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Things you can do:

Participate in Saimbeyli Culture, Arts and Cherry Festival every June.

Watch 160 butterfly species including the endemic Saimbeyli Blue in Obruk Waterfall declared as a national park owing to the project “Discover Your Own Butterfly” supported by Future is in Tourism.

Take a nature hike around Obruk Waterfall.

Have picnic at Çatak Plateau, set tent and camp to listen to birds singing merged with water sounds. You can explore mills, old mosques, plateau homes; experience the life of Turkomans in plateau traditions.

Take a tour in the ruins of Saimbeyli Castle.

Have a nature hike and observation at Saksağan Pass rich in plants and butterflies, and black pine forests of Cöbük.

Saimbeyli Blue