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• Gorgeous views, great organization and guide, enjoyed rafting

  armassey,,Aug 31, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  Zenofon Tours was very organized, communicative, and accommodating, even agreeing to come pick us up at our hotel that was not on their list. The tour guide was great and provided a lot of helpful tips and interesting information about the region. My spouse and I chose to do the whitewater rafting add-on at Dag Rafting and that was mostly nice. We paid 2,500TL per person (pricey but I think it can be a bit cheaper if you have three or more people going) and that included the rafting as well as clothes to change into (they also had water repellent clothing but we just chose to get wet, it wasn't very cold by the end of August) and shoes to wear on the raft. (Note that they don't provide towels so bring one.) They're not very dangerous rapids, just Class II, but it was honestly nice to float down the river with gorgeous views. The part on the water took between 30-45 minutes. My only complaint is they were interrupting us the whole time to get pictures and video, of which the lowest tier for purchasing cost $50 USD. If I had known that at the beginning, I would have told them not to bother taking pictures and leave us alone to enjoy the views. Then we drove up to a plateau in Ayder, and the views on the ride were just gorgeous. As we drove up, we went along the river and there are tons of those cool old Ottoman bridges. We stopped up at the top of a slope and had a beautiful spot for pictures, but there wasn't really much to do up there except go to tourist shops or a restaurant, or maybe have a picnic on the grass slope. All the restaurants have gorgeous views; we went to Eylul and liked it a lot. There doesn't seem to be great walking or hiking in the area where we were dropped off, which is a shame because the mountains were really stunning. On the way back, we stopped at an old Ottoman bridge with some old graves and were able to look around and take pictures. Beautiful. Overall, we were glad we did it, although I think if we hadn't done the rafting it may have been somewhat underwhelming.

• Great tour

  P142RVbb,,Aug 4, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Great tour, rafting was fun and the water was refreshing and not cold. Time on the water is about 25 minutes. Our guide was very knowledgeable and went above and beyond to make sure everyone had an enjoyable experience.

• Amazing trip

  Elsa I,,Jun 5, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  It was an amazing experience to visit rize with Zinofon tours, it is a very beautiful place indeed with the mesmerizing view of Ayder Plateau , it is very similar to Switzerland. I would like to thank the driver Hussein and the tour guide Eram , they are very kind , helpful , and knowledgeable, always smiling and trying to make our trip as enjoyable as possible. Eram speaks English very well and that was really helpful. I just have one thing that could be better , if we had the rafting activity in another place because the views are better.

• Would choose other tours instead

  D9343FRmariam,,Apr 16, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  2.00

  The experience was very similar to the uzungol trip with several overlaps and we did not have a tour guide. Just the driver was present. I don’t feel like I got my money’s worth for this tour.

• Rize to Ayder heights .. tour of dreams

  Ahmed A A,,Jul 20, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  The tour was amazing , from the waterfall all the way to Ayder heights , beautiful scenery, greens fields , and rafting was super fun and really worth trying .. Zagnos tours did a great job and Alaa , our tour guide , was very good. Highly recommend you do this tour.

  

  

  

• Worth it!

  Khaled A,,Jun 19, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Amazing tour. Tour guide named Samil was very knowledgeable and made the whole trip fun. Thank you so much for this experience

• Great

  Rasha A,,Jun 18, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Wonderful times, views and informative . Samil the tour guide and Hussain were very nice and helpful very good English. Was happy to have the next day organised tour with them again :)

• Excellent

  Moustafa A,,Jun 18, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Amazing, very nice tour Well organised, a beautiful day trip Samil & Hussein are nice and very helpful Thank you

• Thoroughly enjoyed both our tours.

  Walkermclay,,Jun 14, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Both of our tours tours with Zenofon tours were excellent. Our guide communicated with us frequently prior to the start of the tour, she spoke flawless English and was very knowledgeable. Highly recommend them.

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Fantastic Tour

  Lindsey S,,Jun 7, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We hsd a fun and very knowledgeable... fantastic guide. Loved the lush, green mountains and valleys of northeastern Turkey! It was a great tour!

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