In our tour where nature and culture meet in a wonderful geography, we will visit Altınbeşik Cave, Turkey's first and Europe's third largest underground lake cave, and Ormana, a village famous for its 500-year-old button houses. We will take pictures of the Yılkı horses on the Eynif Plain.
Departing from Antalya at 09.00 in the morning, we arrive at Altınbeşik Cave at 11.30 am which is the largest underground lake cave in Turkey, named after Altınbeşik Hill on the upper part of it. The depth of the water in the cave, which is 450 meters above sea level and consists of 3 floors, is 15 meters. Pigeons and bats live in the cave, where fish do not live because the water contains carbonate. The water of Altınbeşik Cave, which has a horizontal and partially active cave system, comes from the underground springs of Beyşehir Lake, which is 90 km away. The temperature of the humid air inside is 16 degrees and does not change in summer and winter. We will enter the cave, which was discovered in 1966, over the underground lake with 6-8-person boats and watch the stalactites and stalagmites. At the same time, we will see the natural bridge in the high ceiling part. You will not be able to get enough of watching this unique cave with underwater lighting on its walls and lake section. The area where Altınbeşik Cave is located was declared a national park in 1994. In the national park, where a total of 605 plants, 69 of which are endemic, grow, old pathways have been revived for eco-tourism and plant promotion tours and nature walks are held. After our cave visit, we will have a short free time for a forest tour in Altınbeşik National Park.
After our walk in an environment with high oxygen content and clean air, we go to Ormana, where we will have lunch . Ormana is a village in Antalya's İbradı district, famous for its button houses with a history of 500 years. After lunch, we start to visit the village, which is known as one of the first settlements of the Antalya Nomad Turks in the Taurus Mountains. We visit the Button Houses, which are made of wood obtained from juniper, tar and cedar trees, interlocking with each other, using them as a skeleton, piling stones inside, and using no materials such as mortar or cement. The houses were given this name because the outer parts of the skeleton look like buttons.
After our visit to the button houses, we go to Eynif Plain, which is located in the region where the Taurus Mountains cut the Mediterranean and Anatolia like a knife. We take pictures of the wildly beautiful Yılkı horses in this plain, where the nomads of Antalya stay for a long time while ascending and descending the plateaus in spring and autumn. Then we move on to Tolhan. Eynif Plain, which has been the crossing point of caravans for centuries, was the resting stop of a journey from one side of the Taurus Mountains to the other and the shelter of the caravans at this point, Tolhan. After seeing Tolhan, a 13th century Seljuk Caravanserai, we start our return journey. |
• Departure and Return Transfer
• Travel insurance
• Guidance Service
• Entry Fees
• Lunch
• Beverages
• Personal expenses
Pick-up from the hotel or meeting point and drop-off at the hotel or meeting point on the way back
Online or cash payment before the tour