İnbükü Nature Park

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İnbükü Nature Park is located at kilometre 25 of the Marmaris–Datça road in the Marmaris district of Muğla. Listed in 1984 as a Type A recreation area, it was declared a nature park on 11 July 2011. The park contains two coves, İnbükü and Çökertme, which were used for tent and caravan camping and for day trips while the site operated as a recreation area. The park lies within the Datça-Bozburun Specially Protected Area and a first-degree natural site, and forest is its dominant ecosystem. Some 253 plant species, 27 reptile and amphibian species, 19 mammal species and 36 bird species may be recorded in and around it. Among the Turkish red pine, myrtle, bay laurel, sweetgum and maquis live squirrels, hedgehogs, wild hares, caracals, foxes, jays, great tits and tortoises. By public transport, visitors get off at the junction on the main road and walk about 900 metres to the entrance. According to the source, the park is currently closed to visitors while infrastructure work continues.