Sapanca Lake Tour with Lunch From Istanbul

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Istanbul, Turkey

12 to 13 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Lunch
Professional Tour Guide
Entry/Admission - Sapanca Lake

Zoo Ticket
ATV Safari
ZipLine

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We pick up guests who stay in hotels in Aksaray, Laleli, Sultanahmet, Eminönü, Sirkeci, Karaköy, Kabataş, Şişhane, and Taksim districts by car. We pick up guests from their hotels between 07:45 and 09:00, depending on the distance of the hotel location. We give the pick-up time 1 day in advance

Meeting point

The Marmara Taksim
Gümüşsuyu, Tak-ı Zafer Cd. No:3, 34437 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye
We pick up guests who make reservations outside of these districts from a common meeting point. By contacting the guest, we determine the point that may be suitable for them.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Itinerary

Faruk YalcIn Zoo

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Sakarya Province

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Sapanca

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Masukiye Selale

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Sapanca Lake

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Mahmudiye

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Traveler Photos

Gallery picture 1 (from a traveler's review)

Reviews

4.3

based on 15 reviews

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To be fair, my family...

Hossam_E, Jun 2025

To be fair, my family enjoyed it. However, I did not share the same feeling because of some issues. * The trip started with a visit to the Zoo. Almost all cages were empty. Animals were hiding because of the hot weather. This unnecessary step consumed a lot of time and energy and should have been skipped. * The total transportation time reached 5 hours because of the traffic congestion and road construction. Moreover, the bus was very noisy because of the loud conversation between the tour staff.

Nice trip but needs more nature

Bakr_H, Apr 2025

Nice trip overall. Clean bus and good tour guide. Nobody bothered us on the bus or anything. Good mix of activities. I expected more nature especially from the photos displayed. For example, there was a photo of the hobbit houses and we did not see them. I was not given a chance to walk in nature and see what I wanted. They just kept taking us to different places to pay for different activities.

Didn't see most of the sights posted on this tour..

Stephanie_L, Nov 2024

The guide was fantastic. He kind, patient and good personality. I picked this tour because all the nature pictures they have posted and thought it would be peaceful. It wasn't at all. Although they offer hotel drop off and pick up ours wasn't included although we were in istanbul. We took public transportation about 30 minutes to get to the meeting point. First stop- a zoo- it's was probably the most peaceful part of the tour. Got to see neat animals. Had about an hour here. Second stop- a candy store. We were all rushed into a small candy store for tasting and to buy things of you want. When we came out we were rushed by people outside to buy random things like socks. Third stop - cable cars- this was neat. Took awhile to get through the lines. I think we had 35-40 minutes here. It took almost exactly that length of time to go to the top on the mountains on the car and come directly back down. No time to explore at the top of the mountain . Oh and you had to pay to use the restroom here. Fourth stop - Sapanca lake- most importantly this is the name of the tour, which made me believe we would see more of it. We had lunch there, which was great. It was lunch on a boardwalk, with many shops. There was no true nature to see here. It was a business district on a lake where everyone tried to sell you their items or time on a paddle boat. We had less than an hour to eat and explore here. Fifth stop- ATV riding- this was hardly ATV riding- they do rent it to you to drive, tell you that you cannot switch drivers. You're herded in a line of ATVs on a gravel road where the signs posted want you to stay in a single file line. If one ATV stops the take pictures the whole lines stops. For it being such a short gravel road they did have a lookout place you can see great views. You have to pay for pictures there, the overlook was chained off unless you paid. If you don't want pictures no worries there are a few shops there that you can purchase other things while you wait for your group. Sixth stop- Zip lining- it was dark by time we made it here. Most people chose not to go in the dark. Then on to the 2 hour and 45 minute bus ride back to Istanbul. I understand they wanted to drop people directly at their hotels on the way back but we drove a circle around the city. They kept telling us they would get us to the tram that would take us to our hotel. But they didn't. We ended up taking an Uber to get back which was another 25 minutes. So if you want to be herded around all day to spend your money this is great. There is no nature here like in the pictures. This is not calm or scenic at all.