the checkout page.

• 3 to 4  people -  5 % discount

• 5 to 6  people -  10% discount

• 7 to 8  people -  15% discount

• 9 to 10 people - 20% discount

If you are solo traveller, please contact us for our most reasonable offers.

Cancellation Policy

To receive a full refund, you can cancel up to 24 hours before the tour start date, in local time. Cancellations made after that are non-refundable. For this purpose the tour start time is taken as 09:00.