Private 5-Day Black Sea Highlands: Uzungol, Pokut & Macahel

Trabzon, Turkey
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Duration5 days
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LanguagesGerman, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Every departure includes your own licensed English-speaking guide plus a private vehicle and driver – only your group. Price per person drops as your group grows (1–8 travellers). A private 5-day road trip through the wildest highlands of Turkey’s Eastern Black Sea, starting and ending at Trabzon Airport. Instead of the usual Uzungöl day trip, this route climbs to Pokut Plateau (about 2,000 m) to watch the sea of clouds over Fırtına Valley, crosses into Artvin and spends two nights in Macahel – part of the Camili Biosphere Reserve recognised by UNESCO in 2005 and home of the Caucasian honey bee. You also visit Sümela Monastery, built into a cliff in the 4th century, Uzungöl lake and Borçka Karagöl. Only your group travels in the vehicle, so you can stop for photos, tea and village food whenever you like. Stays: lake-view hotel in Uzungöl, a traditional plateau house in Pokut and family-run guesthouses in Macahel. Best from June to September; May and October are greener and quieter. Entrance fees are not included.

What's included

  • Private licensed English-speaking guide for your group every day
  • 2 village dinners in Macahel
  • Dinner
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Private driver and vehicle for your group only
  • Breakfast
  • Parking Fees
  • Trabzon Airport pick-up and drop-off
  • 4 nights: lake-view hotel, plateau house and family-run guesthouses
  • Entrance fees to museums and sites
  • Gratuities
  • Flights
  • Lunches and other dinners
  • Drinks and personal expenses

What to expect

Day 1: Trabzon Airport – Sera Lake – Sümela Monastery – Uzungöl
  1. Sumela Monastery
    3h · Admission ticket not included
    Your driver meets you at Trabzon Airport. After a coffee stop at Sera Lake, drive into Altındere Valley to visit Sümela Monastery, founded in the 4th century on a cliff at about 1,200 m.
  2. Uzungol
    2h
    Continue through Çaykara to Uzungöl and enjoy an evening walk around the lake.
Day 2: Rize Tea Terraces – Fırtına Valley – Zilkale – Pokut Plateau
  1. Zilkale
    1h 30m
    Drive along the tea coast to Rize and into Fırtına Valley with its stone arch bridges, stopping at the medieval Zilkale fortress.
  2. Pokut
    3h
    Climb to Pokut Plateau and, weather permitting, watch the sunset above the clouds.
Day 3: Sal Plateau – Kamilet Valley – Mençuna Waterfall – Macahel
  1. Sal Yaylasi
    1h
    Short morning walk to the neighbouring Sal Plateau.
  2. Mencuna Waterfalls
    1h 30m
    Cross into Artvin for Kamilet Valley, the double stone bridges and Mençuna Waterfall, then reach Macahel through forested mountain roads.
Day 4: Macahel: Camili Village, İremit Mosque & Maral Waterfall
  1. Maral Kunst
    4h
    A slow day inside the Camili Biosphere Reserve: the wooden İremit Mosque, Camili village and Maral Waterfall, with local beekeepers and village food.
Day 5: Borçka Karagöl – Tea Factory – Trabzon Airport
  1. Borcka Karagol Tabiat ParkI
    2h
    Walk around Borçka Karagöl lake in its forest nature park, then follow the coast west with a tea factory stop and drop-off at Trabzon Airport.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We pick you up from the area reserved for tour vehicles right across from the arriving passengers at Trabzon airport. We call and inform you of tour vehicle and guide information one day in advance.

End point

We pick you up from the area reserved for tour vehicles right across from the arriving passengers at Trabzon airport. We call and inform you of tour vehicle and guide information one day in advance.

Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.<br>If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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