Ekincik is often the first stop after a day sailing from Marmaris, like a natural harbour it is safe from southern  and most norstheastern winds

This bay is a natural harbour and safe against nearly all winds. To say the bad news first: unfortunately, sometimes the coastal thunderstorms unload here, which can be very uncomfortable, because they usually come from north(northwest and bring falling winds and gusts from the hills) and in case of very strong northern winds, it is absolutely necessary to keep an eye on the anchor. Especially, when you are in the north-western part of the bay, because slipping anchors often occur in the sandy ground!
But as well mooring in the south-eastern part of the bay, which is usually absolutely safe, can be a problem, when nightly falling winds make anchors slipp (maybe the one of your neighbour...) and quick action necessary! If it´s windy, a guard watching the anchor should be named during the night!

If the weather is calm (as mostly), it is a very beautifull place. Surrounded by green forests, some farms on the other side of the bay, a small jetty in the north-western part with water and enough depth to stop there. Usually, you drop your anchor in the south-eastern part, just in front of the Restaurant

"My Marina", which offers a fantastic view over the bay and a excellent fish-dinner (while you watch your boat with slipping anchors driving away without you *joking*).

The dinner is epensive, but worth the money. Big crews get the best reservations earlier. When arriving at the bay, and preparing for anchorage, immidiately a helper with an inflatable speedboat will give you assistance, and you should tell him the reservation desires! Don´t worry: to go to the restaurant is a wish, the help is free, and there is no obligation to go there. But where else will you go there? And the atmosphere is really worth the expense!

Theer are 2 small beach Tavernas in the north-western part, basic turkish food. Nice, but nothing special. Water can be taken from the jetty there.

In the evening, the boats of "Ekincik Dalyan Coop" pass by, and ask for daytrips with thewir small Kaikies to the river Delta of Kaunos. This is about 1 hour boatride away, and they take you into the river´s delta, pass you along teh Lycian graves up in the mountains, and let you visit the ancient town of Kaunos., Later, you might be interested to take a mud-bath (very healthy, they say), and see little turtles, the famous thing of Dalyan. This beach is one of the breding points of the famous "carretta caretta" turtle, and the environmential congregation of Turkey won against big rourist organisations: the beach is preserved natural reservation, you can´t sunbath everywhere, and building of houses is prohibited!

Price for the trips is "per boat", and they do not allow to pool people from different boats together.... the costs vary between 100 and 150 Euros. If you are enough participants, it´s worth the trip. We recommend, to go in the VERY early morning and take the "short trip" only. If you don´t stay too long in Kaunos for lunchtime, you will be back early enough, to sail further to

Disibilmez Burun (some name it Asi Koyu)  

this bay is deep cut in the mountains, and there is a simple Taverna. Clear prices before you order!
It´s nice within these rocky bay, beautifull trees, fresh water, and early dark, because of the high hills around!

If you don´t like it there, you can sail further to the small island "Baba Adasi", which is on the Dalaman. bay.
Books describe an anchorage, but that is full mostly with local boats. But it is normally no problem, to drop the anchor about 20-30m from the islan´s shore on 6-8m. Use your whole chain and check, if the anchor is fix. Then you have a nice night, if it is not a stormy night, because wind passes through the passage. On the other side of the passage are 2 hotels, some make music very long, but it is not too loud and noisy. It´s ice to climb up the rocky Baba Adasi (Daddy´s island) and have a view over the sea. You can as well watch the tourists coming and going: by plane at Dalaman airport, which lies about 3 km east.