9 days
May 16 to May 23 2026
This is a hosted 9 days based in Kaş, designed around a small group of creators/ blogers/ social media & travel enthusiest. All staying together in a private villa above the sea. You arrive, settle in, and remain in one place while each day involves excursions that moves outward through the region. Town walks, time on the water, ancient sites, resturant recomendations and havign a local cook you a dinner at the villa and no strict schedule to follow.
Our team is available to help manage your trip throughout your stay. You unpack once. The rest unfolds naturally.
English-speaking guides with deep knowledge of the area. Our guides will help book reservations and excursions for you and your group.
Transfers from as far as Antalya and Dalaman Airport. We can also arrange group travel around the region simplifying your logistics.
All trips are packed with Ancient history, Archaeology, local culture, nature, boat tours, and a veriety of sports: Diving, SUP & Kayaking. Customized to your itinerary.
Guided Tour of Kaş. Our guides will answer any questions to you about Turkish culture and customs. You don't observe the culture. You live it!
The villa has four-bedrooms, one with two single beds and the rest have queen size beds. The villa sits on the mountain side overlooking the Mediterranean. Pool, terraces, gardens, and a long table for shared meals.
Meals are not provided but ask your guide to help you navigate where to shop and get restaurant recommendations. We offer a service to have a lady come and cook you a local home style dinner.
Arrive in Dalaman and travel along the Mediterranean coast to Kaş, a small harbor town built on the foundations of the ancient Lycian world. The first day is intentionally light, allowing time to settle in, adjust to the new time zone, and begin observing the landscape.
If time allows, a short walk through town introduces you to daily life in coastal Turkey.
Kaş is built directly on top of the ancient Lycian city of Antiphellos. You will literally walk through a functioning modern town layered on top of 2,500-year-old ruins. The Lycian rock-cut tombs that dot the hillsides above town are some of the most intact in the world. The Lycians were a remarkably sophisticated pre-Roman civilization and they practiced one of the earliest known forms of democratic federation in the ancient world, centuries before Rome.
Olympos is one of the most atmospheric ancient sites in Turkey. Ruins of a Lycian and later Roman city running through a forested river valley straight to a pebble beach.
The Chimaera flames (Yanartaş) are naturally occurring methane vents that have burned continuously for at least 2,500 years. Ancient sailors used them as a navigation landmark. The flames inspired the Greek mythological creature the Chimera (lion, goat, serpent). It's a direct, tangible link between natural geology and the origins of mythology
Myra contains some of the best-preserved Lycian rock-cut tombs in existence, carved directly into the cliff face. The ancient theater below them is still largely intact.
The Church of St. Nicholas is where the actual St. Nicholas the 4th-century bishop who inspired the Santa Claus tradition served and is buried. This is one of the most visited Christian pilgrimage sites in Turkey. For Americans, this connection between a figure they know as a cultural icon and a real historical bishop in a real Byzantine church is often a mind-bending moment.
You leave in the morning by boat. The coastline opens up as you move east toward Kekova. The remains of the sunken city appear just below the surface, visible through the water.
The day moves between swimming, drifting, and time on deck. No rush. You return in the evening tired in the right way.
Leave the coast behind and journey inland, where the landscape transforms dramatically. A scenic drive through farming villages and forest leads to Saklıkent Gorge; a cathedral carved by water over millennia, with canyon walls rising 300 meters and an icy river rushing through.
Wade upstream through the cool water, the sun reduced to a sliver of light far above. It’s exhilarating and humbling – a reminder of the forces that shaped this land long before humans arrived. Dry off over a leisurely lunch at a riverside platform restaurant, where trout is grilled fresh and Turkish tea flows endlessly.
Return to Kaş and the villa for a calm evening. Tonight’s dinner is prepared by your Turkish cook; regional specialties, family recipes, stories of the dishes’ origins shared between bites.
Patara was the capital of the Lycian League, and its assembly building, where league representatives voted, is considered one of the earliest democratic parliamentary structures ever built. The U.S. founders were aware of the Lycian League when designing the Senate. There's a direct line from Patara to American civic structure and we are visitng the birthplace of our philosophies. On top of that, Patara has one of the longest undeveloped sand beaches in the Mediterranean, and the coastal dune system is a natural science study site.
This tiny island is only about 300 permanent residents and sits just 2 miles off the Turkish coast but is Greek territory. It was featured in the film Mediterraneo and is a remarkable study in borders, identity, and what survives when empires recede.
The island changed hands between the Ottomans, Italians, British, and Greeks in the 20th century alone. The Blue Cave Tour can be purchased by a local on the island and they will take you to an amazing cave that you swim into and the sun shinves blue light through the ocean into the mouth of the cave which is mostly underwater. The greek island contrast with Turkish culture directly next door which is a powerful message showing how two cultures are so close yet so different.
Departure from Kaş with transfer back to Antalya or Dalaman.
This villa is home
and we invite you here
this summer to experience
living like a local in Kaş.
Jordan is an ocean engineer and expedition traveler whose life has revolved around water and exploration. He has crossed the Atlantic twice, worked aboard ships in Alaska, guided diving trips along the Turkish coast, and spent much of his adult life moving between mountains and sea. Kaş has remained a constant throughout those travels. Through Likya Scholars, Jordan shares the place that first sparked his curiosity about the world and he is excited to share his experiences with you starting with Turkish culture and history.
Ece studied biology and completed her master’s degree in Berlin before returning to the coast she grew up visiting as a child. Today she lives in Kaş and is now works in tourism. Ece tries learn more everyday about the history and region so she can share this information with others. She is naturally warm and thoughtful, and has a gift for bringing people together. For guests, Ece often becomes the bridge into daily life in town introducing the people, places, and small moments that make Kaş feel like home.
Guests stay together in a private villa on the Kaş peninsula overlooking the Mediterranean. The villa has four-bedrooms, one with two single beds and the rest have queen size beds. The villa sits on the mountain side overlooking the Mediterranean. Pool, terraces, gardens, and a long table for shared meals.
Arrival and departure transfers are arranged from Dalaman. Daily transportation for scheduled excursions can be arranged. The program is hosted locally and managed in real time.
The price will be based on the size of the group and activities. We are currently waiting for a head count before we are able to calculate this trip price.
Contact Dave Perry to join him on this incredible exploration of archiology, history, culture, nature and Turkish cuisine.
Have further questions about Kaş or our other trips,
This week is designed as a hosted stay in Kaş, not a rigid itinerary. The structure gives shape to each day, but there is space to slow down, adjust, and follow the conditions on the ground.
Early Summer on the Mediterranean coast is mild and comfortable. Expect daytime temperatures around 70–78°F (21–25°C) and evenings can feel cooler, especially near the water. Bring one light jacket or wind breaker and maybe a cosy outfit such sweat pants for the house and jeans or slacks for going out. The Turks dress up and you may want to fit in.
