Side · Manavgat · Antalya
A coach collects you at your Side hotel, climbs into the Taurus and hands you to a catamaran on the emerald Oymapınar reservoir. Book in minutes, pay on the day, cancel free up to 48 hours before.
Quick answer
The Green Canyon catamaran tour from Side costs €33 per adult and €20 per child aged 3–11, hotel pickup included, every day of the season. You choose 4.5 or 2.5 hours on the water; the price, the services — guide, swimming breaks, fishing, soft drinks on board, open buffet lunch — and the pickup and return times are the same for both. Nothing is paid online — you pay on the tour day.
Two ways to see it
Same catamaran tour, same pickup, same price, same return at around 15:00. The only difference is how long you cruise: 4.5 hours or 2.5.
The longer option from Side: hotel pickup, 4.5 hours cruising the emerald reservoir, swimming breaks, a chance to fish, soft drinks on board and an open buffet lunch. The return journey begins at around 15:00.
The shorter cruise from Side: the same pickup, guide, swimming breaks, fishing, soft drinks on board and open buffet lunch, with 2.5 hours on the water instead of 4.5. Same day, same return at around 15:00.
The day, honestly
No invented pickup minute, no glossy promises — this is the shape of the day as it really runs from the Side coast.
The coach works a set route through your district. Your exact time is confirmed the day before, once the day's bookings shape the route.
The road leaves the beach strip and follows the Manavgat river into the mountains, to the jetty above the 185-metre Oymapınar dam.
The catamaran cruises between pine-covered canyon walls on calm, sheltered fresh water. It feels cooler than the sea — that is the spring water.
Swimming breaks are at designated places, from the catamaran, with the crew there, and there is a chance to fish. Soft drinks on board and an open buffet lunch are included; drinks ordered at the restaurant are paid separately.
On both options the return journey begins at around 15:00 and drops you back at your Side hotel.
Pickup from Side
Each district has its own page with the measured road distance to the jetty — or, where we have not measured one, an honest note saying which coach run it rides.
Prices
Prices are read live from the booking system, so the number on this page is the number you pay. Children aged 3–11 pay the child rate; pickup is included.
Prices| Pickup region | Adult | Child (3–11) | Departure days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side · Manavgat · Alanya coast | €33 | €20 | Every day in season |
| Belek · Antalya · Lara · Kundu | €42 | €25 | Mondays & Thursdays |
Prices are read live from the booking system and apply to both options.
The canyon in numbers
Before you book
Side Notes
The Green Canyon is not a natural lake: it is the reservoir behind the Oymapınar dam, 185 metres high and completed in 1984 on the 93-km Manavgat river, holding about 300 million cubic metres of water. Beneath it, roughly 120 metres down, lies the Dumanlı karst spring — the source that once fed ancient Side through its aqueduct.
The common mistakes: expecting warm sea water (it is a cool freshwater lake), planning the afternoon (the return journey begins at around 15:00), assuming every drink is included (soft drinks on the catamaran are, drinks at the restaurant are not), leaving the phone unprotected, forgetting a layer for the deck, booking a party-boat expectation, not giving the exact hotel name, and paying in advance when nothing needs to be paid until the tour day.
Whoever sells you the Green Canyon tour, ask six things: what exactly is included (lunch, drinks, transfer), how many hours are spent on the water, whether there are shopping stops, when you pay, what the cancellation terms are, and who operates the tour. Booking direct on this site: €33 per adult, 4.5 or 2.5 hours on the water, no shopping stops, pay on the day, free cancellation up to 48 hours before.
Pick a day, choose 4.5 or 2.5 hours on the water, and leave your hotel name. Nothing is charged until the coach has come.
