Alternative Tourism Activities
facility inside the forest, and the Bayındır
Dam recreation and picnic sites are suitable
for camping and caravan tourism. These
places have all the requirements to fulfill the
demands of campers.
Tableland Tourism
Winter Tourism
Snow depth in Elmadağ Ski Center which is
26 kilometers away from Ankara and located
at the north side of Elmadağ Moundation
varies between 30-60 cms. The ski season
of Elmadağ province which is under the
domination of continental climatte is between
January and March. Treeless and alpine
meadowed ski track has easy and medium
difficulty levels.
Camp and Caravan Tourism
The Soğuksu National Park, Eğriova Plateau,
Benli Plateau, Çubuk-Karagöl vacation
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Karaşar-Eğriova valleys including Belenova,
Kuyucak, Sarıalan and Çukurören valleys
which are 55 kilometers away from the north
of Beypazarı province and 22 kilometers
away from the town are suitable for hiking,
and camping as well as daily recreation
activities. The pond playing host to trouts and
freshwater fish species provides opportunity
for sport fishing. There are Çamlıdere-Benli
valleys including Yılanlı, Osmansin, Peçenek
and Çukurören valleys at the north of the
Çamlıdere province which is 23 kilometers
away to these valleys. Sorgun valley which
is 23 kilometers to Güdülprovince, Andız
valley which is 30 kilometers to the Nallıhan
province, There are Ulucak valley which is
40 kilometers to the north of Kızılcahamam
province, Başköy which is 40 kilometers away
from Kızılcahamam and Salın which is 35
kilometers away to the center of the province.
These valleys surrounded with black pine
forests are suitable for hiking and camping.
Speleological Tourism
Historical above ground Byzantine caves
located at the lakeside of the Kirmir River at
the Güdül province were carved inside the
mountain and believed to be remained from
the Byzantine Period. The caves are made up of
storeys which are climbed through a stairway.
These caves resembling Ürgüp- Göreme
caves located in the Central Anatolia seemed
to be a church and played host to a village
community. Kirmir Pond caused damages
underneath the caves in time and finally
some of the stairways leading to higher floors
remained outside. The lenght of Tuluntaş
Cave located inbetween the İncek, Hacılar and
Tulumtaş villages of Gölbaşı province which is
15 kilometers away from Ankara is 5 kilometers,
its width is 1-1,5 kilometers and height is 30-
40 meters. There are dickites, stalactite and
pillar which are worthseeing inside the cave
which was formed as a result of chemical fusion
inside a large limestone block.
Wind Surf
The Sarıyar Dam and the Çamlıdere dam
lakes are available for wind surfing.
Bicycle Touring
Kirmir and Ankara River valleys, Eğriova and
Benli valleys, Karagöl, Mogan and Eymir lake-
sides are suitable for bicycle touring.
Sport Fishing
Fishing is available in the Kızılırmak and
Sakarya Rivers and their branches as well as
in the Kirmir Pond, Karagöl, Mogan and Ey-
mir lakes, Asartepe, Çamlıdere, Sarıyar and
Kesikköprü dam lakes. common carp, tench,
silverside, european chub, butterfish, crawfish,
catfish, horned pike, lake trout, carp, mirror
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