Beneath the surface of Cappadocia lies a world that most travellers only glimpse a vast, labyrinthine civilisation carved deep into volcanic rock by human hands thousands of years ago. This private underground cities tour takes you further than any group tour can, giving you exclusive access to both Kaymakli and Derinkuyu two of the most remarkable underground settlements ever discovered anywhere on earth.
These cities were not temporary shelters. They were fully functioning subterranean worlds, home to thousands of people who lived, worked, worshipped, and survived entirely beneath the ground. Kaymakli stretches eight levels deep, with tunnels connecting stables, storage rooms, wine cellars, kitchens, churches, and ventilation shafts in a feat of ancient engineering that continues to astonish archaeologists today. Derinkuyu goes deeper still — eighteen levels in total, with a capacity estimated at over twenty thousand people, connected by a single ventilation shaft so perfectly designed that fresh air reaches the lowest level even now.
Most tours visit one. We take you into both privately, at your own pace, with a licensed guide who has spent years studying these extraordinary places and knows how to bring their stories to life in a way that no audio guide or information board ever could.
Your experience begins with a private hotel pickup. There are no shared vehicles, no waiting for other groups, and no rigid schedule. Your guide sets the context during the drive the geology of Cappadocia, the history of the civilisations who carved these cities, and the human stories behind the tunnels you are about to walk through. By the time you descend into your first city, you understand not just what you are seeing, but why it exists and what it meant to the people who built it.
A Short stop at piegeon valley for photos and Oynx stone workshop and then we visit the underground cities.
Kaymakli comes first, followed by Derinkuyu. Between the two cities, your guide provides time and space to absorb what you have seen before taking you deeper underground for the second chapter of the day. You return to your hotel having experienced something genuinely rare a private, unhurried, expert-guided journey into one of humanity's most extraordinary achievements.
