Black Sea Trekking Tour

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Duration 📅

9 Days

Flights ✈️

International flights are NOT included

Airport Transfer 🧳

Drop-Off, Pickup

Accommodation 🛏️

3 Star Hotel, 4 Star Hotel

Tour Size 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏻

Private

Transport 🚍

Airconditioned Vehicle

Language 🌐

Arabic, English, French, German, Turkish

Difficulty 🚥

Easy

Visa 🛂

NOT Included

Inclusions

8 Nights Accommodation
Tour Guide
Entry Fees
Transfer
8xBreakfast
7xLunch
8xDinner

From: $1,400.00

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💎 Why we love it ?

Throughout the years, new car roads were built over most pathways to highlands, and today those amazing pathways don’t exist. We look for those routes but we can barely find pathways for hiking to the highlands. However, there are still some hiking pathways around the Black Sea. We just want to go back and live that sincerity to hike to highlands. Therefore, we designed the Black Sea Hiking Tour which covers both popular destinations with hiking activities. You will hike between highlands, transit from north to south of Kaçkar, reach the peak of Kaçkar, and transit from south to north of Kaçkar from different routes.

🏁 Tour Itinerary: Black Sea Trekking Tour

Day 1 – Welcome to the Black Sea (D)

We welcome you to Trabzon Airport and transfer you to the hotel. The tour will start tomorrow morning. Have a rest and be ready for tomorrow. If you arrive in Trabzon earlier, we can have a downtown tour stopping by Meydan Park, Maraş Street, Uzun Street, and Boztepe.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Overnight in Trabzon at 3-4 Star Hotel.

Day 2 – Trabzon- Sumela-Uzungöl (B, L, D)

Have a nice breakfast and check out of the hotel. Let’s head to Altındere Valley where Sumela Monastery is located. Hike along Altındere River and then hike up to Sumela Monastery. Visit the amazing monastery mounted on a mountain cliff. Then, drive to Uzungol. On our way, stop by Maçka to have Hamsiköy Sütlacı (rice pudding). Uzungol is so commercialized. There are a lot of hotels and shops around it. We will just see the lake from the terrace and then start hiking to Karester Highland. Hike up inside the forest through peaceful nature. Going up to the mountain you will see terrace views from some points. Finally, reach Karester Highland. Meet with local people and experience highland life there. Walk along the top of Karester Highland and see the beautiful nature of Uzungol from the terrace. Hike around the highland and see other highlands on the top of other mountains. We will overnight at a nice hotel inside to forest which has a terrace view of Uzungöl.
Hiking Milostone: • Altındere Sumela: 4 km (1 hour) Altitude: 1071m-1323m • Uzungöl-Karester: 10 km (3.5 hours) Altitude: 1114m-2242m.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Overnight at Uzungöl Yeşilköşk Hotel.

Day 3 – Fırtına Valley- Çamlıhemşin- Şenyuva-Sal-Pokut (B, L, D)

Have breakfast with a nice view of Uzungöl. Pack up and let’s drive to Rize Fırtına Valley. Stop by historical Ottoman Bridges. Involve in rafting/zipline activities over the Fırtına River. Then, drive to Şenyuva Village. See the popular Love Bridge. Then, drive up to Sal Highland. See beautiful Sal Highland with its wooden houses. Spend some time in the highland and hike to Pokut Highland. Enjoy the beautiful view of Pokut over the clouds. Hike over the hills around highland. We will overnight at the hotel which was converted from a highland house. In the evening be ready for the local dance “horon”. We will teach you how to do it with the local music instrument bagpipe “tulum”. Listen to local music from highland Shepherds.
Hiking Milostone: • Sal-Pokut-Hills Route: 5 km (2 hours) Altitude: 1986m-2028m.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Pokut Orion Boutique Hotel.

Day 4 – Pokut-Hazindağ- Samistal- Amlakit (B, L, D)

Today is going to be an amazing hiking day. Have a nice highland breakfast and ready for hiking. We start hiking from Pokut to Hazindağ. Unfortunately, most parts of the pathways are no longer available since the new road was built but it still attracts people for hiking. Hike inside the forest and see beautiful views of nature over the clouds. In some parts, we will walk through pathways as well. Reach Hazindağ after 2.5-hour hiking. Have rest for 30 min. And start new hiking to Samistal Highland. You will see amazing views of the Kaçkar valleys along the way. After 2 hours of hiking, we will arrive in Samistal. Have lunch in Samistal. Spend some time in the highland and then head to Amlakit Highland. Our final hiking for the day will take 1.5 hours. Overnight at a nice highland pension in Amlakit. Enjoy local peaceful life in Amlakit.
Hiking Milestone: • Pokut-Hazindağ: 8 km (2,5 hour) Altitude: 2073m-1834m • Hazindağ-Samistal: 2 hours • Samistal-Amlakit: 1.5 hours

🏚️ Hotel Option: Overnight at Ufuk Pension in Amlakit Highland.

