What is the difference between Upper and Lower Düden?

Upper Düden sits inland in Kepez, inside a wooded picnic area, and you can walk behind the water through a rock passage. Lower Düden is east of the city towards Lara, where the river drops straight off the cliffs into the Mediterranean and is watched from terraces above. They are two ends of the same river.

Can I visit both in one day?

Yes. Both are close to central Antalya. The usual order is Upper Düden in the morning and Lower Düden in the late afternoon, when the light on the sea softens.

Is Düden Park a different place?

No. What people call Düden Park is the picnic area laid out around the Upper Düden waterfall. It is not a separate park.

DÜDEN

Waterfalls of Antalya

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Wide view of Lower Düden Waterfall dropping from the Antalya cliffs into the Mediterranean

ANTALYA · TÜRKİYE

Where the water meets the Mediterranean.

From the caves behind Upper Düden to the cliffs of Lower Düden, one river ends in two completely different places.

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ONE NAME.

Two different places.

“Düden Waterfall” refers to two separate places in Antalya, fed by the same river but nothing alike to visit.

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Upper Düden

In the forest, behind the water.

Cave passage

Woodland walk

Picnic and rest

Close-up water

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Lower Düden

Off the cliffs into the sea.

Sea view

Viewing terraces

Daytime

Seen from a boat

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Which one should you visit?

Atmosphere

Type of view

Typical visit length

Photography

Suitable for families

Walking required

Distance from the centre

Best time to go

With a full day you can comfortably see both.

Lower Düden Waterfall on a cloudy day, the cliffs and the Mediterranean

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS

A river with a story.

The Düden rises from underground springs, runs through rocky valleys and the edge of the city, and finally reaches the Mediterranean. It is the place where Antalya’s nature and city life end up in the same photograph.

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Kırkgöz springs

18 km underground

Upper Düden
(Kepez)

Through the city

Lower Düden
(Lara)

40 m

MEDITERRANEAN

Before you go,
what to know.

Getting to Upper Düden

Last reviewed:
31 July 2026

Getting to Lower Düden

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31 July 2026

Best hours to visit

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Photography tips

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Visiting with children

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Accessibility and walking

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Two waterfalls,
one Antalya route.

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Upper Düden

Lower Düden

Kaleiçi

Antalya Airport

Lara

Konyaaltı

How to get there →

Map of Antalya: Upper Düden inland on the Kepez side, Lower Düden on the coast east of the city towards Lara.

Upper Düden Lower Düden Kaleiçi Kepez Konyaaltı Lara Airport

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Suggested route

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Upper Düden

Kepez

Kaleiçi

Historic old town

Lower Düden

Lara cliffs

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Where are the best views of Düden?

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The waterfall and the sea from the main viewing point at Lower Düden

Lower Düden main terrace

AfternoonLandscape

A wide panorama over Antalya bay from the cliffs

Bay panorama from the cliffs

MorningLandscape

Lower Düden Waterfall with the city skyline

The falls with the skyline

DaytimeLandscape

The view from the rock passage behind the water at Upper Düden

Cave passage at Upper Düden

MorningNature

A wide view of Upper Düden Waterfall among the greenery

Wide angle among the trees

DaytimeNature

The green banks and running water of the Düden river

Green banks of the Düden

MorningNature

A day around Düden.

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