Turkey’s only company dedicated to Self Guided Tours.
Everything Started in 2014
We wanted to provide visitors to Turkey the chance to explore freely and experience lesser-known places away from the typical tourist track. Everyone travels and explores at their own pace and in their own way; that’s why we offer only self-guided tours, ensuring the most enjoyable, laid back trip possible.
For us, Traveling is a Way of Life not Just a Job.
We lived a mobile life, exploring different parts of Turkey, for six years, constantly in search of new places, better experiences and new routes. Needless to say, we love traveling and now aim to:
Altay Özcan
Altay graduated from Hacettepe University, Ankara in 2006 and became a professional licensed tourist guide in 2009. He worked as an activity leader specialising in canyoning , sea kayaking, trekking and mountain biking in Kaş before maturing into a cultural guide.
He now guides an international clientele exploring the diversity of all the regions of Turkey.
Altay was a member of the Conquest Coast Expedition which aimed at and succeeded in paddling from the Syrian border in Hatay to İstanbul in 2007.
He hiked all around Turkey and is co-founder & co-author of the Carian Trail project. His love of the outdoors and nature is expressed through his photography which has been published in several books and many magazines.
As a member of Cultural Routes Society, he is actively taking part in making new hiking/biking trails in different parts of Turkey. He is also a Fellow member of the Royal Geographical Society.
Rikki Lee Roath
Hailing from the frosty landscapes of Fargo, North Dakota, Rikki grew up spending as much time as possible outdoors, sparking her lifelong love affair with being active and a thirst for exploration.
After completing high school early and spending a brief stint in China, Rikki realized that her true passion lay in the world of culinary arts and redirected her path to Berkeley, CA, where she attended cooking school and honed her culinary skills in various restaurants before her wanderlust got the best of her again.
Since putting a pause on her culinary career, Rikki has traveled to dozens of countries, exploring many on two wheels or just her own two feet until ultimately settling in Turkey to pursue work as a cooking/travel show host.
After meeting Altay while volunteering on the Carian Trail, Rikki shifted her ambitions once again, this time focusing more on the tourism side of the spectrum, working on Self-Guided Turkey and other projects in and around the country.
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