Caria Pan Travel  Reviews 

I did hiking on the Lykkian Path with Üksel and it was simply a great experience! Üksel is a great host willing to share his broad knowledge no about culture, and history.
The path is beautiful with a Mix of history and schnick landscape. We spend most off the nights in small villages at the beach off from the touristy places and with great local food.
Well organized. I‘d love to go again!

We booked via Yüksel a trip to Georgia and it was a great experience.
Caria Pan organised again (2nd trip with the company) a well structured trip. We really only had to be on time at the airport and everything else was taken care of. Eventhough, Caria Pan qas not the executing company, we was always reachable and took care of all smaller and bigger issues!

Thanks a lot for the create trip!

Really great company that is well-prepared and organized and always available if you need anything. We did the skitour to Kazbek and everything was great! Thanks for the great trip, I will definitely plan a trip with them again in the future :-)

This was a walking holiday for four not so experienced hikers and we had a very lovely, adventurous time, especially as we got stuck in the mountains till nightfall on day one. This was not because we got lost, but because we were walking very slowly as one of us had a bad back.
We are ever so grateful to Yuksel who came to our rescue by arranging for a boat to pick us up while calmly guiding us in pitch darkness to the bay where the boat was waiting.
It was a scary, stressful experience, but we eventually made it.
We decided to skip the walk, the following day and just rested instead which was great.
One of us also forgot their phone at the hotel in Antalya and was told we would get it in two days time, but again Yuksel very kindly brought it to Ciralis, the next day and spent some time with us. Really lovely person who reassured us and gave us the courage to carry on walking.
We found the whole experience very good. It was very well organised and all involved were very professional.
All the hotels were very clean and in greqt locations.
Onur Pension in Ucagiz was nice and quirky, but the stairs leading up to the rooms were rather tricky especially while carrying luggage.
Turgay was very nice and gave us good advice on how to shorten the 19km walk the following day which was great!
I have to mention Abdullah as well of Grand Erken hotel who was always very pleasant and courteous even when we wanted dinner after arriving at 11pm on the first day.
The language barrier with most of the drivers transferring us was an issue, but still we managed and had a very memorable time.
All in all, it was a wonderful experience. So much history to see and we enjoyed the stunning terrain of Turkey.
Will certainly recommend Caria Pan Travel any day!

Went to Ararat with group of 7 friends.Nothing was a problem, extra day of acclimatization, extra day at the lake.. Everything was managed super well, guide, drivers always perfectly on time. Great food on the mountain. Reached the peak even in bad weather thanks to our guide and his experience.

- excellent organization
- prompt communication
- experienced, responsible, humorous tour guide (Anim)
- ski touring clearly in the focus, no frills, appropriate accommodation
- always felt well looked after
- simple and excellent food in the base camp
- well balanced program with many options and a high degree of flexibility (also in comparison with other groups we met)
- very fair pricing, good value for money
- CariaPan clearly deserves a five star rating 😊

Great Tour Experience for our individual group of 5:
- CariaPan planning and it director were great due to their excellent communication skills and flexibility to adapt our needs to our 9 day trip (incl. flights) wrt. both mountain and cultural program.
- Everything organizational happened as planned from flight booking / Van airport pickup until returning home: transport / commute to tour start, clean mid-class hotels, food etc.
- Thanks to mostly good weather, we climbed all 4 mountains by ski, boots and crampons as planned
- Our mountain guide was excellent in communication, highly experienced and challenging on tour, nice, intelligent, with a great sense of humour and supportive in any direction. We hope to meet him again.
- CariaPan tour guide was great with organizing and leading any activity from setting up and cooking in basecamp to hotel rebooking, restaurant selection, sight seeing and more.
- Great recommendation to book directly w/o going through a local office in between, as there's no delay in communication and no money lost between here and there.
- Thanks, to CariaPan and to all contributing. We already dream to repeat this experience.

