A field guide to the canyon
Tazı Canyon, explained before you go
What this guide is for
Search for this canyon and you will meet three names, contradictory depths and conflicting advice about the visit. These notes sort out what can be said with confidence, and they say so plainly when a detail cannot be confirmed.
Start with where the gorge actually lies if the map is confusing you. If your party includes young children or anyone unsteady on rock, read the safety notes and the page on children first, because the viewpoint is a natural edge.
The short version
- Location: the Gaziler neighbourhood of Manavgat, in the Köprülü Canyon area, inland from the coast.
- The visit: a vehicle takes you up a narrow road, then a walk leads to the viewpoint.
- Regular day tours: Tazı + Rafting from five coastal areas, and Tazı + Selge from the Side area only.
- On those tours: lunch and round-trip transfer are included, entrance fees are extra.
- Booking terms: pay on the tour day, cancel free of charge up to 48 hours before.
Three names, one gorge
The Turkish name is Tazı Kanyonu. Tazı is the Turkish word for a greyhound, so a few English pages call it Greyhound Canyon. Travel sellers often use Eagle Canyon or the German Adler Canyon, and the Turkish name Bilgelik Vadisi, Wisdom Valley, appears as well. They are used for the same place, which also explains why two websites can seem to describe different trips.