Karpaz Gate Marina in North Cyprus has announced a new collaboration with the innovative community cruising guide; Navily.
The award-winning 5 Gold Anchor marina has joined the expanding network of destinations. Listing on this innovative community platform helps inform boaters about best berthing spots and anchorages.
The marina has joined more than 600 other partner ports on the popular social platform. The app aims to help boat owners and crew to easily find and book berths. At the same time, it enables users to share testimonies with the Navily community.
Karpaz Gate Marina is the first marina in Cyprus and among the first in the Eastern Mediterranean to collaborate with Navily. It has signed up for the partnership as part of the development of an enhanced digital communications strategy. This informs and engages with boaters and visitors about its premium services and facilities. It also raise awareness about North Cyprus, and facilitates customer booking and interaction.
The Navily app and website now has over 110,000 users.
Share information
Boaters can rank their stay and share information. They can also add and view information about nearby anchorages and mooring spots around the North Cyprus coastline. Boat owners interested in visiting or berthing at the marina can also opt to use the Navily booking service. This allows boaters to send a short and long-term booking request via a simple feature on their phone or tablet.
As both a cruising guide and reservation tool, Navily centralises reliable and recent information. It offers boaters easily accessible information on marinas and anchorages through testimonies. More than 20,000 anchorages around the world have been shared by the Navily community. Using the Navily anchorage spot feature, boaters can browse the map and view a colour classification for each location. They can see ratings for each marina based on user opinions. In a few clicks, boaters can reserve a place at their chosen marina.
Official port of entry
Official Port of Entry Karpaz Gate Marina opened in 2011 and achieved 5 Gold Anchor Status in 2013. It was awarded TYHA International Marina of the Year in 2017 and TYHA International Marina of the Year Runner-Up in 2018/19.
The marina caters for yachts up to 60m, with leisure facilities including the exceptional Beach Club, with 33m infinity pool and watersports centre. It has a Club, gym, children’s play area and Hemingway’s Resto-Bar. The Karpaz Gate Marina Technical Centre has a 300-ton capacity travel lift and 18,000 square metre dry dock area. This meets demand for a range of requests from maintenance work to hull painting and teak replacement.
The Navily app is available to download on iOS and Android at www.navily.com