Fifteen caves lie within this national park, which covers 1,147 hectares in the Derebucak district of Konya and was declared on 7 June 2022 — one of the newest national parks in the country.
The trees that grow here of themselves are cedar and fir, juniper and oak, wild pear and black pine. The Directorate General of Nature Conservation and National Parks also lists a long run of endemic, rare and threatened plants recorded on the site, among them Noccaea camlikensis and Bornmuellera kiyakii, both named after this district and its people. The caves are reached by a nine-kilometre road branching right at the 45th kilometre of the Beyşehir-Akseki road. It has capacity for 200 visitors, 50 vehicles and 30 tents.
- Designated
- 7.06.2022
Entry fee
- Marmara group 3 · category 1 · Per person
- 65 ₺
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:30 - 17:30
When to go
- Climate
- Across Konya as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.1 °C in January to 23.6 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (43 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
