What to look for on the wall of this natural cave is a figure of a mountain goat, drawn in plain outline and still, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, discernible. The cave is thought to have been in use around 40,000 BC and is registered as an archaeological site.
It lies within the bounds of Palanlı village, ten kilometres north of Adıyaman on the Adıyaman-Çelikhan-Malatya road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Adıyaman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 4.7 °C in January to 31.1 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (137 mm) and lightest in July (2 mm). Long-term means for 1963-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
