Karpaz Peninsula tour with Golden Beach, wild donkeys and monastery visit, lunch included

Overview

Explore the wild and rugged Karpaz Peninsula on one of our most popular North Cyprus tours! Meet wild donkeys, take the waters at a healing spring under a monastery, enjoy a tasty lunch (included), and relax on a golden sandy beach, all in one day!

Highlights

• Taste the healing spring waters at the Apostolos Andreas Monastery
• Meet the wild donkeys (bring an apple!)
• Enjoy local olive oil and wine tasting
• Lunch at a local restaurant beside the sea
• Full day tour with friendly driver and experienced tour guide
• Round trip transfers from most North Cyprus hotels
• Local, professional, fun, English speaking guide
• Please note that all tours are subject to a minimum participant count. This means that your tour can be cancelled up to 24 hours prior to your tour date. In this case, a full refund will be issued immediately.

What to Expect

As with all our full-day North Cyprus tours, our friendly driver and expert tour guide will collect you from your hotel for your Karpaz Peninsula adventure.

Your first stop is Bogaz for a coffee break if you wish, and a chance to take photos of the charming fisherman’s harbour.

Then, head inland to a local olive oil mill, to meet the friendly owners and discover the secret of making outstanding olive oil! Feel free to taste (and buy) their own olive oils produced at their mill, and also local wines! Your tasting is included in your great value Karpaz tour price.

Next is a unique Northern Cyprus village, Dipkarpaz. This harmonious friendly community of Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots live and work side by side. Admire the whitewashed 14th century Greek church of Ayios Synesios before entering the impressive 20th century mosque just next door.

Time for lunch at our favourite Karpaz restaurant! Enjoy deliciously fresh North Cyprus dishes served on the shady terrace, with views over the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. This tasty lunch is included in your tour price; just buy your own soft drinks, wine or beer.

Now the landscape starts to change as you head into the Karpaz National Park. Inevitably, we’ll have to stop to meet the feral donkeys that live wild here. They usually demand a carrot or an apple or six before we can pass!

Ride through wild and rugged countryside to the very tip of the peninsula and the Apostolos Andreas Monastery, one of the ‘must see’ North Cyprus attractions. Legend says that the Apostle Andrew landed here and created a spring with a single strike of his staff. Soak up the atmosphere in this important Cyprus monastery, and taste the healing spring waters alongside the many pilgrims who travel here.

The Karpaz has some of the most glorious beaches in Cyprus. If time and weather permit, your tour bus will stop at the best of them all, Golden Beach. Here you can relax on the sands, soak up the sun, and maybe take a cooling dip in the sparkling Mediterranean Sea.

As the afternoon fades into evening, we’ll head back towards Famagusta, Nicosia or Kyrenia and return you to your North Cyprus hotel.

What's Included

• English speaking, entertaining professional tour guide
• Comfortable tour bus and our friendly careful driver
• Entry to all North Cyprus attractions on tour
• Hotel pickup and drop off from North Cyprus hotels in Kyrenia, Nicosia and Famagusta areas
• Lunch at a local restaurant beside the sea
• Drinks at the restaurant
• Extras including refreshments and apples for the donkeys!
• Please note that all tours are subject a minimum participant count. This means that your tour can be cancelled up to 24 hours prior to your tour date.

Meeting Point

• You will be picked up from your hotel lobby.
• Your confirmation email will indicate the time.
• Make sure to be at your hotel's lobby 10 minutes before your pick up time.
• For a few hotels in Kyrenia, we will pick you up from the nearby main road.
• If you are not staying in a hotel, then you must come to the lobby of one of the hotels.