Small-group boat trip · Eğil
Eğil Tigris Dam Lake Boat Tour
- Duration
- 0.75 hours
- Schedule
- 11:00–11:45
- Departs from
- Eğil
- Languages
- EN
- Payment
- On the day, no prepayment
Overview
At Eğil, about 52 kilometres from Diyarbakır, short lake tours run on the Tigris (Dicle) Dam Lake. Boats leave from below the rock on which Eğil Castle stands, and from the water you see the castle walls, the Assyrian royal tombs cut into the rock and the hillside with the tombs of the prophets. To protect this drinking-water basin, fossil-fuel boats have been banned on the lake since 2022, and 12-seat solar-powered electric boats entered service in 2024. Tea gardens and restaurants line the shore.
Boats running this tour
1 boatPick a boat to see its times, photos and booking form. You pay on board on the day.
Route
Eğil boat dock, Eğil Castle and Assyrian rock tombs, Prophet's Tomb Hill, Dicle Reservoir open waters (dam side), Eğil Boat Dock
- 11:00
- 11:10
- 11:20
- 11:30
- 11:45
Times and stop order are a sample itinerary; each boat sets its own schedule and the skipper may adjust the route for weather and sea conditions.
What's included
Included
- Lake tour
Not included
- Food and drinks
- Speedboat and jet-ski as additional activities
Who it's for
Suitable
- Families with children — no age limit
- Solo travellers and small groups — per-person seats
Not suitable / ask first
- Pets — no boat lists them as allowed
- Wheelchairs — access not listed, ask in advance
- Alcohol — no boat lists it as sold or allowed, ask first
Compiled from the details each boat gives on its own profile.
Good to know
- Meeting point
- Eğil
- Hotel pick-up
- No hotel pick-up listed; you make your own way to the meeting point.
- Season
- April–October
- Prices
- Adult ₺300 · Child ₺150Prices are each boat's current rates.
- Cancellation
- More than 24 h before: free cancellation
- 12 h–24 h before: late cancellation
- Less than 12 h before: counts as a no-show
- Weather
- If wind or waves make the trip unsafe, the operator postpones or cancels; you are never charged for an operator cancellation. You pay on board, so there is no prepayment at risk.
- Local notes
- Transportation by fossil fuel boats has been prohibited on the lake since April 1, 2022; tours are conducted with electric boats.
- Boats have a capacity of 12 passengers; queues may form on summer weekends.
- The tombs of the prophets and the castle can also be visited by land.
- Stop times show a typical schedule; exact times vary by operator.
- Some stops (small bays, open sea piers, fishing grounds) do not have coordinates verified in geographic databases and are not shown on the map; they are included in the program.
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Reviews are left for the boats on this route after the trip and are moderated.