The Best Canyons & Gorges in Turkey

Pınarbaşı and Kemaliye

Horma Canyon is a narrow gorge with high rock walls and a river about 3 km long. Visitors walk a wooden walkway fixed to the canyon walls to Ilıca Waterfall, then return by minibus or taxi. Valla Canyon is a narrow gorge where steep rock walls rise 800 to 1,200 meters above a river. Visitors walk about 1 km through forest to a spiral terrace over the rim. Karanlık Canyon has steep dark walls several hundred metres above the Euphrates River. Visitors look down from rim viewpoints or take a boat tour along the base.

Manavgat and Fethiye

Tazı Canyon is a gorge cut by the Köprüçay River between cliffs reaching about 400 metres, with a valley only 30 to 50 metres wide. Visitors mostly look down from rim terraces linked by walkways, and many arrive by car, ATV or organised tour. Saklıkent Gorge has towering cliffs over a narrow, ice-cold mountain river. Visitors wade up the river on foot, with a short boardwalk at the start, and some take rafts.