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Zeytintasi Cave National Park

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Distance
7.36 mi
Elevation gain
1,161 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
1,161 ft
Max elevation
1,123 ft
TrailRank 
63 4.3
Min elevation
487 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
6 hours 8 minutes
Coordinates
2366
Uploaded
January 7, 2020
Recorded
January 2020
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  •   4.3 1 review

near Akbaş, Antalya (Türkiye)

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Itinerary description

The trail starts at the parking of the Zeytintaşı Cave. This location is about 20 km north of Serik. Driving from Serik we will pass a nice horticultural area.
Zeytintaşi Cave is a very small cave with very nice speleothems. There are pure white stalactites with almost no damages. In the rear section there are virtually thousands of soda straws, all over the ceiling. Being generally about 30 to 40cm long, there are some longer ones up to 70cm long.
The cave formed in Jurassic and Cretacious limestones of the Zeytintaşi hill, which it is was named after. Zeytin means olive, on the hill some olive trees, or better bushes, are growing naturally.
(source https://www.showcaves.com).
The cave is rather small so a visit will take just 15-20 minutes, but it is still going to be spectacular!
Zeytintaşı Cave with its surrounding area of 45.895 ha (113.41 acres) was registered a natural monument on June 27, 2013.
The trail is almost entirely on easy going unpaved roads. Navigation is very easy. The only place where we have to pay a bit of attention is after 1,5 km. Here the orginal road seemed to have been closed. So I had to find an alternative over a hunter's path. But also this part is easy going.
The first half of the trail is in general in more open settings and we have sometimes astonishing views. The second part passes more through forest and there are forestry activities. For this reason the quality of the dirtroads was pretty good. In this part there were many small creeks. Also here we have sometimes beautiful views on the surrounding mountains and every now and then we pass spectacular rock formations.

Some additional information:
The route is designed in a clockwise direction.
There is no drinking water along the way.
The track is very easy from a technical point of view. In the cave the surface was very wet (in January) so make sure to wear water resistant shoes.
There is no signalling along the track. So there are no hikers to be seen......

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Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude 837 ft
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Zeytintasi

PictographPanorama Altitude 862 ft
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Viewpoint

PictographIntersection Altitude 864 ft
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Keep left

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,082 ft
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Go straight ahead. For viewpoint head 50 m to the left

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,099 ft
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Viewpoint

PictographIntersection Altitude 1,103 ft

Keep left

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,112 ft
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Hunter's path downhill

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,015 ft
Photo ofBack on a dirt road - keep right

Back on a dirt road - keep right

PictographIntersection Altitude 973 ft
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Head left

PictographIntersection Altitude 956 ft
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Turn right

PictographWaypoint Altitude 502 ft
Photo ofCreek Photo ofCreek

Creek

PictographPhoto Altitude 485 ft
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Turn right, than first left

PictographPanorama Altitude 551 ft
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Panorama

PictographIntersection Altitude 755 ft
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Keep left

Photo ofBeginning of short section with stones on trail

Beginning of short section with stones on trail

PictographIntersection Altitude 813 ft
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Keep right

Photo ofCreek - End of segment with many stones

Creek - End of segment with many stones

Area with many small creeks

PictographIntersection Altitude 1,059 ft
Photo ofKeep left

Keep left

PictographIntersection Altitude 1,047 ft
Photo ofKeep right

Keep right

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,029 ft
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Panorama

PictographPanorama Altitude 770 ft
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Panorama

PictographPanorama Altitude 669 ft
Photo ofPanorama

Panorama

PictographIntersection Altitude 637 ft
Photo ofTurn left on the asphalt road and than first right

Turn left on the asphalt road and than first right

PictographProvisioning Altitude 688 ft
Photo ofThee tent

Thee tent

Comments  (2)

  • Alex N 6 Feb 13, 2023

    I have followed this trail  verified  View more

    In one place problem with navigate. But in all other places are very easy! Landscapes are beautiful but not incredible.
    Route is easy. A lot of foto marks here on the route. But no marks on the route on the ground.

  • Photo of Erik De Groot
    Erik De Groot Feb 13, 2023

    Hi Alex, thanks for your review and your comments. Good to know 👍👍

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