The '
Kurşunlu Waterfall'' ( tr, Kurşunlu Şelalesi) is located 19 km from
Antalya
Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...
,
Turkey
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at the end of a 7 km road branching off to the north of the Antalya-
Serik
Serik is a town and district in Antalya Province of Turkey, east of the city of Antalya, along the Mediterranean coast.
Geography
Towards the coast the district is mainly flat farmland, used for growing vegetables, while the inland half of Seri ...
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Alanya
Alanya (; ), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a district of Antalya Province on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, east of the city of Antalya. As of Turkey's 2010 census, the city had a population of ...
highway at a point 12 km east of Antalya. It is reduced to a mere trickle in the summer months.
The
waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...
is on one of the tributaries of the
Aksu River, where the tributary drops from Antalya's plateau to the coastal plain. It is situated in the midst of a pine forest of exceptional beauty, and the environs provide a picnic and pleasure spot about twenty minutes by car from the centre of the city of Antalya.
The waterfall and its surroundings covering an area of was declared a
nature park
A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...
by the
Ministry of Environment and Forest
The ''Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change'' ( bn, পরিবেশ, বন ও জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Paribēś, bana o jalabayou paribarton mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ...
on May 21, 1991.
All year round, safari tours with all-terrain vehicles are being organized near the waterfall.
References
External links
Antalya and WaterfallsHow to go to Kursunlu Waterfall Nature ParkA set of pictures of the park
Waterfalls of Turkey
Tourist attractions in Antalya Province
Nature parks in Turkey
Landforms of Antalya Province
Protected areas established in 1991
1991 establishments in Turkey
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