Güver Kanyonu Tabiat Parkı

About Güver Kanyonu Tabiat Parkı

Güver Kanyonu Tabiat Parkı protects the Güver canyon, also called the Güver cliff (Güver Uçurumu), in Döşemealtı, about 15 to 20 km from central Antalya and 5 km from the Döşemealtı district centre. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry declared it a nature park on 6 April 2020, covering 262.92 hectares, and the canyon itself is classed as a strictly protected sensitive area. The canyon has been cut into travertine rock, a process estimated to have taken around a million years. Its cliffs drop about 115 metres and split the plateau into three parts. Wikipedia gives the canyon's length as about 2 km and its width as 20 to 30 metres, on the Döşemealtı plateau at 280 to 300 metres above sea level, with the Güver, Karaman and Gürkavak streams running through it. Viewing terraces line the canyon rim, and the far end gives a panoramic view over Antalya. The surrounding vegetation is Mediterranean, with red pine, juniper, holm oak, carob, mastic and heather. Wildlife recorded in the area includes fallow deer, roe deer, wild goat, wild boar, fox, badger, hare, turtle dove, eagles and falcons. The ministry describes the park as a place to look down into the gorge from the viewpoints, take photographs, walk and mountain bike. An entry control point, a nature education centre, a wildlife information centre and day-use areas have been proposed, and there is no accommodation on site. The ministry lists opening hours of 07:00 to 23:59.