Cappadocia Tour from Kundu: A Family Break from the Big Resorts
Kundu is where Antalya's eastern beach turns into a run of very large resort complexes, many of them built for families who rarely leave the grounds. The tour keeps you away for just one night, yet taking children inland for two long days still needs some planning.
Short answer
Kundu is a served pickup area, so the Cappadocia 2-day tour can be booked straight from your resort, and being collected and brought back is in the price. Coaches go every Tuesday and Friday. The time for your resort, and where to meet the coach, are confirmed after booking, matched to the hotel; this page does not print a time.
Will the coach come to a resort complex in Kundu?
Yes. Kundu sits in the set of Antalya-area resorts the operator covers as a matter of course, so there is no request step: enter your resort on the booking form, pick the date and the travellers, and send it.
Complexes here are large, with separate wings, villas and service roads. Name the main resort as it appears on your voucher, and if your family is in a villa section, say so in the notes.
Which gate of a big Kundu complex should we wait at?
The main entrance, unless your message says otherwise. That is where coaches are let in and where security staff expect them at night. If a property has restricted vehicle access — a closed service road, works at the gate, a villa wing reached only on foot — the operator names a designated meeting point nearby instead, usually just outside the main gate.
Walking from a far-off wing with sleepy children takes longer than you think, so leave the room a few minutes early.
How will we learn when the coach reaches our resort?
By message, once the booking is in. The operator times each hotel from the night's full list, so the minute for your resort depends on where it falls in that run; the arrangement is broadly the same right across the Antalya area, but nobody can give you your own figure until the list exists.
Keep the phone on through the evening before. The pickup page sets out how every belt is handled.
Tuesday or Friday — which fits a week in Kundu better?
Choose the day that leaves both ends of your holiday untouched. The return falls in the evening of the second day, so a Tuesday tour has you back on Wednesday night and a Friday tour on Saturday night.
Avoid placing it just before your flight home. A late return followed by an early airport transfer is hard on adults and harder on tired children. Many families keep the day after the tour for the pool and the kids' club.
Is a two-day coach trip a good idea with children?
It can be, if you are honest about the hours. The coach sets off in the night, the first leg alone is roughly 3 h 15 min, and the second day ends with a long drive back via Konya. Children who sleep easily in a moving seat cope far better than those who do not.
On the plus side, the Underground City feels like an adventure to most children, and babies sit on a parent's lap and take no seat. A child booked at the child fare who turns out to be 8 or older pays their own entrance fee. Cappadocia with children covers the rest.
What is the overnight hotel like after a Kundu resort?
Simpler, and that is worth knowing in advance. The night is spent in a 3- or 4-star hotel in Cappadocia, given out by availability, with dinner on arrival (drinks extra) and breakfast the next morning. Expect a comfortable room for one night, not a holiday complex.
If suitable rooms are free, an upgrade may be possible; our licensed guide can help arrange it, and it may cost extra. A single room carries a supplement confirmed at booking. Where you stay explains the night in detail.
Which places do we visit on the way through Cappadocia?
After the long morning drive, the first visit is the Underground City, carved as a refuge and included in the fare. The afternoon brings Pigeon Valley, a panorama at the foot of Uçhisar Castle, an onyx and sultanite centre, and Love Valley with its tall tuff pillars; a Red Valley sunset can be added.
Day two adds a leather centre and a Turkish delight centre — both shopping stops, with no obligation to buy — and an optional lunch in Konya before the drive home. The stop-by-stop version is in the itinerary.
Can the whole family see the balloons?
Watching them together is the easy option: an optional sunrise transfer to a viewing terrace suits all ages. Flying is a different matter. Flights depend on weather and on official aviation approval granted day by day, so none can be promised, and the price varies by day.
The guide tells you on the spot what is possible that morning. If flights are called off, read what happens when balloons are cancelled.
Hotels we collect from in Kundu
The Kundu hotels already in our booking form. Yours missing? Type its name in the form and we check the pickup for you.
17 hotels listed
- Adalya Elite Lara
- Aska Lara Resort & Spa
- Aska River Suites
- Asteria Kremlin Palace
- IC Hotels Green Palace
- IC Hotels Residence
- Mac Royal Suites
- Melas Lara Hotel
- Royal Holiday Palace
- Royal Seginus
- Swandor Hotels & Resorts Topkapı Palace
- Titanic Mardan Palace
- Trendy Lara
- Venezia Palace Deluxe Resort
- Wind of Lara Hotel & Spa
- WOW Kremlin Palace
- WOW Topkapı Palace