Tour Overview
Visit the Maçahel which was declared as the first and only biosphere reserve area of our country in 2005 by UNESCO with a private tour from Trabzon. Spend 2 days full of fun with your family or friends in untouched nature.
Highlights
Itinerary
In the afternoon, we start our tour at Trabzon Airport or your preferred location. We continue our journey to Borçka Karagöl with our professional air-conditioned vehicle and our professional guide who knows best about its culture. Then we leave the coastal road to Hopa and continue on Artvin / Borçka road. After passing the Cankurtaran Pass by the tunnel, we arrive at Borcka. We take a short break at Muratlı Dam and then move and reach to Karagöl, an oxygen reservoir surrounded by emerald green forests at an altitude of 1500m above sea level. During your time in Karagöl, you can make a boat trip on the lake, take pictures of the most beautiful nature, walk around the lake and in nature. After sightseeing and lunch, we leave Karagöl and we are heading to Maçahel, which was declared the first and only biosphere reserve area of our country in 2005 by UNESCO. We're settling in our mountain house. After dinner, sipping our coffee on the one hand while listening to detailed information about our guide, Maçahel. Then we are resting by giving free time.
After breakfast, place our luggage in our vehicles and go down to the center of Camili Village. Here you will find the opportunity to see our border very closely with Georgia. Then we continue to Maral Village with our vehicle and reach Maral Waterfall after 20 minutes walk. The waterfall is pouring from a height of about 63m in a single crime. In order to see the waterfall closely, we go down a 20-30m steep path. This is definitely not difficult, but it is not very easy to say. We will meet a pavilion and if we have the chance, we will have the opportunity to sip tea or coffee against the waterfall. After our visit to the waterfall, we return to the village of Maral. We will see a historical wooden mosque decorated with colorful patterns inspired by ancient traditions. After our visit to the mosque, we will have the opportunity to taste local home cooking in a village house overlooking the magnificent landscape of İremit neighborhood. After lunch we leave Maçahel, arrive at Hopa by crossing the Cankurtaran pass, then we move to Trabzon. We arrive in Trabzon after the break in Rize Botanical (Ziraat) tea garden, we transfer according to your transportation preference and we hope to meet you on another trip.
Trip includes
Included
Accommodation in a Mountain House in Maçahel
Licenced professional local guidance service in English and Turkish.
Guiding Method
Fully guided
One breakfast and dinner at the hotel.
All the transportation and excursions specified in the program with the new model comfortable vehicle.
Free pickup and transfer from Trabzon Airport and intercity bus terminal.
National Park enterance fees.
Excluded
International or Domestic flights
Insurance
Personal expenses: Lunches, extras at hotel or additional meals
Tipping: Tips for guides and drivers
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