SAPANCA TOUR
It is a freshwater lake located in the eastern part of the Marmara Region, in the eastern half of a long pit that joins the Adapazarı Plain to the Izmit Gulf trough.
The shores of Sapanca remain in the province of Sakarya in the east and Kocaeli province in the west. Its basin is 252 km2. Its area is 47 km2. Its east-west length is 17 km. The north-south width is 5 km and the height of the surface from the sea is 31 m. Its deepest point is 61 m. The water of the lake rises in the winter and early spring months and decreases towards the autumn.
The lake takes its name from the district established on the south coast. It is referred to as Lake Ayan in old Turkish sources. The lake, which is well fed especially by the floods descending from the mountains in its south, empties its excess water into the Sakarya river via the Çark water from its eastern end. The streams feeding the lake are Karaçay, Kuruçay, Kurtköy, Mahmudiye, İstanbul, Karadere and Kaymakçı Streams. Partridge, woodcock and rabbit live on the mountain foothills extending to the north and south. All kinds of freshwater fish are caught in the lake.
Evliya Çelebi describes Sapanca as follows: "The circumference of Sapanca Lake is 24 miles. There are seventy-six villages like towns around four of them. The people of the sentence are red because they drink from the water of this estuary. Although their products are plentiful, they do not have vineyards. Their gardens are beyond the limit. There is a kind of melon and a watermelon by the lake, but a donkey can pull two of them. There are eighty piece (pieces) boats and schooners (grain boats) in this lake, where they take men, timber and goods from the village. Seventy and eighty kinds of fish in this lake. They hunt and make a profit. Freshwater fish such as trout, carp, pike are very tasty. The depth of the lake is usually twenty fathoms in places. The water is very pure and clear. The women of the villages on the coast never use soap when they wash their clothes."
Sapanca Lake and its surroundings, which were formed as a result of tectonic formations in Sakarya, are a center open to the demands of the city center as well as the surrounding big cities, especially Istanbul, for recreation and accommodation on weekends, due to its extremely striking natural beauties and its location within reach of dense settlements. . There are beautiful camping and picnic areas in the Arifiye Forest on the heights of Sapanca Lake. Sapanca Lake, where national and international surfing, sailing and rowing competitions are held, attracts many visitors for sportive purposes with these organizations.
SAPANCA TOUR
Our vehicles are regularly cleaned and disinfected.
Free Wifi and water service are provided.
Our drivers can speak English.
Our vehicle has a capacity of 6 people and the price is fixed.
The tour takes approximately 12 hours.
Only transfer service is provided on the tour. Guide and meals are not included in the tour.
You will be taken to the locations to be visited.
