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1. Nature · Çamlıhemşin

   Reach Zilkale alone on its spur above the Fırtına

   Zilkale helped guard a medieval caravan route leading to İspir. Timber traces and beam sockets in its walls reveal that the main tower had four storeys. From the open visitor path, look for these traces and photograph a detail. Note how today’s view once meant watching over a route.

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2. Nature

   Visit Bulut Waterfall on Ayder Plateau

   Visit Bulut Waterfall near Ayder Plateau — and photograph it.

3. Nature

   Visit Gelin Tulu Waterfall

   Visit Gelin Tulu Waterfall on Ayder Plateau — and photograph it.

4. Culture & art · Çayeli

   Join the tea harvest

   Pick tea in the field between May and September, see it processed at the factory, watch the Black Sea from the hilltop — and photograph it.

5. City discovery · Çamlıhemşin

   Eat muhlama straight from the pan in a highland house

   Cornmeal cooked into melted butter and the local stringy cheese, eaten from the pan with bread while it still pulls — the Black Sea dish that does not travel. Order it up in the yayla — and photograph it.

6. Nature · Çamlıhemşin

   Wander the Ayder Plateau

   Above Çamlıhemşin, walk to the Gelin Tülü Waterfall passing among wooden houses — and photograph it.

7. Nature · Çamlıhemşin

   Tour the Pokut, Sal and Hazindak plateaus

   Walk the wooden-house route connecting Rize's most beautiful highland plateaus — and photograph it.

8. City discovery · Çamlıhemşin

   Go rafting in the Fırtına Valley

   Enter the mountain water toward Hemşin on one of Turkey's toughest rafting courses — and photograph it.

9. Nature · Çamlıhemşin

   Heliski in the Kaçkar Mountains

   Advanced skiing on untracked slopes, dropped by helicopter among pristine snow — and photograph it.

10. Nature

    Trek the Kaçkar Mountains

    A 2-3 day camp + summit climb from Upper Kavron to the Kaçkar summit (3,937 m) — and photograph it.

11. Culture & art

    Follow the Turkish Tea Route

    Follow the Turkish Tea Route in the Black Sea — and photograph it.

12. City discovery

    Zipline over the Fırtına Stream

    Zipline over the Fırtına Stream in Rize — and photograph it.

13. Nature

    Hike Kaçkar Mountains National Park

    Above the tea and the hazelnut the mountains turn into something else entirely: glacial lakes, snow into July, and rhododendron that colours whole slopes. The weather changes faster than the forecast. Photograph a lake with snow still on the ridge behind it.