Transportation: After going through the Zigana tunnel 60 km out on the Gumushane – Trabzon road, you need to turn east on the gravel road and continue on 3.5 km. From the center of Trabzon to Zigana is 112 km on an asphalt road.

Description: The 2032 m. high Zigana Highland is also a ski center. Its infrastructure is completed. Zigana is one of the few places in Turkey where someone can ski in the winter and do ‘grass sledding’ in the summer. It is a very interesting place caught between the sea climate on one side and the continental on the other.

Accessed by a 3 km path from Zigana Highland, Lake Lima (Saran) is definitely worth seeing. You may reach the lake by way of Kalkanli with a rented car. The road is asphalt for 11 km; the remaining 8 km is a dirt road. The village of Kalkanli has electricity, running water, a post office and there is a small market, butcher, green grocer and teahouse open year-round.

Accommodation – Food and Drink: Because it is used as a ski center, it has every kind of lodging as well as shops to buy food and drink.