Kemer Scuba Diving Adventure

Payless was the tour operator. Their driver didnt pick us up on the way back. Also, the lunch was a really small and cheap portion.

Very disappointing and, above all, poorly organized experience. Before the dive, the instructors explain very little about what to do and safety procedures, while they spend much more time explaining the costs of photos and videos. After about 2 hours of waiting, the dive lasts just 5 minutes and is practically used only to take photos, even though we had not requested them. We did not feel free to explore or to really enjoy the experience. Furthermore, some of the instructors seemed very young, perhaps barely 15 years old, and this, combined with the little attention to the explanations, did not make us feel safe during an activity that should convey professionalism and tranquility. The excursion then lasted about 2 hours longer than expected. The return was at 4:30 PM, but we arrived home at 8:00 PM, and the only thing they sold on the boat were drinks and chips (1 Coke and 1 bag of chips a whopping 600TL an absurd price). During the day the police also arrived for some checks, causing further waits and inconvenience to many people on board. The management of the situation was unclear and poorly organized. The lunch was also disappointing: a little rice and half a cutlet, a truly scarce quantity. And the environment was quite dirty, full of flies everywhere. In the end we decided to refuse the second dive, because after this whole experience we no longer felt comfortable continuing. Overall, we had the impression that the activity was much more oriented toward selling photos and videos than offering a real underwater experience. I would not do it again and I do not recommend it.

I regret having paid for this excursion for several reasons. The organization was extremely slow and confusing from the start: long wait in the full August sun around 10 a.m., very little information given to the participants, then distribution onto three crowded, noisy boats filled with smoke from compulsive smokers. On board, packed like sardines, extras not mentioned in the ad (purchase of a mouthpiece, 5€/300 tl), music blasting practically all day, including during the meal. Impossible to enjoy a quiet moment between the techno and the people who were smoking around us, including while we were eating. I was in group 6, the last group, with only three people. No one called me or really informed me about the organization or the time our initiation was going to start. I finally had to ask myself when we were going to be able to dive. I had, however, taken my precautions before leaving: light breakfast and good hydration given the heat. Despite this, after having waited a long time under a scorching sun, I started to have a migraine, nausea, feeling faint, and diarrhea. I spent a large part of the day lying on the upper deck where the non-Turkish speakers had to go. I spent my time looking for a little shade and air without nicotine. I finally swam for about ten minutes and I decided not to do the dive. I had explained to a member of the team that I was sick and nauseous, but I was encouraged nonetheless to "try anyway." For a first initiation to diving, I would have expected much more caution from the staff. The meal was also very disappointing: a small portion of cold spaghetti with tomato sauce, a few raw vegetables, about half of a small ground chicken patty, and a piece of bread. Drinks were extra. Photos and videos of the dive were also offered insistently at very high prices (30€🤯). On board, I paid about €11 for an iced tea, a bag of chips, and a small bag of candy just to hold me over until 8 p.m., the time we finally arrived at the port (the 8-hour excursion was supposed to end much earlier). The problem is therefore not simply that I couldn't go diving because I was sick. Even setting aside my health condition, the organization, the wait times, the lack of information, the noise, the smoke, the heat, and the upsells made this day extremely painful. I have been on many excursions in Turkey and other countries and I found them incomparably more pleasant and better organized. The only pleasant moment was the return to the port in the evening (photo). Even the return bus was chaotic because there were too many people and some had to get off to wait for a solution. The children were crying on the boat and the bus. I advise against this experience for people sensitive to heat/dehydration and bothered by noise, crowds, or tobacco. €30 + extras for an endless day, in the noise, smoke, and heat, without even being able to enjoy the main activity, I will have a very bad memory of it. Probably the worst of my backpacking career.

- : Organisation was bad. The Behaviour with customers was bad. +: The driver was on time. The food was ok. The price was ok. I won't go with them again.

superb . Highly recommended .