Caria Pan Travel  Reviews 

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

I participated on a 7 day Mt Ararat tour put together and organized by Caria Pan Travel in late July of 2022. Our tour and mountain guide Yuksel had previously summited Mt Ararat approximately over 70 times, so experience played a key role. When you're summiting a mountain over 5,000 meters, you want your guide to be as experienced as possible and that's what we got. A pre Mt Ararat climb (Mt Artos / 3,500 meters) was included to get everyone acclimeitized. Many other tour offer this on Mt Ararat but it was nice to experience another scenic mountain. I would have to say that Caria Pan Travel's base camp facilities were probably the best on the mountain. Safety was alway paramount for Yuksel giving us nightly briefings of the next day's program and procedures. The tour also included opportunities to see some of eastern Anatolia's treasures like the Armenian church on Aktamar island, Van castle and archeological museum as well as Ishakpasa Palace.

The individual hiking week on the Lycian coast was perfectly organised. Service is the DNA of this company. Yüksel and Ci are really very experienced travel professionals. They not only think along, but ahead. The hiking routes were provided both digitally and in print, all transfers worked super punctually. Top!
Stine & Helge, Hessen

Sehr gut organisierte Schitouren auf den Artos, Syphan und über zwei Zeltlager auf den Ararat.
Die letzte Etappe zum Gipfel mussten wir wegen eines Schneesturms leider abbrechen.

Wir wurden am Flughafen von unserem Guide Yüksel abgeholt und die ganze Woche perfekt betreut.
Er hat uns auch beim Einchecken zur Heimreise tatkräftig unterstützt.

Ich hoffe es war nicht das letzte mal.

Caria Pan Travel are so far the best ever we en countered, very friendly and highly professional, the chosen walks, the hotels, the transfers, all organised in a highly perfect matter, rock solid performance.

After great experiences on the Lycian Way 2021, I entrusted myself to Caria Pan for the second time for a physical all-round reset. One week "Bays of Aphrodite individually" and then one week "Paulusweg - Hiking in the Taurus Mountains individually". Sensational for all my senses!
Hiking alone without local language, letting nature, animals, village communities and people take effect on you. Only occupied with myself with three to four liters of water, nuts and fish or Köfte in the evening - pure regeneration!
Optimal logistics and personal support around the clock let me feel the personal and priceless human networks of Yüksel and Cihan every day at the respective place. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for the wonderful time.

I just completed the Lycian Way Trekking Challenge which was organized by Caria Pan Travel. Caria Pan organized all the trip and hiking logistics from the moment we landed until our departure and it could not have gone any smoother. Thank you Gihangir and Yüksel for your amazing planning and hospitality during our stay. Highly recommended!

I have been on hiking trips, backcountry ski touring, as well as summiting Mt-Ararat with Yuksel. The fact that I am a repeat customer says it all, right? Caria Pan Travel, and my experience is predominantly with Yuksel, is that it is an excellent company to organise trips with due to easy communication and help arranging/planning travel/expeditions. Yuksel is very professional when in the field (but also has his goofy side, which we all appreciate). I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Caria Pan Travel.

Last year's
Mt. Ararat ascent was a great experience for me. Accommodation and meals were great. Thanks Yuksel!

2 Reisen, zweimal Gipfelerfolg auf 5000ern (Ararat + Kasbek), schöne Akklimatisationstouren & Organisation mit Improvisationsvermögen(!, Wetterkapriolen, Flugumleitung, Straßensperren durch Lawinen & Bauschutt etc.). Die nächste Tour wird gerade geplant - also gerne wieder…

Yüksel is amazing. He took us up Mt Ararat - an extremely challenging 5 day climb. I’m afraid of heights and he really looked after me. He was professional and caring throughout - even after I ate all his muesli! The equipment and the food were excellent. His coordination and preparation were faultless - everything went like clockwork. His knowledge of the mountain, its dangers and its beauty, and the flora and fauna was really impressive. He takes his work seriously and I would trust him with my life. He is also receptive to feedback and made changes as we went along to ensure we had the best experience. Thanks Yüksel - looking forward to our next adventure!