Kovanlık Nature Park

About

Kovanlık Nature Park is a 5.76-hectare area at kilometre 44 of the Marmaris–Datça road in the Datça district of Muğla, declared a nature park on 11 July 2011. It lies within the Datça-Bozburun Specially Protected Area and a second-degree natural site; forest is the dominant ecosystem, with a cover of Turkish red pine and Mediterranean maquis. The park can be reached by buses on the Marmaris–Datça line. The park focuses mainly on accommodation and nature education. It has 17 bungalow-type units with 68 beds in total and 7 wooden bungalows with 4 beds each, while 8 further units are under construction. Other buildings comprise a guesthouse, an education building, a country restaurant, a combined laundry and storage block, a water well, showers and changing cabins. A mosque built in 2025 has also opened. The park offers no day-use facilities.