Organic Pokut Tour

We welcome you at airport or we can pick you up from any hotel in Trabzon Rize area. We just drive to Pokut Highland. Pokut is amazing and the accommodation you will stay is also amazing. You will be staying at Pokut Orion Boutique Hotel. This is a family run accommodation which attracts people for their candor and humble owners. The owner, Zafer, used to be a bagpipe instrument designer and this place was his father's highland house. He has spent his entire life in this highland and converted highland house into a boutique hotel with his extraordinary efforts and capabilities. He also plays bagpipe for his guests at night. Ayşe, his wife, takes care of cleaning, housing and cooking staf with her assistant. Ayşe's smiling face always makes her customers happy. Her dedication to make her customers happy worths for eveything. She is well organized and arranges all activities as her home. You feel like you are at your home. She cooks delicious local food for customers. So, Zafer and Ayşe, as owner of the accommodation, make this tour more attractive. They welcome you in their main hall which represents both traditional and modern architecture of the region. Having a nice dinner by Ayşe, let’s have a freshly brewed organic tea fixed over the traditional village stove. Also, don’t forget to taste delicious yayla sütlacı (rice puding) orignally prepared by Ayşe. Have rest in wooden rooms and relax in peaceful nature

Here is highland. Fresh air doesn’t allow you to sleep longer. You will probably wake up with the sunrise in early morning. Let’s go out and watch sunrise from the top of the hill above the Pokut. Then, let’ hike along the highland, spend some time and turn back to hotel. Ayşe’s amazing breakfast ready! Everything you see in breakfast table has long history and meaningful. She delicately prepares eveything. She prepares jam, cheese, organic butter, cream, cakes etc. She also offeres freshly milked milk in the morning. Have a nice breakfast tasting various handmade food. Then, let’s go out and walk around highland. Let’s meet with local people, especially meet with Yaşar who is the shepard of the highland. He is dedicated to take care of his cattles and he is so curious about preserving the highland environment. He reminds all visitors no to leave trashes around. He is so kind and so friendly that you wouldn’t like to end your conversation with him. You will be able to understand the real culture of highland with Yaşar. Macit is another local whom you shoul meet. He has a bagpipe and goes around the highland. When visitors come to highland he just play pagpipe and peple start to dance horon. Let’s meet with Macit and go up to the Sunset Cafe at the top of hill. Have tea and coffee there. Then, swing over the clouds at Sunset Cafe. Atfter that, let’s Macit play bagpipe and let’s dance horon all together. You should not say that you don’t know how to practice horon. We will teach you how to do that. It’s easy to learn. So, let’s practice horon at the top of the Pokut. The voice of bagpipe is so compatible with the environment you will be and you will enjoy it. Afterwards, let’s hike to Sal higland. See beautiful wooden highland houses there. Watch goats, cattles and experience local life there. Stop by highland cafe there and meet with the owner of cafe Learn about how to make organic food in highland. Have their local sucuk. Spend some time in Sal Highlans. Then, hike back to Pokut. In the evening, taste Ayşe’s delicious local dinner. Then, meet with yaşar in the hotel and sing local songs all together. Play tulum and practice horon all together. This is an ordinary evining for Pokut. Experience local indepth.

Let’s have breakfast in the morning and leave for hiking. Today, we will visit Hazindağ Highland which is a 3 hour hiking distance. If you wish we will hike. If not, we can have a jeep safari tour to hazindağ. Hike inside the forest. In most of the areas, pathways doesn’t exist because of new road construction. However, we will enjoy peaceful nature along the way to hazindağ. Finally, we reach to Hazindağ. Walk around highland. Meet with local people. Stop by a highlans restaurant to have lucnh there. Have local luch and tea after the lunch. Walk up to the Hazindağ to have a terrace view of valley. Enjoy beautiful view of nature from Hazindağ. Then, drive back to Pokut and overnight there.

Today is the last day of our tour. The owner feel sorry to say goodbye tomorrow. So, we will have a grand finale night all together. Have tea and cakes, sing local songs, dance horon, tell funny stories, and share your experiences all together. In the morning, have a nice breakfast and pack up. It’s time to leave Pokut. Say goodbye to Pokut saying that you hope to see Pokut again. We just drive back to Çamlıhemşin. Stop buy local market. Spend some time in Çamlıhemşin and then transfer to Airport based on your flight schedule.