Pickup from Side · Çolaklı
Quick answer
The Green Canyon catamaran tour collects guests in Çolaklı every day of the season — 32 km and about 50 free-flow minutes to the boarding jetty. Adults €33, children aged 3–11 €20; nothing is paid online, you pay on the tour day, and cancellation is free up to 48 hours before.
Distances and times are free-flow figures measured to the jetty with no traffic and no hotel-collection loop — the ride on the day takes longer.
Çolaklı is the far western end of the Side hotel coast — 32 kilometres and roughly fifty free-flow minutes from the jetty, five kilometres beyond Kumköy. Same daily departure, same coach; your hotel simply holds an earlier place in the morning route than the hotels nearer Side.
The district's long, flat beachfront is built for slow holidays, which is exactly the crowd the canyon suits: a day of still fresh water, mountain air and an open buffet lunch that is included, with no swell and no sea crossing.
Being the western end of the strip, Çolaklı has the longest measured road figure of the Side districts we serve. In practice that means an earlier pickup than Side centre and a slightly later return to the hotel after the canyon departure at around 15:00 — still a late afternoon, still an evening to yourself.
With the longest road on the Side coast, the 4.5-hour option makes the most of the journey: more time on the water for the same transfer, the same price and the same return at around 15:00. The 2.5-hour option is the same day with a shorter cruise — the right choice for anyone in the party who would rather spend less time on deck in the sun.
One coach works a set route through the district, hotel by hotel. The exact time is confirmed the day before, once the day's bookings shape the route — a fixed minute promised weeks ahead would be a guess, and we do not sell guesses.
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.
