Kovada Lake National Park lies south of Eğirdir in Isparta province, a natural extension of Lake Eğirdir, and it has been protected since 3 November 1970. It covers 6,534 hectares. It lies just under thirty kilometres from Eğirdir.
The lake reached its present shallow form through tectonic and karstic subsidence, with the valleys around it filling with alluvium. Building is strictly prohibited in the area, and the directorate says the only sounds are frogs and waterbirds. Birdwatching is what the park is best known for: there is an observation tower, and more than 150 waterbird species are recorded.
Besides birdwatching, the park is used for camping, walking and cycling on the trails around the lake, nature study along the route, and photography, which the directorate says is at its best in autumn when the leaves turn. There is a visitor information centre holding taxidermy specimens of wildlife from the area. Capacity is 300 visitors and 70 vehicles.
Getting there without a car means the hourly municipal bus between Isparta and Eğirdir from the village garage, then a taxi for the last stretch.
- Designated
- 3.11.1970
Entry fee
- Mediterranean group 2 · category 2 · Per person
- 55 ₺
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:30 - 21:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Isparta as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 1.9 °C in January to 23.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (86 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
