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Location: Paphos, Cyprus

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Thomas

October 19, 2024

If you are travelling in the east of Cyprus, you should not miss a visit to the Avakas Gorge. Depending on the time of year, the gorge is more or less full of water. If it is raining heavily, you should postpone your visit, as there could be rock falls and the riverbed becomes a raging river and the stones are slippery.

Either wear hiking boots or other sturdy shoes that can get wet and protect you from slipping. The walls of the gorge are steep and up to 30 metres high. A visit is also possible in midsummer, as the gorge provides shade and cools the air. As with any hike you undertake in Cyprus, you should always have water with you.

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Thomas

October 19, 2024

A popular tourist attraction in Cyprus is the Avakas Gorge, which lies in the southwest of the Akamas Peninsula. A hiking trail leads through the narrow gorge, which is only 2 meters wide in places and has rock walls over 30 meters high. The gorge was formed by the small river Avgas, which turns into a raging torrent after heavy rainfall.

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Thomas

October 19, 2024

The Avakas Gorge begins about 1 km before the small river Avgas flows into the Mediterranean and leads inland. It is about 3 km long and in parts only about 4 m wide with rock walls over 30 m high. The small river had carved its way through the limestone over the course of thousands of years. When there is heavy rainfall, the Avgas becomes a raging torrent due to the narrowness of the gorge. Warning signs at the entrance to the gorge alert hikers to this. The way back can be taken either through the gorge or along a path outside, which is, however, 10 km long.

The Avakas Gorge is characterized by a variety of plants. In addition to pines, cypresses, Phoenician juniper (Juniperus phoenicea) and wild fig trees, Centaurea akamantis, an endemic purple-pink knapweed that only occurs in the Avakas Gorge and the neighboring Argaki ton Koufon Gorge, also thrives here.

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