Natural Interest
Dilek National Park (Dilek Milli Parki)
One of the most unspoiled National Park’s on the Aegean, Dilek National Park is a peaceful and mountainous nature reserve, about 50 minutes from Akbuk. The National Park is set in 28,000 acres of thick pine forest, and has some fine walking, cycling and horse riding trails, with unspoilt coves and beaches. It is home to local wildlife such as bears, jackals, boars, rare lynx and 209 species of birdlife. The signed "Zeus' Cave" indicates the location of a cave where you can swim in water that’s icy-cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Dilek National Park
Bafa Lake National Park (Bafa Golu)
Approximately 20 minutes from Akbuk, the magnificent Bafa Lake Natural Park offers an ideal location for relaxation with its impressive setting. At 10 miles long and 3 miles wide, the Bafa Lake Natural Park is popular with visitors who prefer cooling off in the lakeside cafes & restaurants, enjoying the excellent panoramic views of the lakes and Mt Latmus. It is also a magnet for nature lovers, hikers, archaeologists, ornithologists and botanists.
2000 years ago Bafa Lake was a bay on the Aegean Sea called the "Gulf of Lade". Due to deposit build-up in the river Menderes, the bay was slowly separated from the sea; explaining why the lake contains water with a slight salt content, in which mullet, sea bream, eels and carp are caught by local fisherman.
Bafa Lake National Park
