Şahinkaya Canyon

Shahinkaya Canyon, a canyon located in the district of Vezirköprü in Samsun. Forming the deepest point of the Altınkaya Dam and being Turkey's second largest canyon after Ulubey Canyon, Shahinkaya Canyon is approximately 1500 meters long, 324 meters high, was declared a national tourism region in 2012 and a nature park was established in 2015. The canyon, which is one of Samsun's tourism spots and can be toured with the ship Samsunum-3, also hosts Falcon Fest, Turkey's first extreme sports festival.