Fethiye Off The Beaten Path

In the deeper inland there are endless cotton fields, and when I visited, it was the time for the 3rd harvest. There were people working on the fields picking the cotton up, but some of the plants were abandoned. Cotton has to be picked up before the rain, but unfortunately this wasn't the case this time.

In order to enter the canoyn trail, you need to cross exuberant river. At the spot they offer rubber shoes (and they charge for it!) so better take your own, or something you can walk through water with. The stream is VERY powerful, you have to make a lot of effort to cross the water, and it is reaching your butt!

When you are inside the canyon, you can look up and see the blue skies and have the feeling like you're trapped in a hole you can't escape, but at the same it feels so safe and mystic, like you're hiding and you have your own secret place...

Before you cross the river in Saklikent canyon, there is this beautiful "bar" on the water and rocks, typical Turkish style, and every winter when the water swells, it takes away the place, and every spring, the poor owner is building it again!!!

There is an entrance fee to Saklikent canyon, and I forgot what it is! But it shouldn't be a lto if I remember well... First you have to cross the wooden bridge and walk on another one by the side of the rocks, before arriving to the restaurant where the actual canyon path begins.

Saklikent is well known in Fethiye and world. But most of tourist perefer to see the entrance of canyon and eat on river. This is not enough for your discovery that earth. Go ahead for a few hundred meters through shallow water and pebbles and see more...
It is very easy to refresh by lying down the cool river.

that is my island and that is my face my real name is gemile

On the way to Butterfly Valley the boats will often stop at a small cave - known as Blue Cave. This is a great place for a dip and to swim into the beautiful cave and see its luminous blueness.