Have you ever seen strawberry on the trees? This tasty berry exists! There are a lot of trees in the mountains with ripe berries and it’s impossible to pass by 😜 It was a light hike with idadik club. Before the lunch we went by forest roads to the top of the small mountain. After the lunch our guide set up an interesting path for mountain descent. The total distance was about 15 km and the elevation gain was 490m. wikiloc

It was a hike with idadik club again. The weather was partly rainy, mostly cloudy. We were near Nif mt. but our guide didn’t lead us to the mountain. The plan was to move from one village to another. Stones are wet and the path was challenging sometimes. The total distance was about 22 km and the elevation gain was 998m. wikiloc

It was a hike with idadik club. Our guide wasn’t young, but his speed was very high. Thanks god most of the members were prepared because guide led us by goat tracks 😜There is golden autumn in the mountains. The trees are in different colours. Very vivid. The total distance was about 12 km and the elevation gain was 1114m. wikiloc

Chatalkaya in Turkish means “forked rock”. Chatalkaya Mt. has two summits connected with a pass. The company of soulmates decided to visit this interesting mountain. The weather was beautiful. The start point is close to the Izmir and could be reached with a bus. The conditions are ideal. We went without rushing and enjoyed views. After several hours we reached the summit and got a lunch. The way back was via village road. We returned to the city in the twilight. The total distance was about 18 km (wikiloc told about 30km!!!) and the elevation gain was 1025m. wikiloc

Once I was tired from boring tracks from clubs. I offered to my friend to organise a trip by ourselves. A trip which won’t be offered by a club because “it’s too difficult” for simple hikers without license. We offered a trip to other friends, but all was busy. A usual $-). Our aim is about 120km from Izmir. We rented a car and reached Bozdağ village. We download a track from wikiloc but decided to follow in the opposite direction. The track offered the way up via good pathway and way down – without pathway (through a bush). And we were right! The way up was hard enough because of bush and steep angle. My friend was with a dog. Sometimes the dog couldn’t go, and my friend carried the dog on the hands. Anyway, we managed and reached the summit. Views are perfect. The forest coloured by the autumn colours. Far mountains were covered by a fog. Beautiful pictures! The way down was lighter via beaten path. The total distance was about 12,5 km and the elevation gain was 941m. wikiloc

This track was in a group of people under a guidance of touristic club Izdak. It was the light walk without challenge. The weather was fresh and perfect for the hiking. Our path was along the canyon. Some views where nice but we couldn’t see a lot from the bottom of the valley and hi trees. The total distance was about 15 km and the elevation gain was 338 m. wikiloc

This track was in a group of people with a guide from a touristic club. The team was perfect, the weather was fine, but we didn’t reach the summit! The path disappeared sometimes, and the bushes were difficult to walk through. Sometimes we had to climb the stone curves. The guid was unprepared. He didn’t know the way and didn’t have downloaded track. We didn’t have enough time to be back before dark and the guide decided to return. We had about 100m to the summit but should turn back. The total distance was about 11 km and the elevation gain was 809 m. wikiloc

Challenging track to the mountain about 12km and visit to the abandoned village. wikiloc