As the sun started to emerge over the hills, swimmers were gathering excitedly on the deck. Tea coffee and fruit fuelled our first swim of the day, just over 2km along Marmaris Yildiz island back towards the gulet and the promise of a delicious breakfast. Shrieks of excitement notified us of turtle and octopus sightings.…
We want to share with you a guest review for our Turkey swim cruise trip. Jo did the trip in May this year and has written about her experience. Turkey is a beautiful country to visit and a fantastic location for our swim cruise trips. Here is Jo's review for the Lycian way cruise, May…
Our 2019 swimming trips have started in Kas, Turkey and on our Swim-Sail cruise and here are some of the things we did during the first weeks. Day 1 of the trip did not disappoint! During the first swim, everybody saw a sea turtle and were able to admire it as it swam by. We…
Top 10 sea swimming holiday places in Southern Turkey (Lycian Coast) Güvercin Island - Kas Peninsula (Antalya). Limanagzi Bay - Kas. Gemiler Island - St. Nicolas. Gokayya Bay - near Kekova island. Kekova islands near Simena castle. Aperlai Bay - Lykia. UfakDere Bay - Lykia. Kas-Kastellorizo - Five Islands. Sogut Bay. Bozburun Peninsula, Ada Boğazı.…
We have finished an epic swimming and sailing gulet cruise trip in Turkey with a great group of open water swimmers from Australia. Everyone enjoyed warm seas, averaging 25C, cracked a big variety of swims in some foul (a bit of chop) and fair seas (like a lake). We have swum in caves, along with…
My mother and I both enjoy swimming and we wanted to go on an active but relaxing holiday together. The Turkey Swimming- Sailing holiday was just incredible, I cannot believe how much we both enjoyed it. We were a group of 10 together with two swimming guides and 5 boat crew members on-board. Guests were…
Our Swim-Sail trip with Strel Swim Adventures off the coast of Turkey was the most relaxing and exhilarating vacation we have experienced. Our expectations were exceeded on so many counts: quality of guides, fellow swimmers, boat accommodations, and the water we swam in. This article is written by our guest Dorothy from the USA. Quality…
We had a great 2015 season and it was our first year running swimming trips in Southern Turkey. All went very well and we have doubled the number of trips for 2016 season. We were especially pleased with our swimming and sailing cruise trip in Turkey. Our inaugural trip went very smoothly and offered living…
We had a fantastic time with amazing people from all over the world on our recent Swim and Sail Cruise trips. Our swimming and cruising journey route was in southern Turkey between Gocek and Kekova. On the way we stopped at Gemiler island (Blue Lagoon), Kalkan, Kas, Aperlai, the 5 islands in front of Greek…
We have introduced our Greek gulet based swimming holiday cruise trip in 2017. Living on the Mediterranean sea for a week offers a special and unique holiday experience. This trip gives us a chance to get in and swim straight from our luxurious liveaboard boat, have our own chef to cook meals for us and…
Hello from lovely sunny Southern Turkey. We have started the first of our Mediterranean Turkey trips and it has been fantastic so far. The sea is warm, around 22C. The food is delicious and we look forward to the coming weeks. We are all overwhelmed by the beauty here and it is perfect for swimming…
We often talk to our guests about what they think of our trips. Susan Goldsworthy is a former British Olympic finalist and master swimming world record holder. Today she is a successful international speaker about business leadership, book author, mother and wife. She has completed 3 of our swimming trips (Croatia, Slovenia and Swim Sail…