Ayder Doğa Resort Otel
- Rooms
- Restaurant
- Meals
- Wi-Fi
Hotel with 40 rooms, a restaurant and cafe in the centre of Ayder, opposite the waterfall and by the dolmuş stop; bookings by phone or WhatsApp.
Kaçkar Mountains Traverse · Stage 3 of 3
Yukarı Kavrun to Ayder
Stage 3 of the Kaçkar Mountains Traverse covers 13.5 km from Yukarı Kavrun to Ayder, with 143 m of ascent and 1,172 m of descent. The highest point is 2,261 m. Allow about 4.5 hours of walking, plus breaks.
13.5 kmdistance
143 mascent
1,172 mdescent
~4.5 hwalking time
moderatedifficulty
2,261 mhighest point
≈ 2 L
≈ 1,200 kcal
Distance, climb and elevation come from the Outest route data. Difficulty and time are estimates from distance and climb; your pace will vary with heat, pack weight and photo stops.
Where to sleep and eat on this stage
Ayder
Ayder Palazzo
- Rooms
- Restaurant
- Meals
Hotel (26 rooms) in upper Ayder at Şehit Binbaşı Ömer Aktuğ Caddesi 70, about 100 m up the road from Kuşpuni, with a restaurant serving Black Sea dishes; book by phone or WhatsApp.
Ayder Yeşilvadi Otel
- Rooms
- Restaurant
- Meals
Family hotel run since 1906, with about 40 rooms and a restaurant, just behind the dolmuş stop in the centre of Ayder.
Fora Pansiyon
- Rooms
- Meals
- Seasonal — call ahead
Small family-run wooden pension (7 rooms, 14 beds) on the hillside above the centre of Ayder; the last part is a footpath. The owner knows the valley and the trails well; B&B double about 4,000 TL in 2025, email forapansiyon@gmail.com.
Kaçkar Resort Hotel
- Rooms
- Restaurant
- Meals
Larger hotel at the lower (western) end of Ayder, about 0.5 km below the centre and the dolmuş stop; online booking on its website.
Kuşpuni Pansiyon
- Rooms
- Meals
- Seasonal — call ahead
Pension (17 rooms, 34 beds) on the east side of Ayder, about 0.5 km from the dolmuş stop on the Kavrun road; B&B double about 3,000 TL in 2025.
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. There are no huts on this trek: you sleep in village pensions at Yaylalar, Olgunlar, Yukarı Kavrun and Ayder, and camp at Dilberdüzü and the Kavrun lakes. The yayla pensions open only from about June to September; call ahead and pay in cash (Turkish lira).
Help and services on this stage
Emergency: call 112 (ambulance, gendarmerie, rescue, fire). Emergency & health guide
Nearest hospital
- Çamlıhemşin District State Hospital · Çamlıhemşin · 24/7 emergency
Map - Kaçkar State Hospital (Pazar) · Pazar · 24/7 emergency
+90 464 623 59 59 · Map
On or near the trail
Pharmacies, ATMs, shops and stops: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Hospitals and health centres checked online.
Walk Yukarı Kavrun to Ayder with Outest
The full stage works offline in Outest, with the route, elevation, water and village points, and a trail guide you can ask about conditions and the next place to sleep.