DAY 1 - Sunday
Meeting at Yusufeli and check-in at the hotel.
DAY 2 - Monday
It's time to depart for Ispir, where the track starts. We start with the track which has a difficulty level of 2-3 right after the seminar. Each boat is checked by the river guide. Personal belongings and equipment are transferred with the vehicles. We enter the track with a level of 4 after lunch. Overnight at tents.
DAY 3 - Tuesday
We go back to the river in the morning and arrive at the general camp around noon. After the visit to Peterek Castle, Tekkale and Dörtkilise, we depart for Yusufeli. Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 4 - Wednesday
We spend the day in Yusufeli, resting. In the afternoon, we depart for Hevek Plateau (1850 m) and overnight at tents. You may go for a walk after you finish setting up the tents.
DAY 5 - Thursday
After breakfast, we pack up the camp and load our rucksacks on mules. Our walk lasts in about 4 hours. Our first break is at the Olgunlar Plateau (2200 m). As we go up to the Nastaf Plateau (2400 m), you will notice the changes in terms of the architecture and the material used in construction. About an hour later, we'll stop over for lunch. After lunch, we will arrive at Dilberdüzü (2900 m), where we will accommodate for two nights. After setting up the camp, we rest for acclimation. Please listen to your guide carefully when the information about the peak climb is being given. You will then profit from this information.
DAY 6 - Friday
Early in the morning, we have our breakfast and at 6 am we depart for the peak climb. With a tempo, which is neither fast nor slow, and with frequent but short breaks we will proceed for the peak climb. The peak climb isn't obligatory. You may stay at the camp or after our first long break at Deniz Lake (3335 m), you may return to the camp with the second guide. The Deniz Lake is the world's second highest lake. The passageway, at which we will arrive an hour later, is the last point to return to the camp. Here the second guide returns to the camp with the ones who will not be able to join the peak climb. Between 11-11.30 am, we arrive at the Kaçkar peak at 3937 m. Below, you will see the unforgettable view with the sea, hills, valleys, plateaus, lakes observed between the clouds. We will be able watch this alluring view only for one hour. After signing the peak notebook and having lunch, we depart for the camp. At about 5 pm, we will be at the camp.
DAY 7 - Saturday
We depart for Yusufeli over Hevek Plateau.
Here are splendid canyons, magnificently flowing rivers, adrenalin, rice fields, productive fruit gardens, brown bears, historical Georgian churches and castles, peaks covered up with snow, waterfalls formed in riverbeds, speed, motion and the dancers presenting their traditional shows with the sound of bag pipe are all varied.
Although the region is undeveloped in terms of tourism, the local people who are very friendly and hospitable enliven our tour considerably. Camping at nights will become a passion as it often does in long river trips. We're going to find out more about the Georgian priests living at an attitude of 1800 m, when we go trekking on Dogu Karadeniz Mountains. It will definitely be an unforgettable experience for you.
Çoruh River, which is found on Turkey's Black Sea Coast, in the east of the region and flows down from the Mountain Kaçkar, is one of the ten best rivers in the world for rafting. With its tracks, that have 5 different difficulty levels, it is considered an ideal river for the "white water raft" from mid-May till the end of August. Especially in the region between Ispir-Yusufeli, many international competitions and 5-day-long expeditions are arranged.
As the river flows speedily under you, the only thing a rafter may do is to keep his head straight trying not to capsize and hit the rocks. Rafting can be defined as the art of standing in a river, which has slopes as the human life and flows fast and slow at times.
As valleys and canyons are being passed, some harsh turns may come across Sometimes there are laps that are very difficult to pass over. You can't see ahead, the dangers waiting for you You may capsize in whirlpools Sometimes fear and sometimes bravery becomes more dominant in your body. When you're in the river, you can't stop all of a sudden and tell that you want to get off, just like you can't give up your life all at once. River takes the person away, just like the life itself
The skillful rafters who follow all the instructions or the rafters who have found an appropriate guide will have the chance of attaining the inert water after having a hard time in the exuberant one. Thus, the experience embroiders the memory with success.
Located in the southeast of Black Sea, Small Caucasus, Pontus Alps or with a better-known name Mountain Kaçkar is worth seeing with its amazingly rich nature, different species of animals and the appealing culture, daily life and native people. During your trip, which starts at Kaçkar's south slopes and proceeds to the north slopes, you will have the chance of following the native people's way to the plateaus, reaching the exhibition of nature's beauty and then ending high up in Mountain Kaçkar, which is the highest peak of those mountains.
You will experience an unforgettable trip with the unique culture and the tempting daily life colored with every single tone of green.
Transportation: Intercity transportation may be provided by plane or buses. The transfers in the tour are provided by minibuses.
Accommodation: 4-nights tent, 3-nights hotel accommodated.
Activity: Rafting, trekking and camp.
Activity time: 4 hours rafting every day, the walks vary between 4-10 hours.
Degree: Rafting is not difficult. The peak climb is challenging but not obligatory. You need to be healthy and conditioned.
Equipment: Costless tents, sleeping bags, mat and rucksacks are provided by Bukla. Please provide the personal equipment like a smaller rucksack, a pair of jogging shoes, an extra pair of shoes, raincoat, water bottle, lantern, sunglasses and lotion, bathing suit, sandals, hat, beret. Number of joiners: Minimum of 5, maximum of 15 tour members. (The minimum age needed for the joiners is 14.)
Tour Dates: Every week from mid-July until mid- September.
