Reaching these falls means a walk: from Ilıca village it is half an hour on foot along a footpath. The village is in the Pınarbaşı district of Kastamonu, 12 kilometres from the district centre.
The falls are at the end of the Horma canyon, where the Zari stream drops about ten metres and has formed a natural pool. What sets the place apart is that the pool is ringed by trees and thick vegetation. Going on above the falls, the hollows and channels worn into the rock by the water over the years are worth seeing.
Getting there
- Access
- In Ilıca village, Pınarbaşı district.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kastamonu as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.9 °C in January to 20.2 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (75 mm) and lightest in February (27 mm). Long-term means for 1930-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
