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Here you may find all you need to know about boat trips in North Cyprus and boat trips in Kyrenia, for the moment even though there are some boat trips in Famagusta area mostly boat trips operated in Kyrenia Harbour. Antique harbour in Kyrenia is the main harbours for boat trips in north Cyprus. Usually people staying in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus for holiday they book online in advance to make sure they do not find a surprise like all the boats are busy or, they are a little bit too late for the day.

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If you are a tourist in kyrenia, and if you do not want to find out where is the tourist information office in kyrenia, and you don’t want to go all the way to Kyrenia tourism information office you are right, even tough public transportation in kyrenia is very limited and usually crowded by the local people and university students, and comparing with European Countries taxi prices in kyrenia or nearby places like Bellapais, Çatalkoy, Ozankoy, Karaoğlanoğlu, Karşıyaka, Zeytinlik still affordable and taxis are comfortable with usually English speaking drivers , there is also an app for finding taxi with convenient prices or Cyprus taxi web site you may click the links to download the taxi app or go to taxi web site for North Cyprus, but any way at the end you will find out, Kyrenia tourist info service is also located in the antique harbour and when you arrive there you will meet the ticket box boys more interested to inform you than the government clerks waiting in their office to serve you their best, for a conclusion to book a boat trip , to hire a yacht in Kyrenia, North Cyprus , or to book a private boat trip in Kyrenia you don't have to find the Kyrenia tourist information service to ask for updated information about kyrenia boat trips . You may read here answer of below questions:

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Commonly asked questions:

What season is the best for boat trips in kyrenia?

Where in north Cyprus boat trips depart?

Where in kyrenia the boat trips depart?

What time the boat trips in kyrenia start?

What days of the week boat trips depart in kyrenia?

How much are boat trips in kyrenia?

What is the capacity of the boats in kyrenia?

Is there a couples and families only boat trip in kyrenia?

Is there a boat trip for families with children in kyrenia?

Where can I book a boat trip in kyrenia ?

Can I book online for a boat trip in kyrenia?

What happens if the weather or sea condition is too bad and I join a boat trip in kyrenia?

I am not a good swimmer. Can I join kyrenia boat trips?

Is there diving available in kyrenia boat trips?

Can I go snorkeling on kyrenia boat trips ?

What should I bring with me if I join kyrenia boat trips, is there enough food and food for every gout?

Shall I bring my own drink if I join on kyrenia boat trips?

To join kyrenia boat trips , from the old harbor can I take public transportation , is there a direct bus to antique harbor or any other public transportation to the kyrenia castle or old harbor?  

 

General informtion about Kyrenia Boat Trips and What season is the best for boat trips in kyrenia?

What season is the best for boat trips in kyrenia?

Usually season for Kyrenia yacht tours is starting in late march and finishing in early December if the sea and weather conditions allow. But even in winter on January or February if it is a calm day you may find a boat trip for private hire or there are some boats they do one hour trip , actually it is a good occasion to see the shore line , to see the Cyprus from sea with your friends, family or loved one, it is very spectacular and also you may enjoy the best local food Turkish mezzes and Mediterranean salads, if you choose right trip you may have real charcoal BBQ on board and also luxury trips serve fresh fruits and all of the boats have on board bar where you may buy soft drinks, beer, wine and also some sprits like gin, vodka, rakı, whiskey, bacardi etc. There are boat trips that you may find handmade ice cream, homemade lemonade.

You may click here to see which boat tours are open now and even book online a boat trip in Kyrenia

Where in north Cyprus boat trips depart? Where in kyrenia the boat trips depart?

