A CAVE 500 METERS LONG
We can’t take our eyes off the water dripping here and there amidst the giant travertine stalactites with their skin of green moss. Rushing down like a river in flood, these waters join the Goksu, emerging from the mouth of Yerkopru cave, to form a wild river. The waterfalls and the cave are like none we have seen before. This 500-meter-long cave was formed when mechanical erosion carved a tunnel beneath the rocks that earlier dammed up the Goksu. The water is turquoise-blue, and the sound of it dripping from the stalactites on the roof imparts an air of mystery to the cave.

A NATURAL POOL
The cave entrance, where the Goksu comes thundering down, is 20 m high. The waterfalls formed by the Karasu pouring down at the entrance and exit of the cave are like music to the ears. And just past the cave mouth the water dripping from the roof joins in as well in a phenomenon known as a ‘siphon’. Since the Goksu also flows below this siphon, it is impossible to cross the cave from end to end, and we can only tour the entrance and exit and the top.