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Goynuk

National park Goynuk

Goynuk is the name of the national park a great place for outdoor activities. Entrance to the park for an extra charge about 1 euro per person . For the money, you can enter the territory for a walk, relax, swimming in artificial lake. The park can be divided into two zones: a relaxation area with a restaurant and ponds, extreme-park and the second called Canyon Harmony.

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How to get to Goynuk from the  highway

Goynuk Canyon is one of the variants of the beginning of the Lycian way. It can be reached directly from the Antalya bus that stops right outside the rotation to the canyon, most importantly warn the driver where you are going. Right on the highway is a pointer to the canyon. Walking distance to the national park to about 3 kilometers, there is an opportunity to catch a ride.

Inside Goynuk national park

 Canyon Harmony the main objective to visit Goynuk. It can be divided into two separate parts of the lower and upper.

Canyoning in lower canyon

What is behind these two kilometers? In fact, at the bottom, under the road, it passes the same canyon that is very beautiful, interesting and absolutely free. It is several times longer than the tour and you can safely go on their own without the equipment. There will also be water, more or less depending on the season and the rains have passed, but the fact that there is something to see. 2 kilometer path along the bottom of the canyon takes about 2 hours at a time. It is advisable to wear shoes on their feet for walking in water, for maximum safety. In some places need to clamber over rocks and boulders.Being careful in the canyon can be found freshwater crabs and even trout. Fishing illegally, but it's nice to see it in the wild.

Canyoning in uper Harmony canyon

Canyon Harmony is a part of a national park Goynuk it is small but very beautiful. At the entrance you can buy extreme canyoning tour. Canyoning will take you up to 1,5 hour. At the entrance you will be given a special outfit for complete safety: helmet, wetsuit and life jacket. The distance that you can go swimming in part on foot spans about 650 meters in one direction. Canyon ends by 4 meter waterfall from which you need to go back to the starting point.

For sightseeing, you can walk through the road carved into the rock at the edge of the canyon, or you will be delivered in a jeep for 5 minutes, which is also a good solution in the heat. The distance from the park entrance to the closed part of the excursion 2 kilometers.

Camping in Goynuk national park

Drinking water

Extremes and rest in Goynuk

Here you can dine in a small restaurant on the water, drink fresh juice or a good Turkish coffee. Local staff are very friendly.

If you want more adventure in Goynuk have climbing hills, down the cable trolley, and of course swimming in an artificial ponds.

Flora and fauna

On the way to Goynuk You can see the lemon trees, pomegranates, oranges from which at every step in the villages make fresh juices. In the canyon clean water in the river and a pond where live freshwater crabs and hobnob trout.

Unfortunately, there is no full-fledged camping as this area of the national park, but outside, just in front of the entrance to the park, there is a small clearing where you can freely stay overnight. But the fires burning is prohibited you can use firestowe.

Fresh water is available almost everywhere, at the entrance, near restrant and inside canyoning. But it can be less at the autumn the sourse can be dry.

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