Oymap\u0131nar Dam receives many visitors with its enchanting natural beauty and cooling effect. If you are looking for a different experience other than hitting to the beaches around Antalya for a day, this is a perfect alternative tourism region fascinating with its nature!<\/p>\n
In this article, we will provide you useful information to visit the Oymap\u0131nar Dam: Access, tips, location, tickets and activities to do in there.<\/p>\n
The reason Oymap\u0131nar Dam was constructed was the production of electrical energy. It attracts the attention of many local and foreign visitors recently with the beautiful scenery and canyon tour with a boat.<\/p>\n If you’re into nature walks and catching marvellous angles for photography, visiting Oymap\u0131nar Dam<\/strong> should be among your list while you’re in the region, next to the best National Parks in Antalya<\/a>. <\/p>\n Oymap\u0131nar village is located 18 km away from Manavgat center. After the entrance gate of the dam, it is reached to the top of the dam by following the road on the right.<\/p>\n The exciting view of the 180-meter-high Oymap\u0131nar dam built in a narrow valley awaits you on the top. On one side there is a 180-meter cliff, and other side a concrete structure that resists the extreme pressure of the reservoir well over 100 meters deep, converting potential energy into electricity.<\/p>\n If visiting Manavgat Waterfall<\/a> is on your list, you can reach Oymap\u0131nar Dam by driving another 30 minutes. Manavgat Dam and Oymap\u0131nar Dam are located in the north of Manavgat District. The first dam is Manavgat Dam and the second is Oymap\u0131nar Dam. The distance between Manavgat Waterfall and Oymap\u0131nar Dam is about 15 km. There are also daily guided tours combining many places and attractions in their program. <\/p>\n Oymap\u0131nar Dam, one of the highest dams in Turkey<\/strong>, looks breathtaking from the hills of the valley.<\/p>\n In the summer months, boat tours are organized on the dam. These boats will take the visitors near the source of Manavgat river and stop at 2 different places for a swimming break.<\/p>\n Don’t forget your swimsuits to cool off in the dam lake! The Green Canyon<\/strong><\/a>, which is hundreds of meters long will be an exciting part of the river cruise.<\/p>\n Oymap\u0131nar Dam is 22 km away from Manavgat Center, and 93 km from Antalya Center.<\/p>\n The dam was built by the Turkish state and planned by the French engineering firm Coyne et Bellier from Paris. The main contractor was the company Bilfinger und Berger from Mannheim. The construction work on the dam wall was finished in February 1983.<\/p>\n A total of 676,000 m\u00b3 (according to other information 573,000 m\u00b3) of concrete was used in the structure. The cavern power plant with four turbines, which is located in an underground cavern in the rock, has a maximum output of 540 MW. This is 3% of the total Turkish installed capacity.<\/p>\n You can find many very nice places to visit during your trip to Manavgat in Antalya Region. The Oymap\u0131nar Dam is one of them. It is a beautiful escape from beach and city, immersed into complete nature. Oymap\u0131nar Dam on the Manavgat River is located in the Taurus Mountains, about 80 km east of Antalya […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6498,"parent":117,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3377","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"acf":[],"wp-worthy-pixel":{"ignored":false,"public":null,"server":null,"url":null},"wp-worthy-type":"normal","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10619,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3377\/revisions\/10619"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Oymap\u0131nar](\"https:\/\/antalyatouristinformation.com\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/boat-cruise-oymapinar.jpg\" "\\"Oymap\u0131nar")
<\/span><\/p>\nWhat can I do at Oymap\u0131nar Dam?<\/h2>\n
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Boat Tours on the Oymap\u0131nar Dam and Green Canyon<\/h3>\n
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Interesting facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nEntrance, tickets and tours<\/h2>\n
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How to get to Oymap\u0131nar Dam<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nFAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nHistory of the Oymap\u0131nar Dam<\/h2>\n
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