If you want this, take that
- A family day with lunch, swimming and someone to entertain the kids — the pirate galleon: €20 an adult, €14 a child, seven daytime hours, a grilled-chicken lunch included and an English-speaking animation crew. Non-swimmers are welcome aboard.
- The same kind of day, but longer — the Starcraft: €35, nine hours, lunch cooked fresh on board. One honest caveat from its own listing: it is not recommended for anyone with serious mobility limitations.
- A DJ, a foam party and a night out — the Starcraft disco night: €48 for four evening hours, live DJ, animation team and a foam show. It is the only trip we sell with a DJ — daytime foam also fires on the Starcraft — and no meal is recorded, so eat before you board. Under-18s come accompanied.
- An evening for two — the sunset sailing: €35, four evening hours, the castle and the Red Tower against the light. Nothing is served on board, and it is cooler out there than on shore, so bring a layer.
- Quiet — the fishing day (€50, six hours, hot lunch included, nothing loud recorded on this boat) or that same sunset sailing. We do not run a dedicated relax boat, so these are the honest answers.
- Cold fresh water instead of the sea — the Green Canyon day: €33, nine hours, open buffet, mountain-spring water that stays cold. It is also the only trip with a recorded Avsallar pickup.
- A river, a bazaar and no swimming required — the Manavgat day: €43 with an open buffet, Mondays and Thursdays only. Wear comfortable shoes for the bazaar, and know the waterfall entrance is not in the price.
- An island a long way out — Suluada: €43, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, roughly 200 km west with a long road leg, and no shops or facilities once you are on the island.
- A boat with nobody aboard but your group — the private yacht: €580 for the whole boat for six hours, route adjustable, weather permitting. That figure is the boat's price, not a per-person rate.
The drinks row, answered once
No trip we sell includes drinks. Not one. The pirate galleon, the Starcraft and the disco night all carry a bar, and everything from it is paid; the fishing day includes a hot lunch but excludes the bar; the Green Canyon buffet does not even cover bottled water; the Manavgat buffet comes without drinks too. Anyone promising you an all-inclusive Alanya boat tour is not describing this fleet.
Two trips go further still. The sunset sailing serves nothing at all — no food, no drinks — and the private yacht carries food and drink only if you arrange it in advance.
How the pricing behaves
Every shared boat is priced per person, and the child rule is the same everywhere: infants up to three sail free, children of four to eleven pay the child fare, and from twelve you pay the adult price. So a couple with a six-year-old on the pirate galleon pays €20 + €20 + €14 = €54 for the day, lunch included.
The yacht flips that logic. €580 buys the boat itself, whichever of you steps aboard — the price never multiplies by headcount, and any listing that quotes it per person has misread it.
Whichever way you decide, cancellation is free up to 24 hours before departure, so a wrong choice costs nothing until the day before.
Days and pickup — the practical filter
Two trips run on fixed days: Manavgat goes Monday and Thursday, Suluada goes Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. If your week is short, check those two against your calendar first.
Pickup depends on where you sleep. Central Alanya is covered for the pirate galleon, the Starcraft, the fishing day and the yacht; the disco night also collects from Mahmutlar and Kestel; the sunset sailing and Suluada work the Alanya resort strip; Green Canyon alone records an Avsallar pickup; Manavgat travels from Alanya by air-conditioned coach. Exact collection is confirmed per hotel — which is why no page on this site prints a departure hour.
If you wanted a ranking instead
This page sorts the trips by what you want from the day; it deliberately does not rank them. If you would rather see the boats lined up against each other, our guide to the best boat trips in Alanya does exactly that, and the party boats page covers the night scene on its own.
Pick your row above, check the drinks and pickup sections against it, and book. The table does not get more complicated than that.