Altınbeşik Cave & Ormana Village Tour From Side

Altınbeşik cave tour from Side is a wonderful day trip to the magnificent natural beauties and deep-rooted history of the Mediterranean region that has just been opened to tourism. The places we will see in this wonderful nature tour are;

Green canyon view; Awesome panoramic view of the Oymapınarı dam, known as the Green Canyon, at a height of approximately 1250 meters, from the Taurus Mountains.

İbradı, Ormana, Sarıhacılar villages and Buttoned houses; Ormana, Ürünlü, Sarıhacılar villages of Antalya’s Akseki and İbradı districts are known as the first settlements of the Turks in the Taurus Mountains, and with their unusual architecture, juniper, cedar and tar trees were used as skeletons and were built with a cementless locking system in the form of stone piling with horosan mortar prepared using eggs. They are famous for their historical houses, which are called button houses because the outside parts of the skeleton look like buttons. These yörük villages are also on the historical caravan migration routes (silk road).

Altinbesik cave ; It is about 90 km away from Side. Altınbeşik Cave, which takes its name from the Altınbeşik Hill at the top, is the first in Turkey and the third largest underground lake cave in Europe.

Altınbeşik Cave is at an altitude of 450 meters from the sea and consists of 3 floors.

The depth of the water in the cave is 15 meters, the water is soda and fish do not live.

Pigeons and bats live in the cave. It was discovered in 1966.

There are 20 ponds inside the cave, the part of which has been discovered from the mouth so far is 5.5 km.

The length of the cave is estimated to be at least 50 km.

The cave is entered via a 400-meter-long underground lake by boat without normal equipment.

At the end of the lake at the entrance, magnificent travertine formations, stalactites and stalagmites, reminiscent of Pamukkale, are worth seeing.

The water of Altınbeşik Cave, which is a horizontal and partially active cave system, comes from the underground springs of Beyşehir Lake, which is 90 km away.

The air inside is humid and its temperature is 16 degrees and it does not change in summer or winter.

When you go in front of the cave in summer, you feel the coolness. It is said that the air of the cave is good for asthma patients, but no official explanation or research has been made.

Altınbeşik National Park; The region including Altınbeşik Cave was declared a national park in 1994.

Altınbeşik National Park is very rich in terms of vegetation diversity. In the National Park, where a total of 605 types of plants, 69 of which are endemic, are grown, old pathways have been revived for eco-tourism and plant promotion tours and nature walks are carried out.

You will have free time for the Altınbeşik National Park forest excursion. Our lunch is at the restaurant near the national park.

The Altınbeşik cave tour from Side is a must-see tour to stay alone with a beautiful and wild nature, and for their unusual button-down house.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE:

* Although our groups are mostly foreign, our local customers can also join our Altınbeşik cave and button houses tour from Side.

* You can take your camera and mobile phone with you.

* Wear comfortable shoes and clothes

Routes where we offer free transfers from your address:

Cenger, Kizilot, Kizilagac, Side, Kumkoy, Evrenseki, Colakli, Gundogdu, Manavgat city center, Sorgun, Titreyengol