Nature
Green Canyon & Oymapınar Dam
Boat trips on an emerald reservoir in the Taurus Mountains.
The lake formed by the Oymapınar Dam stretches between steep canyon walls.
Boat tours take visitors deep into the canyon.
🏛️ History
Green Canyon is the reservoir of the Oymapınar Dam on the Manavgat River, completed in 1984. The 185-metre concrete arch dam generates electricity with turbines totalling 540 megawatts.
How to get there
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The canyon is on a reservoir in the Taurus Mountains north of Manavgat. Public transport options are limited; most visitors come on a tour with hotel pick-up, by taxi or by car. Boat trips leave from the piers on the lakeshore.
- To Manavgat centre: 20.1 km
- To Side: 24.6 km
(straight-line distance)