Land Structure : In north and in west Toros Mountains starts and in south surrounded with Mediterranean Sea. Dalaman River, originates from those mountains located in north arrive to Mediterranean Sea by creating prosperity over Dalaman plain. In southern part in the town in the residues before arriving to sea level among mountain masses around Incebel hills Kocagöl, Kargın Lake and entirely containing sulphur water resources feeding is the lake Kükürtlü Lake.

Plant Cover and Natural Life : Above mentioned mountainous landscape are occupied by pine trees occasionally corrupted by fires.

At the slopes olive trees; ground levels of water, reflects the various sorts of green colour together with the trees. Flat areas belong to living areas are covered by all sorts of fruit trees developing landscape. Plantery life is in active state all over the 12 months in one year. Initerenean climate that geographical life it is possible to meet many of the living species living in sea or on land. Many Nil turtles living in ‘Kükürtlü Lake’ and Caretta Caretta living at the Mediterranean coast are the important members of natural life.

Thermal Waters : It is believed the sulphurous thermal waters of Kapıkargın and İncebel have healing powers. The İncebel thermal waters are used by the Therme Maris Hotel. Within the hotel you have beauty and care facilities, mud bath and sulphurous water pools.

Sarsıla Cove : Most of the material needed to build the train station of Dalaman came by ship from France. These ships pulled into the sheltered and calm cove of Sarsala, which is 12 kilometres from Dalaman. The cove today is one of the most popular stop points of the boats and yachts on the Blue Cruise. On the Blue Cruise route the boats go to the coves of Sarsala, Büngüş, Sıralıbük, Kurşunlu and Taşyaka (Bedri Rahmi) on the Kapıdağ Peninsula.

The water of the cove is very clean, and where there is no construction pine trees grow down to the sea. The only drawback of the area was that it had a very bad road. However, now you can get there easily using any type of vehicle. To get there you take the road from the airport through the village of Kapıkargın. Keeping to the forest road you come to one of the branches of Dalaman Stream, the Tersakan Çayı, and arrive after passing by many sulphurous lakes that are linked to the sea. The trip is scenic and extremely pleasant. When you reach the top of the cove you come across a really wonderful panoramic view.

Hippokome : Hippokome is 30 kilometres from Dalaman. The ruins of the ancient city are on a hillside in the Asarı region near the village of Çöğmen and are interesting to see. In Hippokome whose name meant the City of Horses, there are six stone tombs in the south east that attracts one’s attention. In the south west part of the old city there are more tombs, similar to the ones in Telmossos in Fethiye and in the Kepezbaşı region there are ruins of buildings that are dated to Roman and Byzantine eras.

There are other sites to visit that we can recommend to those who stay in Sarıgerme or Dalaman and want to spend more time looking around. There are stone tombs in Gökdağ, Lycian stone-cut tombs in Kayadibi, the ancient city of Oktapolis in Bozbel, the Hiras, Ilıca and Çal streamlets in Hisar, the Demiriçi Çarşısı (the metal market) in Gürköy and historical Akköprü on the Dalaman Stream. There have been no excavations carried out on these ancient cities. The ruins are spread around but we are certain that they will offer a pleasant tour.

The ancient settlements on the Kapıdag Peninsula : Krya, according to some historians, was a Carian city and according to others a Lycian one. The tombs cut into the stone in Taşkaya, to the south west of Krya, are an indicator that the city was Lycian. The ancient city of Lissa is to the south of the Kargin Lake. On the western end of the Gulf of Fethiye you will comes across the ruins from the ancient city of Lydia. Lydia gained importance under Byzantine rule and you can see remains from this era also.

Kalynda : After you have travelled for two kilometres away from Dalaman towards Fethiye you will see the turn to Şerefler village. Leave the main road and take it. Şerefler is only a kilometre from the turning point. The ruins from the ancient Carian city of Kalynda are on a hillside just 200 metres above the village school building. Little of Kalynda has survived to present day. All in all, there are just a few pieces of wall and that is it. The historian Herodotus wrote of Kalynda that the city for some time was under the rule of Kaunos and, by allying itself with Knidos, it revolted against Kaunos. Under siege, it then asked for the help of the people of Rhodes. Kalynda minted its own coins, with the portrait of God Zeus and a figure of an eagle with wide open wings and holding a bolt of lightning appearing on them.

Rafting in the Dalaman Stream

The Dalaman River has become one of the Turkey’s most popular rafting spots in recent years. The stream has two different levels of difficulty. The higher one has a difficulty level of 3rd grade and can only be undertaken with rafting boats. The lower level can be done by "river canoeing" and is advised for the beginners. On this stage, which only has a level one difficulty rating, children can also join in. This might be the last year when one can raft or river canoe on the Dalaman Stream as the building of a dam on the waterway is progressing rapidly.