Karanlıkdere canyon is near Ballık village in the Altınyayla district of Burdur — Dirmil, as the district was called — and it is about an hour by car from the district centre.
Cedar, pine, juniper and oak cover it and its plant life is rich; the geological formations rising hundreds of metres are what people come to see. The canyon suits mountaineering and walking.
- Designated
- 11.05.2018
Entry fee
- Mediterranean group 3 · category 3 · Per person
- 35 ₺
- Aegean group 1 · category 2 · Per person
- 75 ₺
Getting there
- Access
- About an hour by car from the centre of the district.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Burdur as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.6 °C in January to 24.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (60 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1931-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
