The road ends
up therestay serin
A small camp of pine bungalows and canvas tents in Kabak Bay. Leave the road up there and walk down slowly.
You came
for the seastay for the shade
se·rin adj.
Pleasantly cool.
See also: pine shade at three in the afternoon.
That’s the whole idea. A hammock, a book, a long breakfast and the sea at the bottom of the path. Nothing to catch, nowhere to be.
See where you’ll sleep
a look insideUnder pines or
under canvas
All four places to sleep
Wooden bungalows and canvas tents between the pines. 10 places in total, on purpose.
sleep
Pine bungalows
Wooden walls, fresh linen and a porch made for doing nothing.
under canvas
Canvas tents
A wooden deck, a proper bed and the night sky one zip away.
two meals
Breakfast and dinner
Both are included. With 10 places in total, the table stays small.
Whether you came for the Lycian Way, the sea or a hammock, the camp stays small and the valley does the rest.
The Lycian Way, right above us
leave room for
long breakfasts, hammock naps, the Lycian Way, one more swim, sunset from the slope, a sky full of stars
A day in
the valleyno clock needed
“You don’t need a clock here,” someone wrote about Kabak years ago. The valley tells the time with sounds.
- 05:50A goat bellCicadas first, then the first bell a few minutes later. The valley’s alarm clock, accurate to about five minutes.
- 06:30The roosterIt crows to ask whether the grown-ups are up yet. Not yet.
- 08:00Tea glasses on saucersEggs cooked to order, bread from the village oven, tea that keeps coming. It runs until eleven and nobody is moved along.
- 09:30Water over stoneAn hour up the valley floor through fig and plane trees, to a cold pool. Go in the morning, and take water.
- 11:00Pages turningReading in a hammock in the shade is, by a wide margin, the most reported activity in the valley.
- 13:30CicadasSummer afternoons average 29 degrees. The middle of the day belongs to the shade; nobody climbs the hill before five.
- 15:30Pebbles under the wavesTwenty minutes down through the pines. Coarse sand and pebble, water that drops away fast, and a small sea cave under the cliffs for confident swimmers.
- 19:00Plates on the long tableBack up before the light goes. Dinner is a buffet: whatever came up the hill that morning, meze, something slow cooked, salad from the garden.
- 20:27Everyone goes quietIn late June the sun sets at 20:27. People watch it from the slope, not the beach.
- 22:30Crickets, a dog, wavesAlmost no light pollution; the Milky Way in remarkable detail. Bring a torch for the way back.
first light 05:50 · A goat bell
the rooster 06:30 · The rooster
breakfast 08:00 · Tea glasses on saucers
the waterfall 09:30 · Water over stone
hammock hours 11:00 · Pages turning
the heat 13:30 · Cicadas
the beach 15:30 · Pebbles under the waves
dinner 19:00 · Plates on the long table
sunset 20:27 · Everyone goes quiet
the Milky Way 22:30 · Crickets, a dog, waves
The valley
goes quietafter dark
- Crickets
- A dog, now and then
- Waves in the bay
Bring a torch. One guest took a wrong turn at night and ended up in the chicken coop.
around four or five, the air turns cool enough for a sheet
on footThe Lycian Way
passes above us
Lycian Way 01/05
Turkey’s first long-distance trail
Kate Clow waymarked it in 1999: 760 km from Fethiye to Antalya, about 35 days on foot.
Lycian Way 02/05
Follow the red and white
Old footpaths and mule trails, marked every 50 metres on rocks and trees.
Lycian Way 03/05
Faralya to Kabak
- 7–11 km
- 2.5–5 hours
- up to 780 m
The path runs high above Butterfly Valley, then comes down into Kabak.
Lycian Way 04/05
Walk a stage, sleep in Kabak
Kabak Bay is one of the camping stops along the way, and the trail passes right above the camp.
Lycian Way 05/05
Spring and autumn
February to May, September to November. Summer is too hot for long walks.
your turnPlan your
stage
The Fethiye to Kabak minibus runs every hour, 07:00 to 19:00. Tell us which stretch you want to walk.
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- Open May to October. Two nights or more, breakfast and dinner included.
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