5 places · 2 with rooms, 2 camping, 3 with meals on the Dilberdüzü → Yukarı Kavrun section of the Kaçkar Mountains Traverse, in Kavrun lakes, Yukarı Kavrun. Phone and WhatsApp numbers are listed so you can book ahead.
Kavrun gölleri
Wild camping by the Büyük and Küçük Deniz lakes at about 2,900 m, 1.5-2 hours below the Naletleme pass and 3.5 km above Yukarı Kavrun; a common place to split stage 2. No facilities.
Family-run tea house and restaurant with local prices in the middle of Yukarı Kavrun, on the trail. Summer only (the yayla is empty from about October to May).
Five wooden chalets for up to 4 people each, with private bathrooms, and a 50-seat restaurant at the lower end of Yukarı Kavrun, about 0.3 km from the trail; the owners also offer transfers and guiding. Cash only; its website is old (2016), so call ahead.
Ask for Hüseyin Şahin
Camping ground at the upper end of Yukarı Kavrun, where the trail from the Naletleme pass comes in; the 2015 kackar.org team started and ended here. Summer only; shops and tea houses in the yayla are a few minutes away.
Şahin Cafe Pansiyon
Wooden cafe-pension in Yukarı Kavrun with 7 en-suite rooms (28 beds), bed only, half or full board; camping is possible next to it. Listings date from 2010-2023 and none confirms 2026, so call before you rely on it.
Checked online in October 2026. Places marked "listed in a map or guide listing" appear on OpenStreetMap, in a guidebook or on a climbing forum, but could not be confirmed on their own website or an official tourism list. Pensions on the Kaçkar Mountains Traverse are small family places, and those in Olgunlar and Kavrun open only in summer. The high camps have water but no facilities. Call ahead and carry cash.
The Kaçkar Mountains Traverse route works offline in Outest, with these places on the map and a trail guide you can ask about water, weather and the next village.