Kartepe district is waiting for you with exciting and different activities in four seasons.
OFF-ROAD Off-Road races are held in the region every year. Off-Road track; Kartepe Mountain Road, and Maşukiye Special Track. It is also possible to watch Off-Road races here. ATV With ATVs, which are vehicles for every road condition; In Kartepe, which has streams, hills, sand, mud, plateaus, mountains, slopes and meadows, you can take walks in the forest and in Serindere. SKI Kartepe, which is one of the few ski centers in Turkey with its facilities established at an altitude of 1700 meters and a piste area of 42 kilometers, has 14 natural tracks, 3 chairlifts and 2 T-bars. While easy tracks are waiting for those who are new to skiing; master skiers can release high doses of adrenaline on steep hills. The special 'baby lift' area is reserved for children and those who want to stay with children. Apart from skiing in Kartepe; You can also find snowboard, big foot, snowmobile opportunities. MOTOCROSS Kartepe, which hosts different tracks for motocross, offers unique opportunities for motorcycle enthusiasts to come together to have fun and share the same culture, and to camp with accommodation. The region is also very suitable for festivals or day trips. You can also enjoy motocross on these forest tracks. RIDING The training and work of racehorses, which is the biggest capital in the field of equine, which has been in demand in recent years, and whose value is sometimes expressed in millions, can only be done under the supervision of a coach graduated from college due to legal obligations, and the competitions can be entered in the presence of a trainer. There are extremely suitable areas for horse riding in the forest zone and plateaus in Kartepe. You can ride horses in these areas and experience the pleasure of horseback riding.
JEEP SAFARI Exploration and adventure safaris are usually organized in difficult terrain conditions with 4x4 off-road vehicles. In this respect, Kartepe, which has unique opportunities for jeep safari with its nature that offers a perfect variety, is in great demand. You can join the jeep safari tours organized in the region or make a jeep safari with your own 4x4 vehicle. SHOVEL It is the training and camp center for professional rowing teams and professional rowing athletes in Sapanca Lake. In addition, Kartepe Sapanca Lake is suitable for this sport due to its smooth and calm water. Thus, unique opportunities have been created for those who love rowing. BIKE Cycling is indispensable in order to go deeper into nature, to pass easily from anywhere, to travel in a short time, and to be able to speed up and fight against difficult terrain conditions. All mountain roads of Kartepe have hiking trails and Kuzu Plateau has a suitable area for cyclists. PAINTBALL There are many special paintball and parkours in different parts of Kartepe. Our guests coming from the surrounding cities with special tours can play paintball in teams. It is possible to play paintball in the forests of Kartepe and in the paintball fields in Maşukiye. orienteering Orienteering is a sport that is performed in less wooded or more difficult terrain conditions, depending on the level of experience. Starting from this point, special maps were drawn in the northern slope of Altıoluk, Ormanya and Ataşehir neighborhoods and tracks were created. In Kartepe, orienteering can be done in terrain conditions suitable for all levels. If you want to experience orienteering; Kartepe will offer you unique opportunities.
PHOTO SAFARI
Kartepe is an indispensable photo safari area with its natural beauties, offering diversity for photography lovers, providing perfect framing with beautiful light refractions in every season. Kartepe is one of the rare places you can find to take photos. Many art lovers come to Kartepe especially to take sunset views from the shore of Sapanca Lake and sunrise from Kartepe summit. In addition, photo safaris and bird watching can be done on special tracks in the forest and on the shores of Sapanca Lake.
PARAGLIDING
On the Suadiye Eğreltidüzü Plateau, at an altitude of 1200 meters, all official permissions have been obtained, and a special take-off area has been built for all paragliding lovers who have a P4 level certificate to jump. Here you can watch the beauties of Kartepe from a bird's eye view with paragliding.
WATER SKIING
Water skiing; Today, it has become a popular sport in many countries where environmental conditions such as smooth seas, rivers and lakes are suitable. Water skiing is a sport that allows you to have fun by staying on the water as if you were running but without sinking. This fun sport has started to take its place among the preferred branches in Turkey in recent years. As Kartepe Municipality, Turkey's largest and Europe's 3rd largest water-skiing facility was built on the west coast of Sapanca Lake, which works entirely with electricity without harming nature and the environment.
FISHING Especially since there are many inland waters, fish diversity and population in Kartepe District, amateur fishing is very common in this region. Sapanca Lake, which is the drinking water basin of Sakarya and Kocaeli, in the local language Kirazoğlu and Ketence Dam ponds on the Akmeşe road, as well as Derbent Stream and clear streams flowing down from Kartepe, mainly carp (mirror and scale carp), It hosts many species such as crane (oklama), catfish, mullet, rudd, rainbow trout and natural trout. As for their fishing, carp, mullet and catfish are generally caught by attaching corn, (dry, freshly boiled canned), pulp, pulp, worm and feeder fish to fishing lines such as reel fishing gear (in the form of float or sounding bottom fishing line). It has been seen that 15-16 kg carp are kept in the waters here, and it is known that there are even carp over 30 kg, which are called trophies. Sportive (catch-picture-return to water) fishermen, who have been developing rapidly in our country recently, show great interest in these trophies. Since it is the breeding season, hunting is prohibited between 15 March and 15 June. Fishing for pike is quite enjoyable. Except for the prohibited period between December 15 and March 31, other times are free provided that the fishing length limit is below 40 cm and the daily fishing limit is not more than 10. Fishing is done using spoon, rapala and artificial bait. It has been observed that around 1 meter of pike has been caught so far. Catfish can be seen in Sapanca Lake, but also in Derbent Stream. Catfish fishing is generally done with live baits, because it finds very large sizes, fishing gear and fishing lines must be thick and durable. The ban period is March 15 - June 15, the height limit is 90 cm and the hunting limit is 1 piece. As the trout descends, the rainbow trout is seen as the natural trout as it goes higher.
TREEKKING
Kartepe; Kuzu Plateau, Maşukiye, Serinlik, Ketenciler, Ormanya, Altıoluk Plateau, Eşme Beach, Fındık Suyu are very suitable for trekking and getting plenty of oxygen with its hiking trails, mountain roads, paths and natural beauties.
BIRD WATCHING
Kartepe, with its forest, recreation area and various and many bird species living on Sapanca Lake, is home to beautiful creatures to be examined, watched and photographed. If you want to have such an experience and get a different perspective, you can join bird watching activities in Kartepe. Especially since Sapanca Lake is on the route of migratory birds, it is seen that many different bird species lay eggs and camp in the Sapanca Lake wetland during the migration period. During these dates, many photographers come to Kartepe for bird watching.
HUNTING
In line with the decision of the central hunting commission, the hunting period throughout Kartepe district starts with the 8th month of the year and continues until the 2nd month of the following year. Regional hunts: As the 1st group game; Quail and dovetail hunting starts on the 14th of the 8th month and continues until the 23rd of the 1st month of the following year. 2. Group game animals; Wild boar and jackal hunting starts on the 14th of the 8th month and continues until the 27th of the 2nd month of the following year. Moreover; Wild duck, woodcock (yelve) hunting is also done. In order to make these hunts, it is necessary to be a member of hunter associations, a hunting certificate and a hunting certificate.
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