We kind of stumbled upon 'Avakas Gorge' while coming down the hill towards the coast, and it was a very happy diversion. We were aiming for Lara Beach area and ended up seeing the sign for Avakas, which was also on our radar, do we went. A bit of a slow, bouncy, dusty road (for 20 minutes) and we were at the carpark. Bathroom break, laced up, and 2 minutes later we were hiking! The first 5-10 minutes is flat, open, wide welcoming trail, but then you enter the gorge. It can be very slippery and wet, but when we hiked it there was a small, trickling river, few people, and cool, comforting shade. Definitely worth a visit!

This was a complete surprise as we had gone to eat at the Last Castle restaurant a further 400m along the road. If we hadn’t have walked we may have missed the entry turning. After about half a kilometre of walking along a path you are then able to follow the floor of the gorge for a further kilometre with breathtaking views of the upper Gorge walls and the effect of the water of thousands of years. We even saw a wild mountain goat - an added bonus. Such a lovely way to spend an hour or two out of the heat of the sun as you are mostly in the shade. Fantastic experience

Not the easiest place to find but partly through luck with drove up and parked at the end of the tarmac road by the small church previous reviews mention. The dirt road after that wasn't too bad, but with a small wheeled hire car we thought best not to take it further (you're not insured if you do remember). It was then a 15min walk downhill to the carpark area where the gorge walk starts and another ten to reach the more spectacular section which is well worth the effort. We got into it around 9am and had the place to ourselves. Fantastic experience. We returned back the same way once we reached the far side of the narrow section (600metres?) . By now 30+ folk were piling in from several Jeep tours and it was 10:15am. TOP TIP: Use trekking sandals with which you can happily wade in shallow water for more fun. Most folk we saw were trying to get through in trainers without getting them wet! which can't have been easy.

Fun gorge walk a short drive from Paphos. Really enjoyed this moderately challenging gorge walk, which has some cool narrow canyons. We were with our 8 year old and it took us about two hours each way. First walking up the gorge from the parking and then back down, after a picnic at the top. There's a lot of scrambling over rocks and crisscrossing the river, so expect to get your shoes a bit wet/wear shoes that aren't going to become too slippery. We were normal trainers, but wished we'd had our trail shoes. Once you reach the top plateau you can choose to carry on further up hill and also, you can take a circular route that brings you back to the car park via a different route. We did this in December and it was comfortable even in the middle of the day. If you're in Cyprus in the summer months I'd strongly recommend you start as early as possible, as I can imagine the heat becoming unbearable. Also, I wouldn't do this after heavy rains as I can imagine there's a high risk of the gorge flooding.

We ended up taking the 2km walk in along the coast - the other route was much, much closer but we would have missed a great walk in along the coast. At the car park close to the trailhead there were a mixture of enduro style motorcycles, Land Rovers and small hire cars and a lone e-bike. Rock scrambles were fine - rocks are slippery, wear some decent footwear and take your time. For more experienced hikers, don't expect trail etiquette to be the norm.

Beautiful gorge when you can hike for as long as you like and as hard as you like. From the parking into the gorge is about half an hour, but you can continue after into more rocky territory. Personally walked an hour into thr gorge and an hour back. Make sure you wear good hiking shoes, there can be water and some stones are very slippy.