Boat trips in North cyprus are generlly in Kyrenia Antique Harbour located in the centre of Kyrenia  

Old harbour is in the town centre. If you arrive to town centre and walk through shops of all kind towards sea, you may enjoy single line carriageway roads full of slow-moving cars heading North and descend through the narrow passages on the Way you may see some mosques, boutique hotels and bars with tree-shaded seating and suddenly you see the half round antique harbour. The masts of Goulet’s traditional Turkish boats appear first unfortunately to extend the size and passenger capacity most of the boats are not in original shape, some with additional flor, some with additional deck beside the bow spirit, some with a balcony looking extension by the aft, it is obvious here most of the boat owner didn’t know the original historical look gives more authentic atmosphere, they maid their boat look like pirate boats or to add more capacity they ignored the importance of being original, but there are some insist to keep the original look, but there are a few good example for well-kept traditional Goulet, if you walk behind the castle towards east you may see original looking traditional Goulet yacht and also this sleek yacht is in a maintained condition, you may see fishing boats parked in the old harbour of Kyrenia as they go to collect the nets by the sun rise latest 8:30 most of the fisher boats return to the old harbour. There are also modern pleasure boats these luxurious vessels are privately owned and nothing to do with boat trips. If you climb up stayers by the castle entrance which one is next to the ticket office to enter the castle after your trip, you may take a very nice picture of old harbour, restaurants, cafes, fisher and tour boats with the azure-blue Mediterranean Sea shimmers in the background. We recommend you to spend time in the restaurants and bars in old harbour and take your pictures by the sunset, which may be the best photo of your holiday, do not forget to fully charge your mobile phone as we are sure you will start with the pictures of other boats and the castle when the boats depart from old harbour and you will keep taking pictures all day.
The harbour is lined with restaurants, bars and cafes from the Old Castle, if you are last minute booker for a boat cruising excursion, we recommend to make a long walk along the coast line in the harbour to check all the boats and keep walking, keeping the castle on your right side till the end of the quay to see most luxurious boat VELA by the very end.
Politely decline the restaurant staff as well as ticket sellers standing by the ticket stands. Make sure you walk till the end. also be aware some of the boat owners have more than one boat and they make sure some families, or groups of ladies seat to give an idea that it is a family boat to convince you to buy the ticket and then suddenly they move this families to the other boat, unfortunately to not lose the day you may have to stay with some weekend holidaying military personnel youngsters all day as they may be remaining majority. There are some boats they take couples and families only. Here is another hint, as this boat have extensions and additional floors government allow them for higher number of people capacity even though some boat owners limit the number of persons on board with half or one third of the capacity. You have to observe and do your best to choose the best one. You have to make your decision cheaper boat with plenty of people or quieter boat with higher price? Remember ticket sellers they don’t have a salary and they work with the commission in the ticket price, they may be honest or they may be telling you everything to convince you, and the next day is may be too late to complain or ask for compensation. What we write here shouldn’t in encourage you, as with some boats we know if the families make the trip on first day of their holiday than they book one or more time in their one- or two-weeks holiday.

Another hint ;  if your only concern is the tour price and you don’t care about food, after making your tour in the harbour and having an idea about average price, do not hesitate to wait till last moment and ask for joining a crowded boat with the much cheaper price than theirs but the price you offer in the last moment , as they concern about you leave with the competitor they will allow you or they will come back with another price which is the best deal .

One more hint, if your concern is not the price and if you like guarantee the service and food quality as well as the cleanliness, not to crowded boat with more tranquillity and really chilled drinks all day, may be Trip Advisor , May be google ratings but not the waiters also taking commission, not the ticket sellers for sure or not the hotel guides as they have to recommend only the boat their travel agency works for but you have to double check . Vela is the only boat we can recommend

What time the boat trips in kyrenia start?

Generally boat tours start 11:00 but there some boats starts earlier, for example open to public tours for vela yachting which is ranked top on trip advisor for many years they start at 10:30 but private trips of vela yachting starts at 11:00. What we know is some of the boat by the west end of the harbour they depart later than departure time on purpose to make sure to collect the late arrivals as more persons on board means more in come for the day. Sometimes you may whiteness a boat stops by the sea entrance of the harbour waiting for the inflatable fast boat to bring few additional guests or another boat approaches to the key after departure to collect the last few guests convinced in the last moment by the ticket sellers. If you didn’t buy your ticket online or if you did not book in advance you better be in the harbour not later than 10:00 a clock to have enough time to check all the boats leaving and to have enough time to compare. If you are coming from west end of the kyrenia i.e. Lapta or another area there may be congestions on the road also coming closer to the harbour by the city centre please remember this, we think a little bit earlier is better than too late.

