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It’s one of the most unique natural parks that’s still alive in Istanbul, it’s about 40Kms from the center of the Asian side of Istanbul (Kadikoy). It is easy reachable as you can get to it by two minibuses.

From Harim you can go to Gebze by Minibus and from Gebze you can take another minibus to Tavşanlı where you will go out there and walk about one hour through the nature to reach to this canyon.

The canyon is approximately 14 KMs long and it ends in another village which also have public transportation means (Hourly) but it may vary on the weekend.

Location:
https://goo.gl/maps/jT2Apu9aXPS2

Kent forest located on the Anatolian side in Beykoz https://goo.gl/maps/CNGUaftzbTU2 Is in a very easy and reachable location where you can hike to it from Beykoz right after leaving Bus number B15 it is only 20 mins walking distance from the bus stop. The forest used to have a dim that’s now dried and apparently being projected for a certain type of sport.

The approximate walking distance there is about 2 hours, no hard terrain but the ground where you can walk on is not sand but rather stony.

In Trabzon we were hosted by a Moroccan host who was very generous, very kind and he with his wife made us food and made sure we set comfortable in their house.

In the next day morning we moved to Uzungol, a lake which is very famous of its nature and the surrounding beauty of mountains. although the lake is no longer green and its more of a commercial/Touristic place but the surrounding mountains, caves and green is stunning.

We walked there but walking was not enough so we decided to go hiking toward one of the mountains. Hiking to the mountains there would take approximately 4-5 hours one way toward the top so we didn't have enough time but we came through half of it approximately.