Lake Kuyucuk, at Kuyucuk village in the Arpaçay district of Kars, holds the status of a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, and is the thirteenth Ramsar site in Türkiye.
It is also protected as a wildlife development area. A great many bird species migrate through it, stop there, rest and breed. It is reached by car or with tour companies.
Getting there
- Access
- Reached with a tour company or by car.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kars as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -10.7 °C in January to 17.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in July and August; rainfall is heaviest in May (83 mm) and lightest in January (23 mm). Long-term means for 1931-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
