Day 40 - Beycik to Tahtali Dagi (Mount Olympus)

Immediately after breakfast, I check online to see whether there are wolves in Turkey, and discover that there are estimated to be 7,000.  Why isn't there a wolf warning at the front of the Lycian Way guidebook?

We set off in even hotter weather, although fortunately free of burning rocks today.  At 1pm we reach the pass, which at 1816m is the highest point on the Lycian Way.  On the way down we spot a sounder of wild boar, eight adults and numerous juveniles.  I manage to get within 50m of them, before  they let out a loud series of grunts and beat a hasty retreat up the hill. They must have caught our scent. Given that we smell terrible, and boar have such sensitive noses, it is hardly surprising that we triggered such panic.

View south.  The headland, on which the lighthouse that we had previously passed is located, is visible in the upper centre of this picture. 

The view north, from the opposite side of the pass. 

We camp out a kilometre after the pass, at 1,600m.  It is a cold night, and I sleep with my warm clothing on.  

Camp Funky Town, doubling as a Sound of Music set, with me on wolf sentry duty.

Today's tortoise count : 2 (including our highest altitude tortoise sighting, 1620m)