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Pégeia - Neo Chorio - Akamas National Park - Cyprus

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Distance
23.05 mi
Elevation gain
1,627 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
1,549 ft
Max elevation
740 ft
TrailRank 
41
Min elevation
0 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
2 hours 50 minutes
Time
5 hours 27 minutes
Coordinates
5187
Uploaded
November 4, 2019
Recorded
November 2019
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near Pégeia, Eparchía Páfou (Cyprus)

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Road is pretty terrible cross to Blue Lagoon , Fontana Amaroza may worst quality road what I did ever drive. From Pegeia to Fontana Amaroza better than opposite drive for sure.
This trail is way better drive across the island.
https://www.wikiloc.com/offroading-trails/akamas-round-trip-paphos-latsi-cyprus-41003577

I would go far as I can and discover 'unknown' parts of the Akamas, well I found some , but some parts accessible only with boat not even footpaths are there. Road mostly okay, but some places are tricky really need good car and experience. I did mark these at pictures and even if map shows there is a road may you can't drive thru at all. Most roads have maintenance regularly due have to be ready for firefighters. So if a road looks too dirt just turn back if you can and pick up another one. At the beginning Lara road is top quality unpaved road , usable even with salon cars until North Lara beach. Later not really use good off road car, fancy SUV may not works!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCm82U_ZMHY

Akamas (Greek: Ακάμας, Turkish: Akama), is a promontory and cape at the northwest extremity of Cyprus with an area of 230 square kilometres.[1] Ptolemy described it as a thickly wooded headland, divided into two by summits [a mountain range] rising towards the north.[2] The peninsula is named after a son of Theseus, hero of the Trojan War and founder of the city-kingdom of Soli.

Until the year 2000, the peninsula was used by the British Army and Navy for military exercises and as a firing range. Under the 1960 Treaty of Establishment, the British Army was allowed to use the Akamas for exercises for up to 70 days a year. [3]

At the southern end of the peninsula is the town of Pegeia and on its northeast side the town of Polis. Due to the mountainous nature of the peninsula there are no roads running through its heartland. Furthermore, some roads marked on Cypriot road maps of the area are not tarmaced. Visitor attractions in Akamas include a loggerhead turtle sanctuary and the Baths of Aphrodite where the goddess is said to have bathed, near Polis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamas

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  • Panagiotis84 Jul 5, 2022

    I did you trail in two parts and by combining info from your other trails at Akamas.
    Any trail by Hiking Fun is very well explained and to the point.
    Thank you very much for your very good work.

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