Coasteering  

Sea Level Traversing

Sea Level Traversing: Coasteering

Basically you traverse the coast by climbing and swimming sometimes jumping from the rocks.

Coasteering is the newest way for thrill seekers to explore the stunning, unspoilt coastline and glorious rocky (karstic-limestone) coastline of Kaŝ Peninsula. After kitting up in a wetsuit, life jacket and crash helmet, an experienced guide will take you on the journey of your life along the rocky rugged shoreline. It might mean climbing in and out of hidden sea caves, swimming. This really is the way to access all those interesting nooks and coves that walkers and beach bathers just cannot reach.

Coasteering is a unique adventure sport where you experience the exhilaration of sea level traversing, rock climbing cliff jumping and swimming into sea caves and takes adventure sports to a whole new level!,. It's a coastal exploration along the wild and beautiful coast - we encourage you to coasteer Kas for the ultimate Lycian coasteering!

The sections of the Kaŝ- Sebeda Limanagzi) coast of the archipelago that we have on our doorstep are just perfect for the adrenalin packed adventure sport of coasteering, with the emphasis on cliff jumping, climbing, rock gully swimming, sea cave exploration, rock scrambling, and wave riding varying depending on tide, weather, swell and location - no two coasteers are ever the same.

We'll equip you with toasty warm wet-suits all year round and gloves and socks to keep your fingers and toes comfortable. We coasteer all through the year so we make sure you are warm and comfy at all times.  You'll also be provided with helmets, floatation jackets, and a qualified guide who knows their stuff, - you need to bring a thirst for adventure - these are all of the essential components required to get the most out of this unique cocktail of adrenaline, rock and sea!

Our qualified coasteering guides will take you out to the best untouched and rugged wilderness locations on the stunning Kaŝ coastline, all within a 5 minute drive of the Big Pebble Beach Cove. We're continually developing our own, all new, coasteering routes where you'll enjoy the seclusion and awe inspiring nature of the coastline with no views of towns, and no other people; just beautiful, clean, unsullied wilderness, brimming with monk seals, sea birds, idyllic coves, pebble beaches and rocky headlands.

Climb, jump, swim, swirl, plunge, slither, dive, gurgle, giggle, spume, splash, clamber and relax.

You need to have a reasonable level of fitness and be able to swim to do this experience.

lunch + transfers + guidance + snacks + equipment + support kayak INCLUDED !

45 Euro / person

Duration

4-5 hours, 3 Km

Suitability / Level

Moderate-Strenuous

Minimum Age

16

Availability

All year round.

Itinerary & Highlights

Your experience will start at the pebble cove where you will meet your group and guides. You will then be given a safety briefing and issued with your kit which includes wetsuit, buoyancy aid, and helmet before heading out with your experienced instructor. The next several hours will be full of adrenalin as you explore the stunning coastline using whatever means possible - climbing, scrambling, swimming and jumping. After lunch at Limanagzi corner of the Bayindir Bay, you can visit the necropolis (graveyard) ruins of ancient the Lycian settlement of the Sebeda and a sinkhole where the old monk’s chapel remains from Byzantium times. You can snorkel & swim, or just laze on the beach. The tour will finish back at the Kaŝ harbour via boat.

Coasteering is a physical activity that encompasses movement along the inter tidal zone of a rocky coastline on foot or by swimming, without the aid of boats, surf boards or other craft. It is difficult to define the precise boundaries between, for example, rock pooling and ocean swimming. Coasteering may include all or some of the following:

· Swimming or Adventure Swimming: in calm water; rough or white water; and/ or tidal currents. Dressing for swimming in the sea (wetsuits, buoyancy aids etc) is an integral part of Coasteering]; even on routes where it is possible to stay dry. A route, or activity, where the group start out with the intention of staying dry - whether through route choice or the use of ropes and harnesses - is not coasteering.

· Climbing, scrambling, sea level traversing: the very nature of the coastline that is needed for coasteering demands aspects of these activities. Ropes, as security on rock, are not used. Any climbing activity usually takes place above deep water, with safety spotters used where appropriate. There is a similarity to the sport of deep-water soloing, but this would normally be carried out by experienced individuals not wearing equipment suitable for coasteering. Coasteering is never a dry, climbing activity.

· Jumping and Diving: are often seen as an appealing and exciting part of coasteering. These activities actually make up minimal content of a coasteering session.

A defining factor of coasteering is the opportunity provided by the marine geology for moving in the “impact zone” where water, waves, rocks, gullies, caves etc, come together to provide a very high energy environment.

Coasteering has its origins in the late 19th century and historically has been used as an alternative description for sea-level traversing. Now in the 21st century it's proving to be THE ultimate coastal adventure and its unique combination of rock, water and waves will take you to another planet!

 

Health Giving Properties!

Coasteering also has secret health-giving properties from the power and zest of sea water and its components.

Thalassotherapy, from the Greek word thalassa meaning sea, is rapidly becoming one of the most popular health and beauty treatments. Purifying, curative, rejuvenating and relaxing marine therapies are now in demand at upmarket spas and salons around the world. Although utilising the power of the sea to restore body and soul has a long history, it is only since the 1960s that this has been scientifically studied. It is the close affinity between the constituents of sea water and our own blood and the fact that the active ingredients can be absorbed through the skin by the process of osmosis, that makes sea water therapies so effective.

Seawater contains calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and copper, and this rich cocktail of minerals and vitamins has a powerful detoxifying effect and can help arthritis, rheumatism and blood circulation disorders. These marine goodies can also remineralise the body, boost circulation, reduce water retention and stimulate the metabolism.

True thalassotherapy spas use clean sea water direct from the sea. Treatments can then include the 'blitz hose', where strong jets of water are directed at key points on the body, and the 'blitz shower' where you simply walk through a corridor of water!

There are also thalassa baths where jets of water

act to massage parts of the body while you are submerged.  

If the above thalassotherapy treatments sound familiar, then yes, you got it, it's just what happens to you and your body when you go Coasteering! So never mind the spa, come coasteering with Dragoman Travel, it's a whole load more fun and exciting - and its doing you more good than you ever imagined! Just remember all those vitamins and minerals you'll be absorbing…ooooh!

 
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