Karagöl lies northeast of Şavşat in Artvin and is reached by 30 kilometres of unsurfaced road, by private or hired vehicle.
The lake covers eight to ten hectares. There is electricity and water, and the regional forestry directorate keeps a rest house and a radio set there.
Lynx, brown bear, chamois, mountain grouse and birds of prey live in Şavşat and the country around it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Artvin as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.8 °C in January to 21.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (87 mm) and lightest in August (29 mm). Long-term means for 1949-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