We had an incredible five days organised by Yüksel, along the East Lycian Way. Route was beautiful, transfers were well organised, and accommodation was great! Yüksel and team were always on standby and able to assist with any queries or issues we had. Would highly recommend Caria Pan Travel, and Yüksel, to anyone looking to do the Lycian Way or a portion thereof!

I think the specific plan and the attention to detail gave me a wonderful experience. Everything worked very well and had no problems whatsoever. Arnold

It was a great week with Jüksel, everything was good organised, from the beginning till the end of your Journey. We had a lot of Fun , everyone was kind and friendly.
Also in the Base- and Highcamp was perfectly organised. After out Arrarat Trip, we went to Adrasan, in a little Hotel, and also this was organised by Jüksel - Thank you very much my friend

Had a great week with Yüksel on Mt. Artos,Süphan and Ararat. Perfect organization, good food, save drivers and a lot of fun. Would do it anytime again!

Quite some time I was searching for the right and reliable information and possibilities of ski touring in Eastern Turkey. Yuksel (and his Caria Pan), who is reliable, experienced and knowledgeable mountain guide and who is full of joy and happiness is the right and the best choice. With the great organisation and connections and with big deal of flexibility we always coped even with the worst of the weather and always alternative ski touring options were found and all safety precautions were respected . Definitely Yuksel is THE choice for ski touring and mountaineering in Turkey.

Joined Yuksel for a wonderful week of ski touring in the lake Van region. We climbed Mt Artos, Mt Suphan and Mt Ararat. We couldn't summit Ararat because of bad weather but this is part of the adventure. The organization was great and Yuksel is a wonderful guide with a deep knowledge of the Turkish mountains. The camps for the 3 day Ararat expedition were really well organized, with high quality equipment and really nice food which made the experience even more enjoyable. I look forward to climbing more of the amazing mountains of Turkey with Yuksel. Thank you for a wonderful week.

Organisation for our hiking week was perfect. We were able to walk without heavy backpacks.
I changed a Tour and got immediately an alternative. We enjoyed two Hotels close to the beach. Food was very good and the lunch packages were very big.
Driver was very nice and friendly !!!
All Tours which I received as GPX Files were good to integrate in Outdoor active. So we found all the trails.
Everything was very well organized, that we enjoyed nice weather, nice people, warm water and lots of amazing impressions. Thank you Caria Pan Travel !!!

All went find and we reached the summit all together thanks to the excellent guide Mehmet.

when you reach the camp you see that you booked the right guys. it was the best place, best tents and best rquipment.

the hotel before and after is puristik but really ok.

meals, additional tours such as mt. Arthos and sight seeing were very interesting, particularly because of the very educated and in German fluent Hysein (?).

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An excellent organization, a very good acclimatization, accompanied by a wonderful team led the whole group to success. Thank you Yüksel, we are very proud to have climbed Mount Ararat with Caria Pan! Christine and Josef, Austria

All members of our group who attempted the climb of Mt Ararat in July 2022 made it to the summit and back without incident thanks to competent guiding and a good acclimatization plan from Caria Pan Travel. We were well-fed and looked-after at the camps and all care was taken to ensure our safety and comfort during the climb. Some of the planning and communication before the trip and during the non-climbing parts of our tour could have been improved, but there was generally flexibility to incorporate our requests and suggestions.

Yüksel and his Caria Pan Travel are an excellent choice. I traveled already few times and most recently climbed the Ararat under Yüksel’s expert guidance. This company allows flexibility and individualism without ever compromising on security and safety. I recommend wholeheartedly!

Very well organised trip, good accommodation and food service at camps, well-experienced guides. The company also combines excursions at Van with climbing. I recommend.

Last week I and my wife irina summit the highest pick of Turkiya - mount Ararat with a great group of like minded people and the very experienced guide Yuksel . It was challenging but with support of the group and Yuksel we were able to do it . Everything was well organized and planned. If we could improve a couple of things it would be getting earlier flight back home on the last day and better prep physically as well as in terms of our own equipment. Thank you Team for making it happen! Sergey & Irina