The day of an Andırın to Çukurova Airport transfer is the day a summer in the highlands comes to an end. Shutters come down, the water is turned off, the last tomatoes are picked from the garden. The drive winds down wooded mountain roads to the plain and then west to the airport near Tarsus. This page is about closing up a highland house in time for a flight, agreeing a meeting point and sorting out the journey when several households are heading home.
Closing the House Is Part of the Trip
Leaving a house you have lived in for weeks is nothing like checking out of a hotel. There is a lot to do on the last morning, and all of it takes time. Split the jobs and start the day before:
- Empty the fridge and leave spare food with neighbours or relatives.
- Turn off the water, electricity and bottled gas, and agree who keeps the key.
- Close the cases the night before and line them up near the door.
- Keep passports, ID and flight details together in one small bag.
- Seal highland produce well and check your airline's weight allowance.
- If the children need one, add a child seat to the booking as an extra.
When the last morning is just breakfast and locking the door, the journey starts calmly.
Counting Back From the Flight
Start with the departure time. Subtract the check-in and bag-drop window your airline recommends. Allow for security. Then add the winding road from the highlands down to the district centre and the stretch across the plain to the airport. The result is your pickup time. You choose it and enter it in the booking form.
Autumn mornings can bring fog to the forested slopes, and on the mountain road the driver sets the pace by visibility. If you are leaving at the end of the season, add a little extra to the sum.
When a Big Vehicle Cannot Reach the Door
Some roads up to highland houses are narrow, unsurfaced or steep. A large vehicle such as a Mercedes Sprinter cannot always reach every door, and in that case it stops at the nearest suitable spot. Plan for this in advance rather than finding out on the morning. In the notes, give the name of the highland settlement, your house and a meeting point nearby: the spring, the mosque, a road junction or a village shop. Getting a neighbour to run the heavy cases down to that point is a common solution.
If your group is small enough, a smaller vehicle class gets closer to the door. Two people fit a Business Sedan or Premium Sedan, and a family of up to six a VIP Vito.
Several Households, Different Days
Relatives who went up together do not always come down together. One leaves early because leave runs out, another stays until school starts. Those flying on the same day and the same flight can gather at one house, and an eight-seat Mercedes Vito or fifteen-seat Mercedes Sprinter takes everyone in one vehicle. Households leaving on different days or flights need separate bookings. Prices are per vehicle, not per person, and the form shows each class side by side.
Making the Booking
In the form, choose Andırın or your highland address as the starting point and Çukurova Airport as the destination. Add the flight number, departure time, meeting point and your phone number to the notes. If your leaving day changes, send a change request from the My Reservation page. For more about the district and its highlands, see our Andırın transfer page.
Frequently Asked Questions
We are closing up the highland house. When should we be ready?
Ideally the house is shut and the cases are by the door when the vehicle arrives. Do jobs like turning off the water, electricity and gas and emptying the fridge the day before. Set the pickup time by counting back from departure, allowing for check-in, security and the mountain road, so the last morning is only about locking up.
Where do we meet if the vehicle cannot reach our highland house?
Name a meeting point near the house in the notes, somewhere the vehicle can stop easily, such as the spring, the mosque or the junction with the main road. If the vehicle cannot reach your door, it waits there. A smaller vehicle class helps on narrow lanes if your numbers allow. Remember to add a working phone number.
Two households are leaving on different days. Is one booking enough?
No. Households leaving on different days or flights need separate bookings, each with its own pickup time and address. Those flying out together on the same day can gather at one house and share a vehicle. A Mercedes Vito suits up to eight people, and a Mercedes Sprinter works for larger groups.
Will a foggy autumn morning affect our flight?
Fog is common on the wooded slopes on autumn mornings, and the driver adjusts speed to visibility, which can lengthen the mountain section of the drive. If you leave at the end of the season, add extra margin to the pickup time. If your flight changes or you want to leave earlier, send a change request from the My Reservation page.
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