Most booked Alanya Night Disco Boat
The night boat. A live DJ, a foam party and the floodlit castle from the water — an evening out rather than a day trip, and not one for young children.
- 🚙 Hotel pickup included
from
€48
per adult
Alanya Pirate Boat Trip
The classic Alanya day out — a painted galleon along the cave coast, swim stops under the castle walls, foam on the deck and lunch cooked on board.
From
€20
per adult
Duration
7 Hours
Pickup
Hotel pickup included
Booking & WhatsApp
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Highlights
- Tuck into a freshly cooked lunch served on board
- See Cleopatra Beach, Pirates Cave and Phosphorus Cave from the water
- Join the on-deck foam party with music, games and animation
- Swim and snorkel in turquoise coves below the medieval castle
- Cruise the full Alanya coastline on a themed pirate galleon
About this boat trip
This is the boat most people picture when they imagine a day out of Alanya, and it is the cheapest way to see the whole rock from the water.
The galleon leaves the harbour and turns west beneath the castle, which is the part nobody is ready for: the Seljuk walls run up the cliff above you and the Red Tower sits at the bottom of them, and it all happens in the first ten minutes while people are still finding a seat.
West of the harbour the cliffs are hollowed out. The boat runs in close past Pirates' Cave, the Lovers' Grotto and the Phosphorus Cave, slowing at each so you can look into them properly rather than photograph a blur. Between the caves the crew drop anchor where the water is deep and sheltered, and that is where the day settles into swimming, snorkelling and sitting on a warm deck.
Lunch is cooked and served on board. Later the deck turns over to foam, music and the animation crew, which is loud, silly and the reason children remember this trip and not the museum. If you would rather stay dry and watch, nobody minds.
Round-trip transfer from hotels along the Alanya strip is included, and you pay on the day you sail.
What's included
- Maritime insurance and life jackets
- English-speaking animation crew
- On-board lunch (grilled chicken, rice, salad)
- Full-day cruise aboard the pirate boat
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in central Alanya
What's not included
- Pickup from resorts outside central Alanya (on request)
- Tips for the crew
- Professional photo and video service
- Drinks and refreshments from the on-board bar
- Personal expenses and souvenirs
Good to know
- · Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure
- · Non-swimmers welcome, with life jackets available on request
- · Great for families, couples and groups of any age
- · Pack swimwear, a towel, sunscreen and a hat
- · Infants aged 0-3 travel free; children aged 4-11 pay the reduced child price
Pickup areas
We collect from hotels along the Alanya strip, from Okurcalar in the west to Mahmutlar in the east. Staying further out? Ask us and we will tell you honestly whether we can reach you.
Read more before you book
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Alanya Castle and the Red Tower From the Sea
Every coastal boat out of Alanya passes the castle headland and none of them stop there. What actually changes between trips is the light — and that is decided by the hour you sail.
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Seasickness on an Alanya Boat Trip: What Actually Helps
Most people are fine. If you are not, take something before you board rather than after. The genuinely flat option is one of our two inland freshwater days — Green Canyon at €33 or Manavgat at €43 — where there is no swell at all.
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Cleopatra Beach From the Water: What You Actually See From the Boat
Every coastal boat out of Alanya harbour passes Cleopatra Beach, and none of them land on it. Here is what the western stretch looks like from the water, which trips go past it — from the EUR 20 pirate boat upwards — and why swimming there is still a free walk from town.
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The Best Time of Year for an Alanya Boat Trip
Late season for the warmest water, June and July for the longest evenings. Month by month, plus the afternoon wind, the rain rule, the trips that only sail on fixed days and what each boat costs.
Before you board
Safety on board
What is actually recorded for this boat, what the sea does, and what we will not promise you. This section is different on every boat on this site, because the boats are different.
Cover and equipment on this boat
This is the line our operations record holds for this boat, word for word:
“Maritime insurance and life jackets”
We do not sell or arrange travel insurance. If you want personal cover for the day, arrange it before you travel.
Sea conditions and weather
The Alanya coast is sheltered by the headland and is usually calm through the summer, but the Mediterranean is still the sea and an afternoon breeze can put a chop on the water. If you are prone to seasickness, take something before you board rather than after.
If the weather turns and the boat does not sail, you pay nothing — you pay on the day you sail, and you can cancel free up to 24 hours before in any case.
Swimming, and when to tell us
“Non-swimmers welcome, with life jackets available on request”
Tell us in advance if someone in your party cannot swim, is pregnant, has a heart or back condition, or uses medication that matters on a long day out. It changes nothing about your booking; it just means the crew knows.
Children on board
Infants aged 0–3 travel free, children aged 4–11 pay the reduced child price, and from 12 the adult fare applies. Those are the bands the booking system actually charges from.
Children remain the responsibility of the adults they travel with. There is no supervised area and no childminding on any of these boats.
Boarding and access
This boat is not step-free. You board from the quay in Alanya harbour, and there are stairs between decks. Nobody is carried aboard — if walking a gangway and a few steps is difficult, tell us before you book and we will be straight with you about whether the day will work.
The boat takes up to 40 guests.
What we do not promise
- An exact pickup time. The hotel strip runs across 10 resort areas and more than forty kilometres, so yours is confirmed the evening before rather than guessed at here.
- Dolphins, turtles or any other wildlife. They are wild; some days you see them and most days you do not.
- Flat water. We will tell you the sea is usually calm, because it usually is. We will not tell you it always is.
- A star rating. We hold no verified reviews for these boats yet, so we publish none — a number we cannot show you the source of is worth nothing.
Questions
Frequently asked
How much is the Alanya pirate boat trip?
€20 per adult and €14 per child aged 4 to 11; infants under 3 travel free. Two adults and two children come to €68 for the day. Hotel transfer and a cooked lunch are inside that price, and you pay on the day you sail.
Where does the pirate boat leave from?
Alanya harbour, directly beneath the castle headland and the Red Tower. You board from the quay itself — there is no tender and no second boat to change onto.
Which caves does the boat visit?
The route runs west along the hollowed cliffs past Pirates' Cave, the Lovers' Grotto and the Phosphorus Cave, slowing at each one. The boat passes them from the water rather than going inside.
Is lunch included on the pirate boat?
Yes — grilled chicken, rice and salad, cooked and served on the open deck. Drinks from the on-board bar are paid for separately, so bring some cash or a card.
Is the pirate boat good with children?
It is the boat we point families at. The foam party, the games and the animation crew are aimed at children, and the day is seven hours door to door, the shortest of the full-day boats. Children stay with the adults they came with; there is no supervised area on board.
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