Guide
Çamburnu Nature Conservation Area, declared on 31 December 1993, protects 174.63 hectares on the eastern Black Sea coast of Artvin province. The Directorate General of Nature Conservation and National Parks names two reasons for it, and both are about position rather than size.
The first is that this is one of the rare places where Scots pine comes all the way down to the sea. The stands here, of Pinus sylvestris subsp. kochiana, are relict as a result — survivors of a distribution that has otherwise retreated. Alder grows with them.
The second is migration. Çamburnu is the first point on the eastern Black Sea coast that birds arriving from the north reach. Sparrowhawk, falcon, buzzard, brown bear, jackal and wild boar are the animals the directorate records. It lists the area as having potential for bird and wildlife watching, nature walking, photo safari, botanical tours and scientific tours.
The page places the area in Hopa district at Çamlı village, while giving directions from Arhavi: before entering the old Arhavi tunnel, turn right onto the route through the Aşağı Hacılar quarter and continue about three kilometres on unsurfaced road. Arhavi is roughly 80 kilometres by road from Artvin city and about 150 from Trabzon airport.
- Designated
- 31.12.1993