Aiya cape

Aiya cape is a large-scale botanic reserve of national significance since 1982. It unites monuments of the nature which have been existing here earlier: "The grove of pitzund pine-tree and treelike juniper on Aiya cape" (1947), "The coastal aqual geocomplex by Aiya cape" (1972) and a natural reserve "The grove of Stankevich pine " (1980).

The rocks of the cape Aiya abruptly drop off down the sea, at some places they form mighty landslips - forbidding stone messes. The mountainous slopes are covered with unique submediterranean pine, juniper and yew-tree sparse growths of trees. The place of residence of relic pitzund (Stankevich) pinetrees is the lardest in Crimea. Separate trees at the age of over 200 years old reach 10 metres in height and more than half of a metre in diameter.

The populations of evergreen relicts: small-fruited strawberry-tree and high junuper are also protected in the reserve; you can meet the old residents at the age of over 250 years old. All in all there are about 500 species of flora, 28 of them are entered in the Red books. The picture of fascinating nature is supplemented by rare spices of fauna inhabiting in this place: white-tailed sea eagles, horseshoe-nose, leopard runner and others.