thank you all so kindly i have passed on the info the pics are stunning i hope my customers enjoy it i would still rather be in something with an engine i did it in a micro lite that was brill done it with fly south 35 quid not bad and not as long as the paragliding but still great fun
once again thanks for the replies

Hi maverick
my girls are keen to do the microlight flight this year (I am not so sure!!) How long does it last and how high do you go?Where do take of and land?
Saw a few of them last year - looked much tamer than the parascending

hi lallygirl
the micro lights take off in between hisaronu and ovacik at the back of the ascena hotel hisaronu the company is called fly south there reps name is jean loverly lady her mobile number is 05427108288 or phone fly south direct on 00902526166398 or
fax 00902526166018 hope this info is okay dont quote me on the price though it was two years ago
regards
john

i have just spoken to a friend in hisaronu and he said last year it was £55 but still worth it for the views
regards
john

Thank you

Last year there was a Microlite with a difference that took off and landed from the water in Olu Deniz. I fancied that one but finished up doing the Babadag jump instead. 11 out of 10 for that one.

I think thats what I saw parky ..am far too much of a wuss to jump of a mountain but may try that

Lallygirl, when I jumped off the top of Babadag, you would have known. My wife said that when I jumped, with my size it was like a solar eclipse. The whole of Olu Deniz went pitch black.

When I put the jump suit on I could only fasten the front down one of my legs. The harness had to do the rest of the job.

You are much braver than me! I could never but must admit everyone I spoke to loved it

Hiya

I managed to post to picks of paragliding at Lykia World
Tandra x

Me and my fiance are going to Olu Deniz in July.

He has done a tandem sky dive, but I am guessing that is nothing compared to paragliding in Olu Deniz! (He did his sky dive in Kent!) haha!

I would really love to do it, we went last year and my friend spent about 4 hours up on the mountain before being sent back down due to cloed cover (better to be safe than sorry)
Although I wasn't complaining, got spend a good few hours drinking in the Cloud 9 bar!

Zoe

HI Just returned from another excellent hol in Hisaronu but was amazed to see very little paragliding from Babadag this year . When I enquired as to for why I recieved a few conflicting replies , namely (1) too many accidents (2) pilots on strike due to increased Take off and insurance charges (3 ) government levies (4) lack of customers . Anyone know the true reason for the demise of this popular activity?
regards---- wee-john

In a Fethiye newspaper recently (Land of Lights) there was an article about the crisis for paragliding.
The entrance fee to Babadag mountain has gone up from 25 YTL to 35YTL and this year the instructors have to pay as well.
The President of the Association of Paragliders in Oludeniz made a comment that the increase in entrance fee means beheading the hen which lays the egg!

We did this years ago off of Baba Mt....and have the pictures to prove it . I was chatting to somebody about it at the gym today and they were very interested. Although they've never been to Turkey...they have done parasailing and paragliding before and have never ever been allowed to take a camera with them....safety reasons. Does anybody know if you can STILL take a camera to take photos when paragliding off Baba Mt.?

last year my husband did it and they were allowed a camera, not sure if rules have changed this year though, im sure someone thats done it this year will give you more info

Brilliant - thanks for that! We did ours about 10 years ago now. Turkey being Turkey I didn't THINK the safety rule would apply there! I'll tell this couple on Wednesday.....and no doubt they'll book to go there!!

I went this year with Focus paragliding and they took photos for me. A husband and wife team were on the beach with camers that had v long lens. They put the photos onto a CD for me. The guy who I was strapped to took a digi camcorder up with him, and he took a tremdous film which he put onto a DVD for me. Why bother spoiling the experience looking through the lens of a camera when you can get someone to do the work for you - just enjoy the ride

my 16yr old and I both did it in August this year. He won his on a raffle at our hotel (club sun city) so we only had to pay the £10 insurance and I got mine for £50 so it was £60 for the two of us. It's not jumping its "running & sitting." I kept repeating this as a mantra up the mountain.

1) to convince myself that I could not jump off a mountain but I could run & was excellent at sitting.

2) it took my mind off the sheer drops, narrow roads and nonchalant driver....

I never, ever do fair ground rides etc (I held coats/bags for 2 weeks in Florida....) so hubby was gobsmacked that I would paraglide but I'd been looking at them all week coming gracefully over our mountain ridge and thinking how peaceful it looked and knew i'd be gutted if i came home and didn't give it a go. It was THE best. It wasn't scary it was tranquil. The views were amazing. My pilot asked if I wanted to do a spiral and I declined. I've got a fab pic on my phone of my knees and Olu lagoon, turquoise blue, below. I wouldn't have missed it for the world and would love to do it again.

Went to olu last year for a week and really wanted to do the paragliding off the babadag mountain but (a) run out of time & money (b) wasnt sure about the insurance side of things and (c) bottled it!! lol

Am going back for two weeks on the 14th and am determined to do it this time

Can anyone recommend any of the (many) companies that offer tandem paragliding in the area

Cheers all
*Merged to existing topic Briar