Kaçkar Mountains
The Kaçkar Mountains or simply Kaçkars (Turkish: Kaçkarlar) are a mountain range along the Black Sea coast in eastern Turkey. With the highest peak Kaçkar Da?? (3,937 m), and mountain plateaus at about 3,000 m, it is the highest part of Pontic Mountains. The Kaçkars are glaciated alpine mountains with steep rocky peaks and numerous lakes.
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Sustainable Tourism in the Kaçkar Mountains National Park Very interesting article
The Kaçkar Mountain National Park includes the highest and longest Mountain chain of
the East Black Sea Mountains with the Kaçkar (3,932 m) as the highest peak. The Mountain
massif of the Kaçkar also represents one of the most highly glaciated areas of the Turkey
mountains. Today, there are five large glaciers in the Kaçkar Mountain National Park. The
Kaçkar Mountain National Park contribute to the biological diversity of the East Black Sea
Mountains.There are 11 villages and 44 yaylas in the park. (Summer pasture Turkish word is
yayla. Seasonal herders living in the East Black Sea Region use the national park as a
pastureland. Their housing is of a more permanent style in the yaylas.) Tourism activities
being carried out in the Kaçkar Mountain National Park in recent years provide a significant
contribution to the rural economy. Owing to both its natural features and cultural structure,
the area has become one of the important points of attraction for mountain and this context
mostly include climbing, trekking, camping, heliski, photography, flora, fauna and natural
beauty-seeing, meeting the local people who live in yaylas and learning about their lifestyle.
Owing to these activities, the local people earn from accommodation, transportation,
sovenir sales, guidance services, etc., which further add to rural economy. The
accommodation potential of the park amounts about 1000 beds. - REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
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