Butterfly Valley

Butterfly Valley is about two miles from Olu Deniz and is only accessible by sea.In this facinating valley almost all the butterfly and moth species of the Mediterranean coastal region are to be found,making it an open air natural history museum. It is surrounded by a variety of plants and herbs such as, mint ,thyme, oregano ,jasmine ,eucalyptus, anemone, mimosa. elm trees etc.

The valley is 86 acres large and surrounded by vertical rock.Until about twenty years ago Butterfly Valley was a relatively unknown and an untouched area ,and for hundreds of years the only inhabitants were the butterflies and plant life.

There still is no real access to the valley by land except for a small trail that led to villages situated at the top of the valley. This isolation helped to keep the habitat pure and intact.In the 1970's backpackers and naturalists started to discover the valley.If you do manage to climb the valley wall there is a basic restaurant at the top which caters mainly for backpackers and anyone who wants to sleep under the stars,and also does some wonderful vegetarian meals for a couple of pound.

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