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From Kenbağ to the Salt Cave and the Beşdut rock tombs

A route from Kenbağ Nature Park in a black pine forest to the Salt Cave in a rock salt deposit thought to have been worked since the Hittite period; after the salt sculptures and stalactites, it ends at the Beşdut rock tombs carved on both sides of a stream.

Estimated duration
~3 h 45 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~45 km
Getting around
By car
Stops
3 stops

Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.

Safety and caution

The floor of the Salt Cave is slippery in places; people with respiratory or blood pressure conditions should not stay inside for long. Do not climb the rock faces at Beşdut; the stream bank can be slippery.

Route map

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Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Stops

  1. 1

    Start

    Nature park

    Kenbağ Nature Park

    Merkez, Çankırı

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  2. 2

    ~17 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Cave

    Çankırı Salt Cave

    Merkez, Çankırı

    ~17.05 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  3. 3

    ~28 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Rock tomb

    Beşdut Rock Tombs

    Merkez, Çankırı

    ~27.59 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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