Visitors to Uzungol mostly come during July-August. The region is about 1090 m above sea level and rains a lot during winter/autumn. The roads, pitted by rainfalls, make it difficult to reach the area. Therefore, the best time to go to Uzungol is during July-August. However, don’t forget that your sightseeing trips in Uzungol will include plateaus as high as 2500 m, so make sure that you bring warm winter clothes and anoraks with you.

To get to Uzungol you must first go to Trabzon. Uzungöl is 100 km from Trabzon. Once you pass Trabzon and arrive at the town of Of, take the right turning which leads to Chaykara. It takes about 20 minutes between Chaykara - Uzungöl.

There are very few structures in the area that could be called historical remains. The history of Uzungol is tied in with that of Trabzon’s. Trabzon's ancient name was "Trapezos". This means “table”. The old city had been built on a narrow hill which stretched down to the sea in the shape of a table. 
 Trabzon was built during 800 B.C. as a colony of Sinop. Later, from 1204 to 1461 it enjoyed a wealthy period as the capital city of the Ethnic Greek Pontus state. Trabzon was a metropolis until Yavuz Sultan Selim became governor of Trabzon around the beginning of the 16th century, and was occupied by Russia for about 2 years during WWI. During the latter period battles were fought with the Russians and local Ethnic Greek brigands in Uzungol and Haldizen. The graves of the Turkish martyrs are still in the Haldizen valley.