Nowadays most of the guests check the attractions in Kyrenia online before they arrive to Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, and they book with checking their rating on famous traveling sites we think most famous one is trip advisor. Usually the ratings on this site is correct.

What days of the week boat trips depart in kyrenia?

You may find boat trips departing from old harbour including Sundays every day , but in high seasons tours may be full ,  in this case we recommend to reserve a place in advance or you may click here to check the availablity and to book online . During the day some of the boats do more than one trip, usually they do the day trip starting at 11:00 and they rush to arrive at 15:30 as they have another trip starting at 16:30 which one is an afternoon trip . But some other boats they come back 16:30. Some boats may be booked privately even tough they are usually open to public boats so they may be busy on the day you desire. Also we withnesed some boats ticket sellers in low season pass the guest they collect by selling tickets or receiving deposit payments to the other boats when they did not have enough number of persons booked . Sometimes they call you and say your tour is going to be the next day due to weather or sea conditions ( this is rare in high season , unles the ticket seller booked a private trip for the boat then swiped the bookings to next day, it is easy to double check with weather sites or to call another boat tour to ask if they depart on booked date. Better to make sure all this circumstances in adwance when booking. To ask for a written rules terms and conditions doccumentation is good idea.

How much are boat trips in kyrenia? How to choose a boat trip ?

There is not one fix price , it depends on the quality, tour type , tour duration, maximum number of persons allowed on board, food sorts and quality, is there BBQ on lunch, if it is a new or old boat, if the crew skilled , does the crew speak fluent in english and or more languages, if single man or military boy alloved or not.

Good price for an avarage boat trip is 25€ and there are luxury boat trips for up to 45 - 50  € per an adult person, and this top price are top quality they are with home made olive oil starters and mezzes, charcoal BBQ medditeranean fish or lamb or chicken grill option, limited number of guest on board,  relaxing an spoiling your self type boat, run by the owner and owners family, with a perfectly meintained yacht and plenty of places in the shade or sun, music volume and type adjusted for the time of the day, clean ladies and gentleman toilets are seperate with a clothes changing area wit an additional door, and this boat has a fresh water shower by the swimming stayers. Good value for money. 

Is it important what you pay and what you receive ? Sure it is . As you already spend one important day of your holiday on board of a yacht you may have to consider how much you already inwested for your plane ticket and hotel than you may divide it with number of the days the result is the time and the money you invested for this unique day of your holiday that you dreamed during cold winter working days ,so may be if you are paying additional 10 or 20 euros per person to protect your investment and to guarantie your day is a good decision. We know you dont go on a boat to spend your day on the lunch quee and than the quee in front of the unisex toilet and than forget about fresh water shower to be able to climb back to the croowded boat with limited swimming leadder according to the number of the guest allowed by the company and also harbor master, in this case to check if the company limit the number of guests on board even tough it is a large yacht. 

Another thing to consider may be who is your correspondance when you ask questions or when you are on board ? The owner? Or an employee ? In this case their raiting online may be a good reference. As you may remember less people in between means less commision the product owner paid , this may insure more money spent for the product than other parties. Ticket seller may tell you the trought or they may tell you anything to conwince you, for example "we do three stops for swimming and snorkelling " at the beggining it is looking as an advantage , but according the duration of boat trips starting at 11:00 but can only leave at 11:30 , arriving to first spot at 12:30 and leaving from last stop at 14:30 means only two hours for swimming and lunch, if they do two stops another hour is lost on the way and spent on board with purchasing drinks, is it really an advantage in this case ? Yes it is for the boat owner , but if the boat leaves earlier and come back later and makes only two stops this means more time for swimming and snorkeling.

Other thing to make sure may be, as some of the tour operators are working with only one company is this boat tour company the best, is it the best tour boat in the harbor? ? Best for guest? or best for the local service and area handling agency ? If there is a complain there is a refund to the hotel guest? You may ask for the name of the boat and check their reputation online .They may tell the company has many boats so not sure which one , this is good way of hiding the boat name,  If they dont know the name of the boat how can they make sure about their quality. Massive operators are usually take boat tours in kyrenia made in crowdwded boats.

