Jeep safari through Cappadocia valleys

The valleys between Göreme, Çavuşin and Uçhisar are crossed by dirt tracks that only 4x4s can manage. A convoy of open-top jeeps, each with a local driver and five guests, follows a route through Red Valley, Rose Valley and Love Valley.

The convoy stops four times: at a rock-cut church with frescoes, at a pigeon-house cliff, at a viewpoint over the fairy chimneys and, at the end, on a ridge for sunset with a picnic of local wine, juices and mezes. Drivers keep the pace steady rather than fast, and a lead guide explains the geology and the history of the cave settlements.

For a team challenge, we can add a navigation game in which each jeep follows clues to the picnic spot by a different route.