A Fantastic Place Waiting To Be Discovered In Antalya: 'Adam Kayalar'

The region consisting of 'conglomerate' rocks surrounding the Ancient City of Selge in Manavgat district of Antalya resembles the images in the movie 'Avatar' made in the USA. The region called 'Adam Kayalar' creates a fantastic image because it is called 'Avatar Land' and resembles a standing person.

In the Manavgat Köprülü Canyon National Park, the ancient city of Selge, consisting of 65-million-year-old 'conglomerate' rocks known as 'Cappadocia of Antalya', 'The Land of the Taurus Mountains', on the road to St. Paul, and its surroundings seeing great interest by nature sports lovers and hiking groups.

The region consisting of conglomerate rocks known as 'rose marble' as a result of the merger of sand and gravel areas rising from the sea floor, covering the entire region on the skirts of Bozburun Mountain, which draws attention with its similarity to Cappadocia and resembles the images in the movie 'Avatar'.

The region consisting of conglomerate rocks known as 'rose marble' as a result of the merger of sand and gravel areas rising from the sea floor, covering the entire region on the foothill of Bozburun Mountain, which draws attention with its similarity to Cappadocia and it resembles the images in the movie 'Avatar'.

Viewed With Drone

The rocks, which are between 10 and 70 meters in length, are called Adam rocks because they resemble people standing in shape. Rocks look yellow, green and red in autumn. It welcomes its visitors with a magnificent forest view. Adam Kayalar, who is waiting for his visitors every season with his fantastic view rising between the cypress, walnut and chestnut trees between Selge Ancient City and Kestanelik, located at an altitude of 1250 meters, one of the important centers of the Pisidian community, was viewed by the DHA team with a drone.

World's Best Walking Routes

The founder of Börtü Böcek Travel Group, which organizes a trip to the region, Cuma Gök said that they had a sportive walk on the ancient road. Explaining that they are aiming to do sports by creating an awareness of natural areas by making people love walking in Antalya, Gök said, "Today, the most common sport in Europe and America is nature walks. Antalya may be a leading city in the world in terms of nature walks. Antalya and its surroundings have such a potential. As the Travel Group, we organize a walk to promote these beauties. In addition to doing sports, we also offer the opportunity to see unique historical beauties. "

What is Conglomerate Rock Type?

Stating that the rocks of Adam, which they call 'Avatar Lands', are conglomerate rock types used in structures such as columns that were to be particularly robust in ancient times, Cuma Gök said, "Conglomerates are masses formed by the combination of sand and gravel with pressure and hardening over time. They are sedimentary rock formed and connected with fine-grained cement.In other words, they consist of cementing of gravel or rock blocks that do not show rounded, angular surfaces, with a natural substance.This natural cement may be siliceous, limestone, iron oxide.The rocks here also serve as cisterns. "The villagers make use of the water here when the water is limited.''