 

What is the capacity of the boats in kyrenia?

The boats in kyrenia are differrent size than each other , and also some of them are with two floors , as some people are looking for a crawded party boat some others are looking for a relaxing boat. Some of the large boats are working with agencies and they take lots of people if you want to get lost in the crowd or make new aquintances this may be a good boat for you.

Government give every tour boat different capacity according their size. Good news is government make sure that every boat owner complie with safety regulations and renew their boat licence after a survey check by the beggining of each year and a land survey every second year made when the boat is on dry-dock this means every boat should make a maintenance every second year .

Some luxury boats to make sure about guests satisfaction they limit the number of guests on board , there are boats with the size of boats with capacity of 75 guests small groups gathering, open to public for a day trip but the owner is allowing maximum 24 persons to  make sure they have enough places in the shade and sun.  Some boats you dine with plate one hand fork on the other you eat any where you find,  some boats you seat by a large table and dine with porclaine chinaware drink from proper glass eat with fish shaped cutlery. In the shade wit convenient music, even fruits served with another setup, on another time.

It is nice to  have a variety.

Is there a couples and families only boat trip in kyrenia?

Yes there are some boats allowing only couples and families. Why is this concern ?

Single are not to concern , but it may be a concern when a group of male youngsters gather and drink beers all day long under the sun and than they become more loud and relaxed, this is why if you are a single lady the boats will take you , but the boat owners are aware about single booking one by one and gathering inside, this is why some of boats couple only , if you are a single man you should present your self and speak clearly with the tour representative, ticket selling clerk or with the owner to not experience a surprise on departure time.

Again speak clearly to make sure you are not on board of man only boat , as some times a large group of man book on a boat as there are military bases on the island this may happen and if a large group is majority they may be a little disturbing and noisy. As well as they may behave well and very calm.

Is there a boat trip for families with children in kyrenia? Are there any boats with slide. Are there party boats , the boats with foam party in Kyrenia old barbor , or any where else boat trips taking place in North Cyprus

Yes there are boat trips for families with children, even there are boats with water slide on board , slide is ending direct to the sea , some like it some think it is risky as teenagers are using the slide with less care , the other concern do you really want to be with some kids running in the boat for the second sliede this time with all the water spilling on the floor making it more slippery and screeming with excitement, with a continious crowd next to swimming lader one way traffic going up while you trying to decend for a swimm.

You may see even some boats with foam party , this sounds interesting for the ones who like more fun and loud music on board , dance, drink , foams, music, relaxing like in a club.

If you dont find it interesting, most probably you already past your teen age time and you are looking for mor relaxation than chaos, or you are more responsible for the environement and you do not like all the foam goes in the sea .

We should not critisize the people having fun on this boats, as their choice is partying on board we have to respect to different gout.

Where can I book a boat trip in kyrenia ?

1- You may book online, by clicking here by reading more spesific information, comparing different boats with different prices, and paying a deposit..

2- You may click here to ask your more spesific questions on whatsapp

3- You may go to old harbor preferably one hour earlier than departure time and book the boat trip in old harbor

What should I bring with me if I join kyrenia boat trips?

Bring your own towel, sun cream, sun glas, a bathing suit, your own snorkel and mask, it is a good idea to bring another bathing suit and another towel to lie on it. If you did not have time in the morning to take a breakfast better to bring some snacks to have them waiting the lunch time, if you are wearing a hut make sure it is not blowing away with the crosswind good idea to have a hut with a string to tie.

Do not bring any drinks or water , first of all it will warm up under the sun and summer heat, the other thing is it is not allowed to brings drinks on board. 

Can I book online for a boat trip in kyrenia?

Yes you can just click here to book online.

What happens if the weather or sea condition is too bad and I join a boat trip in kyrenia?

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I am not a good swimmer. Can I join kyrenia boat trips?

Is there diving available in kyrenia boat trips?

Can I go snorkeling on kyrenia boat trips ?

Shall I bring my own drink if I join on kyrenia boat trips?

To join kyrenia boat trips , from the old harbor can I take public transportation , is there a direct bus to antique harbor or any other public transportation to the kyrenia castle or old harbor?