Deve Beach

This guide to Deve Beach near the Muğla village of Ortakent traces how a plain stretch once called Kargı Cove got renamed for the camels that kept lying down and jumping on its sand. It follows the guides who lead the animals on short supervised loops today, and the very different camel trade a few minutes up the coast at Yahşi, bred for winter wrestling festivals rather than tourist rides. Along the way it points out a wildflower pushing up through the same trampled sand, rare enough that few beaches anywhere still support it.