The canyon lies within the villages of Karakaş and Hoca in the Yığılca district, 55 kilometres from Düzce. It sits on the road to the Yedigöller national park, which puts it easily within reach of anyone taking that route.
Forest runs the length of the canyon — fir, beech, black pine and oak — with a great many pools and waterfalls of various sizes along it, viewpoints and rest areas, and clear running water.
What people come here to do is walk, photograph, picnic for the day, fish with a rod, climb the canyon and cycle.
Getting there
- Access
- Reached from Yığılca, which is 37 km from Düzce; carry on from Yığılca towards Karakaş village and Yedigöller.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Düzce as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3.8 °C in January to 22.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (101 mm) and lightest in July (47 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