Day 5 – Amlakit- Palovit Waterfall-Zilkale-Ayder Highland- Y.Kavron (B, L, D)

In the morning let’s pack up and drive to Palovit Water Fall. Then, drive to Çamlıhemşin. Hike to Tar Bulut Waterfall. Enjoy beautiful nature along the Tar River. See the amazing Tar Bulut Waterfall and hike back to our car. Then, move to Ayder Highland. See you around highland. You can go to Ayder Thermal Hamam which has thermal spring water at 55 C reduced to 40 C. Hike from Ayder to Gallerdüzü. On our way see Gelintülü Waterfall. Then, drive to Y. Kavrun. On our way stop by Aşağı Kavrun Highland to see around. Arrive in Yukarı Kavrun. See around highland, meet with locals.
Hiking Milostone: • Tar Bulut Waterfall Route: 4 km (1 hour) Altitude: 688m • Ayder-Galer Düzü: 6 km (2 hours) Altitude: 1241m-1678m.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Şahin Pension in Y.Kavrun

Day 6 – Y.Kavrun-Derebaşı Lake-Deniz Gölü-Dilberdüzü Camping (B, L, D)

Today will be a full hiking day. We will leave our luggage at the pension. Just take a backpack for two nights camping. We will provide a lunch box for today. Our camping materials will be ready at Dilberdüzü Campsite. They will be brought from other parts of Kaçkar from Yusufel Olgunlar by mules. So, let’s start hiking early morning. We will transit Kaçkar Mountain and camp in Dilberdüzü. We will hike 13 km to reach our campsite. We will hike along the Kavron River up to the Kaçkar. We will see Derebaşı Lake and Deniz Gölü on our way. We will have our lunch by the lake. Enjoy the pure nature of Kaçkars during hiking. Finally, reach to Dilberdüzü campsite. Your tents will be ready for rest. Our cooking staff will prepare a delicious dinner for us. Have a rest and be ready for tomorrow.
Hiking Milostone: • Y.Kavrun-Dilberdüzü Campsite 13 km (7 hours) Altitude: 2262m-2900m.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Overnight at Campsite in Dilberdüzü

Day 7 – Hike to Kaçkar Summit (B, L, D)

Are you ready to reach your peak? If so, you need to get up very early and have a quick breakfast. We pack up and have a lunch box with us. Let’s start to climb up at 5:00 am in the early morning. After 45 min walking, we reach Deniz Gölü at 3450m. Enjoy beautiful Deniz Gölü (Sea Lake) which is known as the second deepest lake at the highest point. Then, continue our way up to the Kaçkar. After 45 min, we reach to Decision Point at 3600m where participants need to make a decision whether to continue to the peak or not. In the last phase, we go upper through challenging ways to the Kaçkar Peak at 3937m. Spent 30-40 minutes there, take pictures, and feel the honor of being so high! Then, we start to go down carefully to Dilberdüzü.
Dilberdüzü- Kaçkar Peak-Dilberdüzü: 8 km (4 hours) Altitude:2900m- 3937m-2900m.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Overnight at Campsite in Dilberdüzü

Day 8 – Trans Kaçkar to Ayder (B, L, D)

Today, we will transit from the Southside of Kaçkar to the Northside of Kaçkar. Starting from Dilberdüzü, hike to Dibedüz, cross Kaçkar Mountain and see beautiful lakes around. Have your lunch box on the way and enjoy pure nature along the way. Then, reach to Yukarı Kavron. Our driver will be waiting for us there. Then, we will transfer you to Ayder Highland. Enjoy Hamam in Ayder at Hot Spring Thermal facilities.
Hiking Milostone: • Dilberdüzü- Dibedüz-Büyük Deniz Lake-Y.Kavrun: 12 km (6 hours) 2900m-2262m
🏚️ Hotel Option: Overnight at Ayder Köroğlu Hotel

Day 9 – Shopping and Transfer to Airport (B)

Today, we will transfer you to the airport based on your flight schedule. On our way to the airport, we will stop by the special Rize Cloth Workshops and Trabzon Surmene Knife Manufacturing Museum. You can both experience the art and enjoy shopping there. The Blacksea is the homeland for the tea producers as well. We will have a quick Tea Factory trip as well. Transfer to the airport in Trabzon.

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  1. Hayati N

    Top notch personal tour that I ever experienced in my life. Thank you to our tour guide, Mr Ali Can. Very knowledgeable about history, nice, well organised & prepared & courteous. My friend and I experienced all elements during our stay for this trip, from mountain view in Uzungol, tea plantation in Rize overlooking stunning view and next to river in Rize. We enjoyed all good food and delicacies. Since we’re female traveller, we felt safe and welcomed to this region. Thank you for allowing us to experience Black Sea Tour and even introduced us to local and your family. Worth every single penny spent and will recommend this personalised tour to everyone. Teşekkür Ederim!

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  2. michaelstark62

    A great tour conducted by a great guide. Alican is an excellent guide, as well as being such a friendly person. I would highly recommend going on a tour with him to this beautiful part of Turkey, which is like no other part of the country. It is a peaceful, scenic area with rugged hills, and deep valleys, and it is green; very easy on the eye. This is all presented in a very interesting manner by the knowledgeable guide, Alican, who knows the area quite well. An added interest to this tour is the opportunity to cross into Georgia for a day, to sample the attractive city of Batumi.

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