Saklıkent National Park ( tr, Saklıkent Milli Parkı), established on June 6, 1996, is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

in southwestern Turkey. The national park is a

canyon A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...

, and is located in

Muğla Province Muğla Province ( tr, , ) is a province of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are ...

, at

Seydikemer Seydikemer is a planned district and second level municipality in Muğla Province, Turkey. According to the 2012 Metropolitan Municipalities Law (law no. 6360), all Turkish provinces with a population of more than 750,000 will become metropolitan m ...

, far from

Fethiye Fethiye () is a city and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera. In 2019 its population was 162,686. History Fethiye was formerly known as Makri (). ...

. Thé Canyon is 65 km from Kaş in the Antalya province. The canyon is deep and long, being one of the deepest in the world. It was formed through abrasion of the rocks by flowing waters over thousands of years. As the level of water rises during winter months, visitors can enter the canyon all year around only the deeper parts in the summer. of the canyon are walkable after April, when most of the snow in the

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has melted and passed through on its way to the

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. Saklıkent means "hidden city" in

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. The full length of 16 km is only possible to discover with professional equipment and knowledge of advanced canyoning. Some adventure centers offer guided tours with an overnight Biwak camp and about 30 waterfalls to rappel..

Gallery

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External links

Saklıkent Canyon Photos on Flickr
National parks of Turkey Canyons and gorges of Turkey Geography of Muğla Province Landforms of Muğla Province Tourist attractions in Muğla Province Fethiye 1996 establishments in Turkey Protected areas established in 1996 {{Muğla-geo-stub